Saturday, March 19, 2011

Week of March 21, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

Below are this week's public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org, the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate.

The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time zone in your profile, or you can check the new event time converter on the event page. Event recordings are posted and available after the events if you aren't able to attend them live. If you are looking for an easy calendar import / RSS feed for these events, you'll now find a link on your calendar page or the calendar page of specific groups!

We hope you will consider hosting your own public webinars using the free LearnCentral public room--instructions are available by joining the "Host Your Own Webinar" group on the main announcement tab (http://www.learncentral.org/group/3432/host-your-own-webinars).

Thanks for your attention, and see you online!

GCTM REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES MEETING - GEORGIA COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS (Host Your Own Webinar Series)
Mon 21 Mar 07:00PM New York / Mon 21 Mar 11:00PM GMT / Tue 22 Mar 11:00AM Sydney
Jason Williams. Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Representative Meeting. Open to the public & discusses mathematics.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/146132

BILL MATTHIS FROM THE NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY CENTER ON "MISTAKES WE MAKE IN THINKING ABOUT EDUCATION AND REFORM." (Future of Education Series)
Mon 21 Mar 08:00PM New York / Tue 22 Mar 12:00AM GMT / Tue 22 Mar 12:00PM Sydney
Steve Hargadon. Steve will talk with Bill Matthis from the National Education Policy Center.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/142206

CREATING HIGH-IMPACT, AH-HA! LEARNING MOMENTS (Elluminate Live)
Tue 22 Mar 01:00PM New York / Tue 22 Mar 05:00PM GMT / Wed 23 Mar 05:00AM Sydney
Gailene Nelson. What participants look for in training are Ah-Ha! moments: the rare moments of inspiration and insights that help them understand and apply the learning ideas. Ah-Ha! moments don’t occur by accident, though. They are byproducts of well planned, highly motivational, and engaging design learning and training events. In the webinar, we will present proven techniques used in preparing and organizing videos, slides, webinars and games to immediately create long-lasting learning experiences.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/141476

FREDERICK HESS ON "THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER: HOW SCHOOL REFORMERS GET STUCK IN YESTERDAY'S IDEAS" (Future of Education Series)
Tue 22 Mar 08:00PM New York / Wed 23 Mar 12:00AM GMT / Wed 23 Mar 12:00PM Sydney
Steve Hargadon. Steve will interview Frederick Hess on his book, "The Same Thing Over and Over: How School Reformers Get Stuck in Yesterday's Ideas"
http://www.learncentral.org/event/142207

SABERES 2.0 - ¿APLICACIONES WEB 2.0 PODEMOS HABLAR DE CLÁSICOS EN EDUCACIÓN? (Aula 2.0)
Tue 22 Mar 09:00PM New York / Wed 23 Mar 01:00AM GMT / Wed 23 Mar 01:00PM Sydney
Tomas Chaskel. Nuestra presentadora quiere aprovechar este taller para compartir y realizar un conversatorio sobre unas ideas que viene delineando. BUENO TRAER MICROFONO Sería algo así como identificar en la web 2.0 algunas aplicaciones que van quedando como básicas y duraderas frente a otras que surgen, pero desde el sistema educativo se ignoran. Específicamente: estamos dando por sentado que un profe debe saber armar un blog, manejar una wiki y conocer herramientas de e-learning. Parece ser que esto... que fue lo primero que surgió en la web 2.0 ya se tiene incorporado y no se discute para el sistema educativo. Pero, cuando se incorpora algo nuevo, se hace como web 2.0. Digitalicemos las clases y no generemos cambio metodológico. ¿Estamos de acuerdo?
http://www.learncentral.org/event/147198

GLOBAL SCIENCE SEMINARS FEATURING DR. CHUCK KNAPP (Collaboration Innovation in STEM)
Wed 23 Mar 10:30AM New York / Wed 23 Mar 02:30PM GMT / Thu 24 Mar 02:30AM Sydney
Jim Gerry. Global Science Seminars brings scientists from the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the National Park Service and other agencies to students and classrooms allowing interactive live sessions with questions and answers. Prior to the video conference advance-reading materials are available for download via CoolHub.IMSA. Following each session the scientist continues to engage with participants for two weeks using Forums for extended learning. This session features Dr. Chuck Knapp from the Shedd Aquarium talking about "Conserving endangered iguanas in the Bahamas"
http://www.learncentral.org/event/147094

ESCAPE FROM THE TEXTBOOK! (Math 2.0 Series)
Wed 23 Mar 02:00PM New York / Wed 23 Mar 06:00PM GMT / Thu 24 Mar 06:00AM Sydney
Maria Droujkova. Henri Picciotto, the founder, will introduce his community for middle and high school teachers escaping the textbook.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/142388

GLOBAL SCIENCE SEMINARS FEATURING DR. CHUCK KNAPP (Collaboration Innovation in STEM)
Wed 23 Mar 03:30PM New York / Wed 23 Mar 07:30PM GMT / Thu 24 Mar 07:30AM Sydney
Jim Gerry. Global Science Seminars brings scientists from the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the National Park Service and other agencies to students and classrooms allowing interactive live sessions with questions and answers. Prior to the video conference advance-reading materials are available for download via CoolHub.IMSA. Following each session the scientist continues to engage with participants for two weeks using Forums for extended learning. This session features Dr. Chuck Knapp from the Shedd Aquarium talking about "Conserving endangered iguanas in the Bahamas"
http://www.learncentral.org/event/147346

P2PU COURSE - CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (Math 2.0 Series)
Wed 23 Mar 07:30PM New York / Wed 23 Mar 11:30PM GMT / Thu 24 Mar 11:30AM Sydney
Maria Droujkova.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/131369

THE KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLACE (The Knowledge Sharing Place)
Thu 24 Mar 08:00PM New York / Fri 25 Mar 12:00AM GMT / Fri 25 Mar 12:00PM Sydney
Dean Mantz. Dean Mantz and the ladies of LiveBinders, Tina Schneider and Barbara Tallent, will provide another evening of Tips and Tricks for a successful integration of LiveBinders into education.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/143651

CSOV STUDENT NEWSCAST (Host Your Own Webinar Series)
Fri 25 Mar 08:30AM New York / Fri 25 Mar 12:30PM GMT / Sat 26 Mar 12:30AM Sydney
Molly Williams. Join this webinar for a CSOV Student Newscast.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/137832

CONNECTED PRINCIPALS (Classroom 2.0 LIVE)
Sat 26 Mar 12:00PM New York / Sat 26 Mar 04:00PM GMT / Sun 27 Mar 04:00AM Sydney
George Couros. Join this webinar for a CSOV Student Newscast.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/147196

LEARN TO BE - ONLINE LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE (Host Your Own Webinar Series)
Sat 26 Mar 03:00PM New York / Sat 26 Mar 07:00PM GMT / Sun 27 Mar 07:00AM Sydney
Jingshen Zhao. Learn To Be is a non-profit that provides free online tutoring to children in underserved communities. The Online Leadership Exchange is a meeting open to the public where leaders from the various University Chapters come together to share updates and discuss best practices. More information about Learn To Be is available at http://www.learntobe.org
http://www.learncentral.org/event/140773