21st Century Learning Conference 2008 : Learning Without Borders- Milton Chen Keynote

(12/05/2008)

8:56

heasulli:

Carol James is opening the 4th annual Going Global conference at Kean University right now

Friday December 5, 2008 8:56 heasulli

8:59	Instant Poll: Have you ever participated in a live-blogging session before? Yes! All the time ( 25% ) A few times ( 38% ) Never- but I can't wait! ( 38% ) Friday December 5, 2008 8:59

9:03

heasulli:

Starting to live-blogg Going Global sessions now- 1st keynote is Milton Chen! http://is.gd/alv3

Friday December 5, 2008 9:03 heasulli

9:04

heasulli:

Conference is sponsered by the CEnter for Innovative Education: http://cie.kean.edu/CIE/Home.html

Friday December 5, 2008 9:04 heasulli

9:07

heasulli:

Opening keynote address will be given by Milton Chen: Milton Chen is executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation. Prior to joining GLEF in 1998, Chen was the founding director of PBS's KQED Center for Education, in San Francisco, managing the channel’s television programming, Web content, and outreach services for schools and families.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:07 heasulli

9:08

heasulli:

Milton Chen photo

Friday December 5, 2008 9:08 heasulli

9:11

kjarrett:

Dr. Dawood Farahi, President just showed an incredible video about Kean University, very, very impressive!

Friday December 5, 2008 9:11 kjarrett

9:12

[Comment From kjarrettkjarrett: ]

Awesomeness...thanks for setting this up, Heather!

Friday December 5, 2008 9:12 kjarrett

9:18

kjarrett:

Dr. Milton Chen starting his keynote | Mike Searson from Kean introduced Holly to him | now he's coming to our session(s)!?! No pressure?!?

Friday December 5, 2008 9:18 kjarrett

9:22

heasulli:

Milton works for the George Lucas Foundation, so he was intriduced as a "jedi Master" of education- when he began speaking, he said he likens himself more to a young Padawan learner!

Friday December 5, 2008 9:22 heasulli

9:26

[Comment From Ann OroAnn Oro: ]

I hadn't heard of the iTunes connection with Edutopia before.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:26 Ann Oro

9:29

[Comment From Ann OroAnn Oro: ]

All of our curriculum can have global connections. I want to remember internationaled.org - it will be good to come back to later.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:29 Ann Oro

9:30

heasulli:

Here's an EdTopia article about how to access EdTopia videos, etc. at ITunes U

Friday December 5, 2008 9:30 heasulli

9:31

kjarrett:

First People's Project by iEARN: http://www.iearn.org.au/fp/

Friday December 5, 2008 9:31 kjarrett

9:37

heasulli:

Milton thinks it is ESSENTIAL for children to interview elders in their community for suthentic, valuable learning.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:37 heasulli

9:37

[Comment From Ann OroAnn Oro: ]

Milton Chen is talking about the importance of interviewing local families, elders, learn about their local past.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:37 Ann Oro

9:44

heasulli:

Milton shared a quote from a 10yr old girl- when asked who she thinks uses EMAIL, she said "really just OLD people!" Ouch!

Friday December 5, 2008 9:44 heasulli

9:46

kjarrett:

ok all gotta jet - need to get over to our room and set up - hate to leave Dr. Chen but we gotta do it! :) cya!

Friday December 5, 2008 9:46 kjarrett

9:46

Ann Oro:

Milton is going through several websites. People bookmarking to CIE08 in delicious.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:46 Ann Oro

9:46

heasulli:

Google Eath Geo Challenge Grants!!

Friday December 5, 2008 9:46 heasulli

9:49

Ann Oro:

Talking about Teen Second Life and the virtual communities to connect with other students around the world.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:49 Ann Oro

9:51

sammorra:

At Kean conference, Dr. Chen Keynote Speaker @heasulli blogging live. http://tinyurl.com/5tws2n

Friday December 5, 2008 9:51 sammorra

9:52

[Comment From tkieltytkielty: ]

Dr. Chen is reviewing different sites that promote global connections for our students. TakingitGlobal, ThinkQuest and 21st Century skils are just a few.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:52 tkielty

9:53

Ann Oro:

I've tried to bookmark most of the sites mentioned at http://del.icio.us/njtechteacher/cie08

Friday December 5, 2008 9:53 Ann Oro

9:54

heasulli:

Thanks Ann- AWESOME!

Friday December 5, 2008 9:54 heasulli

9:54

Ann Oro:

You're welcome.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:54 Ann Oro

9:57

Ann Oro:

Walter Payton College Prep high school video now showing the way that the school involves global connections and perspectives to their students.

Friday December 5, 2008 9:57 Ann Oro

9:58

heasulli:

Watching video about Walter Payton College Prep High School & their Global Learning Initiative-

Friday December 5, 2008 9:58 heasulli

10:01

Ann Oro:

All the students have the chance to not only connect virtually, but to raise funds to travel abroad.

Friday December 5, 2008 10:01 Ann Oro

10:02

What LAnguage did You take in High School?
Spanish

( 67% )

French

( 33% )

Latin

( 0% )

Chinese

( 0% )

Other

( 0% )

Friday December 5, 2008 10:02

10:05

heasulli:

Intersting method of learning & infusing Chinese with English

Friday December 5, 2008 10:05 heasulli

10:07

[Comment From tkieltytkielty: ]

It looks like a very cool place to be. You should check this place out. I love how this school have broken out of the traditional constraints of American schools.

Friday December 5, 2008 10:07 tkielty

10:08

heasulli:

Great Session Everyone! See you at the next one