TechForum Midwest 2009

I am presenting at TechForum Midwest tomorrow with Jon Orech and Scott Meech. It should make for a fun morning.

My portion of the presentation is on Nings in education for collaboration. Here is what I am going to use:

Ning:

About Ning: http://about.ning.com/

Ning Demo Video: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ning-demo-video/

Examples (Some of these are not public indicated by ):

Professional Collaboration

· Classroom 2.0: http://www.classroom20.com/ (For those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education)

· School CTO http://schoolcto.ning.com/ (A place for discussion and sharing around topics impacting technology decision makers in schools)

· IEAR http://ieducationappsreview.ning.com/ (Taking a closer look at the educational value of ITouch / IPhone / IPods in the classroom)

Teacher to Teacher Collaboration:

· Maine South English Department http://msenglishdept.ning.com/

· Maine East Integrated Literacy http://integrateded.ning.com/

Classroom Collaboration:

· British Literature http://2009britishlit.ning.com/

· Human Body Science http://hbsmshs.ning.com/

· Guitar http://mwguitar.ning.com/

Principal Leadership:

· Admin Council Maine West http://adcouncilwest.ning.com

· Student Principal Leadership Team at Maine West http://mwhsplt.ning.com

Technology Collaboration:

· Staff: http://mwtech.ning.com/

· Staff: http://mainesouthtech.ning.com/

· Students: http://mdubtech.ning.com/


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