e-Show n Tell 2007

Announcing the e-Show n Tell 2007 Photo Competition Winners!

I’d like to congratulate our winners for the Photo Competition. Although there was only a small number of submissions received, the images shared were fantastic, and really added to the blog coverage. Fab stuff everyone!!

1st Prize

First place goes to Kathie Warren, who shared a great image which depicted her keen participation, but also the bandwidth/access issues many of our regional participants face. Congrats Kathie!!

Kathie said: My entry illustrates the perils of attending a 3-day online conference on a budget DSL account!!

2nd Prize!

Second Place has been awarded to Howard Errey who shared a great photo of people from his team engaging in the conference. The judges were particularly impressed that Howard walked the talk and submitted his entry via mobile fone! Well done Howard and team!

Howard’s caption: “What’s all this blog & wiki business? Show & Tell was never like this.“

Special Mentions

Special Mentions were also given to Mex Butler from South West TAFE in Victoria who’s entry depicted the central image of Ron Oliver’s keynote – on engaging people to the point where their brow is furrowed; and to Jan Roberts and Denece Sippo (and Jan’s hubby!) who submitted an entry which met the competition criteria beautifully and included some humour.

Special Thanks to ALL who participated and submitted an entry. Your images and captions were wonderful, and really helped to shine a light on the community engaged in the event.

Winners will be contacted within the next few days to arrange their prizes.

A fantastic entry from Kathie Warren…

Kathie says: My entry illustrates the perils of attending a 3-day online conference on a budget DSL account!!

Nice work Kathie… and I hope you don’t have to go without Internet access for too long!!

Another great entry just received…

This photo was taken (in our hotel room in Cairns) while Denece and I were helping Michael Chalk present his session about Community Engagement Projects. My hubby decided to take the opportunity to see if we required any service since we were tied to the computer so to speak!

Jan Roberts and Denece Sippo

Well.. it’s 5pm on Day 3 of the e-Show n Tell 2007 Conference and I’m all blogged out! We’ve had some fabulous presentations and I’ve had lots of fun documenting the conference events here.

Live blogging is fun – but also challenging. I hope I’ve managed to maintain the pace and keep people who couldn’t make it to the synchronous events informed about what’s going on… and maybe demonstrated a little bit of blogging technique along the way!

One of the key skills for blogging is ‘the mashup’ – being able to use a collection of Web 2.0 tools to put together a complete web prescence. In the conference context this is about creating ongoing coverage of the event… but in the classroom it’s about creating a personalised learning environment.

Anyway, for those who are interested, I’ve used the following tools throughout the three days to ‘mashup eshowntell2007′:

• Edublogs to host the blog – free and easy to use
• Flickr to host and tag the artwork for the blog
• Slideshare.net to host and tag the powerpoint slides from the sessions
• Twitter to make announcements and get feedback from the network
• Del.icio.us to share some links in the sidebar of the blog
• Podomatic to host Michael’s podcast (Michael’s work not mine – but important to note)
• DivShare to host the Digital stories from Alicia and Carol
• Email to receive files and communicate with the conference management team.
• Photoshop to edit artwork. (But you can use any image editing tool you prefer).
• BigHugeLabs to make the mosaics.

Anyway, I hope at least a small group of readers have found some fun and information in this space. We will post any remaining presentation resources or photocomp entries that are received before 5pm on Sunday 12 November 2007. We’d also love to see your comments and feedback here – so share some of your thoughts!!

Please also visit the Conference website where you can login to access the collection of session recordings and join in the discussions there. You should also visit the Conference Wiki to share your ideas! Oh and don’t forget to share your feedback using the conference survey tool.

Othewise it’s over and out! Back to my usual blogging channel!

Regards,

J0 Kay

A very creative entry from Delia Bradshaw!

Delia says: One time yesterday, as I was listening to one of the e-Show and Tell presenters, I turned to look outside, to think more deeply about the ideas in circulation, when this mural caught my eye.  It says a lot about the joy and magic of our e-voyage together, don’t you think?

A great shot from Howard Erray. He’s added a cool caption too – “What’s all this blog & wiki business? Show & Tell was never like this.”

A definite contender for the prize! Extra points for submitting it via mobile fone! Thanks Howard!

3:30pm – 4:30pm AEST
with Sandra Robinson and Stephen McVey

“If you are seeing this message you may be experiencing network problems. Please wait a few minutes and refresh the page.”

In general the term network refers to any interconnected group or system. It is being accepted in learning organisations as a valid means of delivering learning experiences in this connected age. This presentation will explore the strategies of delivering learning through networks in this connected era.

3:30pm – 4:30pm
with Arabella Hay and Deslie-Ann Osborn

This presentation is about how NCI are engaging, empowering and enthusing our teachers and managers to encourage new and innovative practices. The presentation will include an overview of the entire strategy and examine the ELearning Kit that has been created.

If you’ve just attended Coming Up: How did a couple of veteran classroom teachers end up in a space like this? with Barbara Ganley and Barbara Sawhill, then you might be interested in joining them for a continuing discussion via a Skypecast.

From their blog:

“When the Elluminate session is over, and after a short beverage break, please join us for a follow up conversation on Skype. We will be joined by graduate students from the University of Connecticut’s Department of Modern & Classical Languages. The blog for their course is here. We will be talking about integrating social software into the teaching of languages and cultures and all that good stuff from 9:45-10:30 EST. (click here to check the time in your area)”

2:00pm – 3:00pm AEST
with Howard Errey and Allison Miller

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s Inclusive e-learning Project aims to increase the uptake of e-learning as an effective and efficient delivery strategy for increasing vocational education and training (VET) participation by under-represented and priority learner groups including youth at risk, learners with a disability and mature age workers.

During this session the 2007 Inclusive e-learning Project Leaders will share their successes, challenges and experiences.