NAISAC11- Online Community: The Daily Find

[Chris Bigenho]

This is a collection of The Daily Find links as posted through the NAISAC11 Community. Feel free to comment here or on the main community site. The authors of each highlighted blog would also appreciate comments on their respective blog posts. We hope you enjoy these editions of The Daily Find which leads up to and will continue for about 1 to 2 months following the NAIS Annual Conference after which it will fade away for another year. However, all of the content from the community remains in the open for all the world to read and enjoy.

[Chris Bigenho]

The Daily Find: January 19, 2011

Today's edition features a community video challenge along with several community blogger posts and a special the first in a series by Peter Gow. You will also see a link to the latest collection of informational tweets by community members including several looking at higher education and social media.

 

The Daily Find for January 19, 2011

 

As always, we hope you might take a moment to look through this post and leave comments on the community blog and of course, on the featured blog sites as well.

[Chris Bigenho]

The Daily Find for January 22nd is now out. Learn about Sugata Mitra, the Hole in the Wall Computer and the Granny Cloud as well as read featured blogs by Linda Vasu, Jonathan E Martin, Demetri Orlando. You can also read the latest issues of The NAISAC Daily and the NAIS Community Daily which are posted here as well. Finally, are you up for the challange? Read about the preconference video challange also linked off of this issue.

 

Now...The Daily Find: http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/the-daily-find-january-22nd/

 

 

 

[Chris Bigenho]

The Daily Find: January 24, 2011

http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/223/

 

Leading up to the 2011 NAIS Annual Conference, we continue to learn from the incredible wisdom of this community. This issue features:

 

Blogs by Peter Gow, Linda Vasu, Mark Crotty and Jonathan Martin. Jonathan Martin also reflects on the approaching conference in National Harbor. Additionally, we have our first submission to the Preconference Video Challenge (Throw down). Derrick Willard shares a piece he calls: Have you heard from those quiet girls lately? Finally, you can read both issues of the paper covering tweets by members of this online community.

 

You can read it all at: http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/223/

 

Don't forget, you can join this community at many different levels. Simply follow along on the Community Dashboard, Create your own blog and submit it to the list of independent school bloggers at [e-mail], Set up a Twitter account and start tweeting gems of wisdom 140 characters at a time, archive resources for the community through Diigo or simply leave comments on the community blog. For more about the online community, check out http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/introducing-the-nais-2011-annual-conference-online-community/

 

Don't let the opportunity pass you up without trying something new. Feel free to step out of your comfort zone and explore the power of distributed learning from a group of friendly and peers. Feel free to reach out to anyone you see in the community for advice on how to get started and that is why we are all here- to learn from each other. See you online and for many, at the 2011 NAIS Annual Conference in National Harbor.

[Chris Bigenho]

The Daily Find: January 26, 2011

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This issue includes the addition of the NAISAC11 Community Wishing Wall. This is a wonderful and easy way to interact and share ideas and thoughts from your journey through the community. This is a new feature and it is very easy to use. Take a moment and post your thoughts on the wall. More information in The Daily Find. This issue also includes:

• Preview of a 3 hour workshop complete with videos to explore
• A continuation of Peter Gow's soliloquy: A School is...
• Blogs from Bernadette Roche, Richard Kassissieh, and Susan Carter Morgan
• Latest in the community Twitter news

Finally, we encourage you to spread the opportunity to learn from this diverse and dynamic community by forwarding parts of the community to your entire community. You might even forward each issue of The Daily Find. As an alternative, you could highlight aspects of this community and build small learning adventures for your community. This is a rich form of professional development that illustrates the power of learning from a network of connected educators.

 

While they may not be attending the conference, this space was created for all to experience elements of the NAIS Annual Conference and learn from each other. The more you invite to this space, the more the conversations will grow as we approach the conference.

