Comment on Web Conferencing - Can We Chat?

This week has been a very good one in terms of Internet resource discovery.  As I noted earlier in the week, Karen Blumberg's K12 conference presentation was so invigorating and provided me with a plethora of links that I will surely use as I continue on in school and in my future career.  (and did I mention that she commented on my post?!  how awesome is that?!)  Kim Caise's Web Conferencing - Can We Chat? was also incredibly informative and provide many helpful links.

An interesting comment that Caise made was that she hoped that with the tools that she provided that our students will feel inspired.  I have to tell you, I was just as (if not more!) inspired by the resources that she gave.  For instance, I found the site The Global Education Collaborative to be extremely helpful.  I appreciate the global-connectedness that the site promotes and truly proves how small our world really is.  Another site, Virtual Field Trips is an incredible resource because it provides students more educational opportunities because they are able to visit places across the global that the class would not necessarily have the funds to travel to.  How incredible it is for a student to "visit" the Louvre in the morning and then Madagascar in the afternoon!

I also found Caise's personal blog to be incredibly rich in resources and I have book marked it for our Diigo group (and can be found here http://kcaise.wordpress.com/).  I hope that you will all have time to explore Caise's "Ventures," and get to take a look at all of the wonderful resources she has listed for educators.

Comment on K12 Conference - License to Cull with Creative Commons and yolink

Holy mackerel!  I have never learned more about copyright in such a short amount of time!  I just listened to "License to Cull with Creative Commons and yolink" by Karen Blumberg (under the subheading, Kicking it Up a Notch) and it was fantastic!!  I am sure I drove everyone nuts with my Diigo postings but Blumberg's links are such incredible resources, I couldn't help but pass them on to the class. 

One of the things that really got me about this presentation was Blumberg's enthusiasm about what she does.  When the presentation begins, it is clear that Blumberg loves what she does and is happy to aid the students that she works with.  As the presentation continues, Blumberg's speech becomes faster and she provides the presentation listener with so much information and beneficial tools that I couldn't help be excited with her!

Let's face it, creative commons and copyright in general can be pretty dry material.  In earlier postings, we have also discussed the ambiguity that exists in each respective area, but Blumberg's explanation and resources really helped me get a handle on what can and can't be used when creating videos and posting materials for educational use. 

I cannot express enough how great I think Blumberg did and plan on visiting her personal blog on a regular basis so I can be kept abreast of the wonderful things that she does!  I even left her a personal comment on the K12 site to let her know how great she did and I never do things like that (I am usually a chicken!).  :)