Welcome to the Unconference Day!
The venue is on the third floor of the U@MQ building. There is no secure storage for bags etc., and anything you bring or lose is at your risk. The building is open from 8am, and registration and welcomes are at 9am-9.30am. We have 2 rooms available, and please note that other events are being held on the day, so we ask that you are mindful of these as you conduct the day. If you are expressing copyright over information presented and shared, please make sure that you make this clear to other participants before making any information public. Please expect that photography, audio recording and video will be used thoughout the day, and that Macquarie University is not responsible for this activity. This is an unconference; what happens on Google, stays on Google.
The draft agenda is below - please note that by attending you agree to participate; and the first order of the day is to finalise this agenda. It will change. So add you sugestions for the session times below please :)
Teleport to the Unconference venue :
You can visit the jokaydia Unconference 09 Headquarters inworld on the Islands of jokaydia! (SLurl)
Twitter hashtag : #mquncon09
Cover It Live: Backchannel chat [click here]
Adobe Connect - guest log-in: http://webconf.ltc.mq.edu.au/demo/ - this is available to anyone during the day who wants to use it to present. (Presenters seek out Elaine Huber for presenter access)
Second Life: All events are being held on the Islands of Jokaydia - who are supporting and facilitating this event.
Wifi - Presenters channel - VenuesC. Attendees please use VenuesA and VenuesB which are for participants. Please no streaming, unless you've cleared it. Share the bandwidth - ask at the reception desk for the password for the day.
Resources you might need
The day's draft-agenda.
Times shown are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - Check your local time here!
Please note : session times and locations cannot be changed - items marked [?] are open invite - please add your ideas/name/links
9.00-9.30 - Light breakfast, coffee and registration
9.30-9.45 - Welcome and introductions (Learning and Teaching Centre)
9.45-10.00 - Call for facilitators and partipation ... yes that means you!
10.00-11.00 - Session one
Room 1 - Facilitated Discussion "what does 21st Century Learning Look-like"
[?] add your offer/name as a facilitator
Room 2 - Ben Miller & Robyn Jay UNSW - Students Uncensored: UNSW Wikispaces in Action
Foyer - Networking and laptop demos in the main lounge (informal) - add as many as you like!
[?] getting the most from Twitter - Building a PLN / Elaine Huber
[?] add your offer/name
[?] add your offer/name
11.00-11.30 - Session two
Room 1 - Mike Bogle UNSW - Open Learning Frameworks / Alternatives to the LMS/VLE
Room 2 & Second Life : Bron Stuckey - Quest Atlantis in schools - teachable moments
11.30-11.45 - Morning Tea - Provided
11.45-12.00 - Top 10 Smackdown
Dean Groom will facilitate.
Sharing tools and tips that enhance student learning - please select a time slot, add your name a link to a resource/reference.
These can be from both Second Life and on campus - just grab a slot. If we run out - we'll run another room!
Ep01 - 5 mins - [?] add your offer/name
Ep02 - 5 mins - [?] add your offer/name
Ep03 - 3 mins - [?] add your offer/name
Ep04 - 3 mins - [?] add your offer/name
Ep05 - 3 mins - [?] add your offer/name
Ep06 - 2 mins - [?] my favourite free resource site - http://freetech4teachers.com - Elaine
Ep07 - 2 mins - [?] add your offer/name
Ep08 - 2 mins - [?] add your offer/name
Ep09 - 1 mins - [?] add your offer/name
Ep10 - 1 mins - [?] add your offer/name
12.00-12.30 - Session three - Technology in the classroom
Room 1 & Second Life : Jeff Agamemnoni - Great Falls, Montana - "Microblogging" in the classroom
Room 2 : Tools to enhanse student research skills
Foyer - Networking and Laptop Demos - add as many as you like!
[?] add your offer/name
[?] teaching in the virtual 'live' classroom - demo /Elaine Huber
[?] add your offer/name
12.30-1.00 - Light Lunch - Provided
1.00-2.00 - KEYNOTE - discussion by Teachers Without Borders, presented by Dr Konrad Glogowski (blog of proximal development ) at 1pm AEST. This will be relayed from Second Life into one of the presentation venues.
2.00-2.30 - Session four - Key Issues in Education
Please share you thought and comments via Cover It live and Twitter, to address three key questions
Room 1 :& Second Life : - Facilitated discussion : What are the barriers educators face in practice
[?] add your offer/name as a facilitator
Room 2 & Second Life : Facilitated discussion : Beating the odds - teachable moments with technology
[?] add your offer/name as a facilitator
Foyer & Second Life : - Facilitated discussion : From cognitive apprentice to social constructivism - are we there yet?
[?] add your offer/name as a facilitator
2.30 - 2.40 - Jokaydia Unconference : Overview of the weekend on the Islands of Jokaydia
2.40 - 2.50 - The Photoshoot - The photo opportunity in the main foyer & Second Life
[?] add your offer/name as a facilitator
2.50 - 3.00 - Goodbye, thanks for that - a final round up of the day in the Foyer
Afternoon tea - Provided
3.00 - 4.00 - Informal networking and discussion
4.00 - Unconference moves to Second Life for a weekend of uber chats and ideas.
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