Connect@NMC

 
NMC Connect and lynda.com present:
Live with Lynda Webinar Series

Will Richardson, Author
> Personal Learning Networks
Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education

The NMC and lynda.com invite you to a live, free webinar with Will Richardson, author of Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education.

Watch the archive

NMC Connect and lynda.com present:
Live with Lynda Webinar Series

Tom Geller
> Open Source Applications
Selecting, Implementing, Influencing, & Sharing

Join Lynda Weinman, co-founder of lynda.com, as she interviews Esther Wojcicki aka the “WOJ” and discusses the adaptive classroom and her innovative approaches to teaching journalism at Palo Alto High School in ways that have not only transformed students’ learning but her own teaching methods. Several of Esther’s students at Palo Alto High School will join us in this lively and highly interactive Connect session.

The Archive of this session is available for viewing here.

Topics to be covered include:

The NMC Horizon Report has tracked the progress of Moodle and other LMS and CMS tools throughout the NMC Horizon Project as part of our identified emerging technologies — including collaborative environments, learning analytics, personal learning environments, and others. It is important to note that tools like this serve as the building blocks for innovations in learning and teaching that are still on the horizon for many schools. 

This Webinar is available to view now as an archive in Adobe Connect: http://nmc.adobeconnect.com/p65052083/

THE ARCHIVE OF THIS SESSION IS AVAILABLE NOW AT OUR ADOBE CONNECT SITE:

http://nmc.adobeconnect.com/p21022812/

Lynda Weinman, co-founder of lynda.com, interviews Michael about his personal journey as a teacher, the challenges he faced as he changed his approach, and the successes and barriers to making the change. Watch as he and a few of his students showcase some of their current projects.

Archived Recording of this Session (opens in Adobe Connect)

http://nmc.adobeconnect.com/p57211249/

Our first Connect@NMC webinar for 2011 brings us technology visionary and well-known author Kevin Kelly , who has recently published his newest book, What Technology Wants. This book takes a broad look at technology and culture, from the big bang to the modern internet:

Learning Analyics is a new topic that will be featured on the four to five year time frame of the 2011 NMC Horizpon Report (see  the description that appeared in the Short List).

Please join us on Wednesday, Nov. 10th at 12pm PT/3pm ET (check for local time) for a discussion with Lynda Weinman, the co-founder of the software teaching and learning company, lynda.com.    Lynda's commitment runs deep in the field of learning and she will be sharing her thoughts and ideas about the founding of lynda.com, her life and her love of learning.    This will be a special opportunity to hear from one of the creative leaders of the online teaching world who has touched many through her company.