October+23rd+Meeting

W elcome to the Central North Island Home Group Meeting - 23rd October.
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 * To ignite some interesting new ways of thinking for us...I would encourage you to make yourself a cup of coffee and settle in to watch this video for an hour 6 mins. It is so powerful and might influence our thinking for our next workshop. What can we do with an online community with all our new Web 2.0 tools? Watch this

This presentation is by Michael Wesch (who is a Professor of Anthropology) and has been teaching for 4 years. He talks about the Two Types of Meaningful Connection (how learning relates to meaning and to ourselves, social and personal meaning) as well as the transition of acquiring knowledge connecting to the evolution of Web 2.0 He shares how he has created a Platform for Participation while integrating Web 2.0 tools such as "Facebook, Netvibes, Diigo, Google Apps, Jott, Twitter, and other emerging technologies to create an education portal of the future." http://www.netvibes.com/wesch#Digital_Ethnography As we think and plan ahead for our own online learning portals, modules and delivery now in the future...could we adopt and adapt some of these principals/processes/technologies? Could we trial a procept (process/concept) on the day using these tools ourselves? Check out the one I'm working on at the moment... http://www.netvibes.com/homegroups So, far the priority looks like there needs to be more sharing, but please add detailed ideas as well as expertise offered. Tess Agenda:**===
 * === **Sharing of Cluster Work** : Cluster personnel prepared to share websites, resources, media links, readings, survey's, ICT integration===

__//Transference of Ideas//__: Group discussion and planning of ideas for transference in own clusters

 * === Things to Consider : Watch A Portal for Media Literacy (This is one hour and 6mins but I THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND we watch this) Then we can have open discussions afterwards about the implications of the theory, practice reflected throughout the presentation.===

iGoogle, Symbaloo, Pageflakes can provide us????
===PLEASE REMEMBER this is a more INFORMAL TYPE UNCONFERENCE relaxed meeting. You are invited to bring your own stories, ideas, challenges. If we change direction during the meeting in response to common needs, then we are modelling a flexible approach to professional learning and professional development. For additional information please see Central North Island Home Group Area===
 * === Ideas for further use of online communications tools - to promote interactivity and online communities, new technologies, Web 2.0 Tools etc===
 * === Any queries RE : Variations/Milestones (possibly profile using tools such as SurveyMonkey etc)===

For workshop connections...
http://feildingictcluster.wetpaint.com/ From Ange

http://room22muritai.blogspot.com From Andrew

http://sarataylor.wikispaces.com From Sara

[|Online Bridges Cluster link in ICT PD Online] From Jane

http://www.netvibes.com/homegroups From Tess

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