Countdown to Camp 1:Technology Frameworks, Twitter, and Sticker Reminder

Posted on July 10, 2008 
Filed Under Community, Learning Design, Summer Camp

Hi Everyone. Thanks for signing up for the Learning Design Summer Camp. We currently have 83 people who have signed up so far. Between now and August 11, I’ll be sending a weekly “Countdown to Camp” e-mail to give you some ideas about things you can do to get ready for this event.

1. Technology Frameworks: For the “Lightning Talk” session of the Summer Camp, we will be having 10-minute presentations about 10 different projects and technologies. In the next month, it would be nice to have some quick community-written pages about each of these technologies so people who haven’t used them can understand what they are, how to get started, and what their educational applications are. So if you can, go to the following URL, pick one of the technologies, and answer a few of the questions. Don’t worry about being perfect the first time — the community will help to shape these pages. And if you’re looking for a fairly complete description, look at the page that people have created for Twitter.

2. Twitter: So far, 30 people on the registration list have shared their Twitter userids. If you are a current Twitter user, you may want to list your userid as well. If you are not using Twitter, this is the right time to give it a try. Create a free account at twitter.com and add other people who are registered for the Summer Camp. Try it for one month - from now until the Summer Camp. If you don’t see value in it by that time, it probably just isn’t the tool for you. However, it may be a way for you to connect to a large network of very smart faculty, librarians, designers, technologists, and eLearning Leaders, 140 characters at a time. To read more about Twitter and its educational uses, see the Twitter Framework.

3. Stickers: As a final reminder, we are ordering community-created stickers for the Summer Camp, but if you want to submit a design, please do so by the end of the day tomorrow. That way, we can make sure that they arrive in time. If you happen to miss that deadline, we can place a second order, but they may arrive after the Summer Camp. See all of the details and the designs that everyone has created so far at the Learning Design Sticker Page.

4. Blog space: If you prefer to stay current with this sort of stuff via RSS, subscribe to the ETS webspace category RSS feed for the camp.

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