 

Now...The Daily Find for January 26, 2011

 

[Chris Bigenho]

The Daily Find for January 28, 2011 is now out. This issue features two of the General session speakers at the 2011 NAIS Annual Conference along with community bloggers covering topics including:

• A School is… Verse 8
• Rethinking Education: The new Michael Wesch Video
• Following #Cairo #Egypt #Jan25 Today!
• Catlin Gabel Computer Science
• School Board: What is Boredom? Part 1

 

You will also find featured Tweets along with links to the latest issues of the Community Tweet Daily’s.

 

Today’s issue is packed so if you are hiding from the snow or slowing down from a busy week, fill up a Cup O’ Joe and enjoy. The latest issue of The Daily Find.

 

http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/250/

[Chris Bigenho]

The Daily Find: January 31, 2011

 

There is some great stuff in today’s issue of The Daily Find. One item that might be of interest is the blog post by Lorri Carroll where she talks about Flipping her class. With a potential ice storm headed our way, this might be something that you want to explore for the future. Actually, it really doesn’t take an ice storm to make a class flip powerful. Check out her post as well as those by:

 

• Peter Gow
• Linda Vasu
• Mark Crotty
• Bill Fitzgerald
• Susan Carter Morgan

 

You will also see some great resources posted through Twitter including a link to a 2009 Harpers Magazine article titled: Dehumanized- When math and science rule the school.

 

Don’t forget, you can post your 160 character reflections on the community wishing wall.

[Susan Carter Morgan]

Chris, thanks for doing this. I love getting the updates in my RSS feed.

[Chris Bigenho]

That is excellent news. RSS is a wonderful thing :)

[Chris Bigenho]

The Daily Find: February 2, 2011

 

This issue of The Daily Find opens the door to preconference reflections along with posts from Jonathan Martin, Peter Gow, Laura Michaels of the Hye Schools, and Devon Davis/Michael Ebeling. You will also find many resources and articles linked off of the latest issues of the community Twitter papers. This should provide some wonderful reading and reflections for the next couple of days. Enjoy…

The Daily Find: February 2, 2011

 

[Chris Bigenho]

Experience the Snow Day Flip

This Saturday February 5^th
Time: [8 am PST], [9 am MST], [10 am CST], [11 am EST]
Session Location:
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/464074-experience-the-snow-day-flip

With many schools bumping up against their limit of snow days and with almost two months of winter remaining, what can you do to prepare for the inevitable? Join us this Saturday to Experience the Snow Day Flip.

[MORE]

http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/experience-the-snow-day-flip/

 

[Chris Bigenho]

The Daily Find: February 4, 2011

http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/the-daily-find-february-4-...

 

The Daily Find for February 4, 2011 is hot off the press. This issue features contributions by:

• Pat Bassett
• Jonathan Martin
• Richard Kassissieh
• Matt Scully
• Amanda Holliday
• Elisabeth Abarbanel

 

You will also find a unique opportunity to experience an online session where you can explore different technologies and pedagogical approaches for teaching at a distance. This will be very useful for future snow days. However, you don’t need a snow day to turn your class upside-down. Finally, you will find the latest offerings from over 140 community members who tweet resources for the world to explore.

 

The Daily Find: February 4, 2011

http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/the-daily-find-february-4-...

 

[Chris Bigenho]

Experiencing the Snow Day Flip

First...
Did you miss today’s session and want a repeat?
If this is something that might be of interest, NAISAC11 would consider hosting another session in the near future. Email [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]> if you would like another offering of this session during a week night.

This post features a bulleted list of the key points, a list of resources to help facilitate future flips, some production tools for content creation, and a list of other resources to help you get started and provide additional context to flipping your classroom.

We initially had some audio issues (such as sometimes the case with technology) but we worked through them and had a rewarding session. Unfortunatly, the early audio issues means the audio does not work with the recording but see the note above as this can easily be repeated.

The link below will take you to the detailed information outlined above.

Enjoy and see you online and in D.C. soon!

http://naisac11.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/follow-up-from-online-sess...