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April 03, 2007

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commun-IT Steering Group - Tim Hawes

May 10 Web Conference, Part II

More good news:

Chris Sessums has agreed to join us for he May 10 web conference.

In order to round out the planning for this event, I've setup some wiki pages. Please have a look and contribute any thoughts.

I'm planning on sending out a community update message email in the next few days to advertise this event as well as the developments with LeadingLearning and ECOO on the conference front. If you have any other ides on how to best share this upcoming event with others, please feel free to do so.

./tim 

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April 14, 2007

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commun-IT Steering Group - News

Commun-IT.org Newsletter #1

Commun-IT.org Newsletter #1 - April 2007

 

What's New:



1.      Web Conference Series: We are pleased to announce that on May 10th we will host our first ever synchronous event. George Siemens and Christopher Sessums will be our special guests in a live 1 hour web conference. For complete details please download (and share) the event brochure: http://www.commun-it.org/events/brochure.pdf

2.      Leading Learning 2007: Commun-IT has partnered with the organizers of the 2007 Leading Learning Conference (May 6-8 in Deerhurst) to provide an online platform to support conference activities. Check it out at http://leadinglearning.commun-it.org

3.      Wiki Tab content: The Commun-IT wiki is growing at a rapid pace. There are over 50 users contributed articles on a wide range of subject of interest. Special thanks to Quentin D'Souza for contributing a series of articles from his TeachingHacks.com wiki to the Commun-IT!

4.      ECOO Conference planning: The organizers of the Nov 2007 Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO) conference will also be using the Commun-IT system to supplement conference activities. Watch for more details in the months to come.

5.      Making the most of your Commun-IT connections: A series of new tutorials have been developed to help new users make the most of the tools available. Check them out!



Highlight of the month from the Resources Tab...
Center for Media Literacy - http://www.medialit.org/
This site is a fantastic resource for teachers working to implement the new Media Literacy strand in the K-8 Language curriculum (Ontario). Numerous downloadable lesson starters are available.

Have you got a "hidden gem" web site that might interest other Ontario educators? Consider submitting it to the Resources tab at Commun-IT.org!




If you prefer not to receive direct email updates from commun-IT.org, you can log in and set your Email Notification (under Account Preferences) to "No".
http://www.commun-it.org/community/

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