Putting Myself Out There
Posted by learnconnect on October 12, 2007
I spoke to the October 5 group about my own learning adventures. I have become part of Webcast Academy. Aside from the fact that I love learning new things and I am intrigued by what technology can help us with, I feel that I have to model what I am asking others to do – to put myself out of my comfort zone. It has been a steep and fast learning curve for me. But most importantly – I have become part of an incredible group of educators who are learning along with me. We support each other in many ways and I can honestly say, that despite the fact that we have not met face-to-face (though we have seen each other through video on the Internet) some have already become my friends. I am going to be streaming live (like a radio show on the Internet) on Wednesday, October 17 at 8:30 pm at Webcast Academy with two of the “interns” I met through this experience. Our show, Teacher Talk, is about all aspects of communication in schools. If you decide to listen, go to the site and then click on Listen. This will open a window
We will be streaming in Sandbox A or B (we’re still playing in the sandbox). You simply click on the speaker to listen through iTunes, the blue icon to listen through RealPlayer or the third icon to listen through Windows Media Player. You can also join the chat room by typing an ID (any name will do!) into the space beside username. Beside Room scroll to Webcast Academy. Or – even scarier to me, you can watch our experiment with video at Teacher Talk Studio.
The show will focus on communicating about math. We’ll be interviewing the founder of Mathplayground and we will talk about some other math ideas both on the internet and in books. If you listen, let me know.
It is really scary for me to share this with you and I know for some of you being part of this LEARN-CEFRIO project is a challenge and a bit scary. So be assured that I understand how you feel. I hope you will find in this project the support you need for your journey as well as the excitement of the journey. It takes work, but the thrill of success makes it all worth it.
Susan
PS – Learn about the K12 Online Conference from my blog
October 14th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Wow, Susan! I will be listening and maybe watching.
This sounds very exciting and it will be great to talk about math. I just visited the Math Playground website and I love the Times Attack video game and the word problem videos. And the logic puzzles!
Looking forward to Wednesday night,
Anne