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Stephen Downes' First Screencast: It's On Web2.0 and Personal Learning

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I was delighted to discover Stephen Downes screencast created with Camtasia for several reasons. First, I've been following the recent stream of posts about "personal learning environments" but haven't delved in depth yet. Seeing the powerpoint slides along with the commentary helped me understand the topic.

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Intermediated Conferences and Backchannels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since the workshop is essentiallly about designing more interactive face-to-face learning environments, I don't want to model a 85 minute lecture with 100 slide powerpoint, leaving 5 minutes for q&A at end. I wonder if there are learnings or ideas one can take from here?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This slide show from Common Craft uses a party as a metaphor for online community. Check out this presentation from Slide Share that uses the Wizard of Oz to explain Web2.0. Couldn't resist this one, Screencast-O-Matic (with some wikis thrown in) from Bamboo Project. Meanwhile, Party4aPurpose launches the alpha version.

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