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Agenda for the day

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Adenda for the Day

 

The agenda below is a suggestion. We are going to have two lab streams and a forum or demonstration stream.

 

The intention is that participants can present on topics of their interest and expertise. Please enter a title for the session you would like to present in the grid below where is says "Breakout Session, and then put more details in the table at the bottom. Don't forget to add your name otherwise I will assume it is a hoax!

 

Agenda for the day
  Lab B11 (33 networked computers) Presentation room B12 (Wireless access only) Lab B13 (33 networked computers)
08:45 Registration in foyer    
09:00 Introductions and guest speaker Paul Fuller - think.com - safe social networking for primary school students
09:30 Vic Gecas: Illustrator Peter Murray: iPod Touch / iPhone Software Developers Kit  
10:30 Morning break and networking    
11:00 Vic Gecas: Creating and Playing Flash Movies and Going Mobile Video
Considering Tumblr for visual blogging
 
11:30 Breakout Session 3a Jokay Wollongong: Tour of the Islands of jokaydia in Second Life - an educational/arts community.  (Hosted by Mike Leishman)  
12:00

Lunch and Networking

   
13:00

 

Mike Leishman: Second Life Demo including making objects with prims and
making clothes for yourself and others to wear SL_Links

 
14:00 Jim Mullaney- Is Google really taking over the world?    
15:00 Fishbowl - open discussion session    
15:30 Finish    

 

Ideas for Sessions (Please add)

Learn how to do something - Scratch, Introduction to Adobe CS3 Flash,

show and tell - Voki, Online Comic Creator, Gaby chat, Voice thread

echalk 2.0, ning and ning in the classroom, Web 2.0 apps - now and in the future

 

Session Descriptions

 

Session Description (add descriptions here)
1a Vic Gecas Illustrator: part of the Adobe CS3 Web suite. Intro to lllustrator, drawing tools, vectors vs bitmaps, creating patterns, 3D shapes, traces....
1b

Peter Murray - an overview of the Apple SDK for iPhone and iPod Touch

Links from the session:

www.apple.com/webapps - 1500 web based application designed for iPod Touch / iPhone 

http://www.acu.edu/technology/mobilelearning/index.html - Abilene Christian University

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/iphoneroadmap/ - iPhone software roadmap

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/ - deveolping for the iPhone / iPod Touch

 

   
2a  Vic Gecas:

How to create a video using the Flash Import Video Wizard

Best practices of using the Flash CS3 Video Encoder

How to create the FLV PLayback component

How to test a video. Going small - playing the video on a mobile.

2b Paul Reid

Considering Tumblr for visual blogging - the quickest easy way to automate a blog and to aggreagte your digital lifestream into a weblog

   
   
jokaydia

Jo Kay aka jokay Wollongong in Second Life - Freelance Designer and Virtual Worlds Consultant, based in Wollongong, Australia. See: http://jokaydia.com or http://jokay.com.au

 

Jo will take us on a tour of The Islands of jokaydia in Second Life - as space which supports a range of educational and arts projects, and hosts 'the jokaydians' a community of educators who are exploring virtual worlds for use in education K-20.

 

SLURL for the event (inworld location in Second Life): jokaydia Head Office

Hosted by Mike Leishman (Thanks Mike!) ;)

   
Second Life

Mike Leishman

An introduction to Second Life, what you can do in it from a learning perspective,

As well, learn how to be creative from within the environment from an Interactive Media perspective

4a

 Jim Mullaney

Is Google really taking over the world?

Google now has a large number of free, web-based applications that are relevant and useful from an education perspective. Google docs, spreadsheets, reader, maps and notebook to name but a few. What can we as teachers do with them and what will they think of next.

   
   

 

I lost my iPod Touch in the excitement of the Unconference.  Please let me know if you might have seen where I mislaid it.  Paul - 0400 203 976

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