He delivered the keynote and then ran three sessions on using technology in education -- one on blogs and wikis, one on RSS and social bookmarking, and one on podcast, vodcast, and digital storytelling. To be honest, the sessions were fairly "Web 2.0 for Dummies" when I had been hoping for more advanced information and/or some discussion about how people are making it work in actual districts around here, but it was still great.
If you don't already follow Will Richardson, I suggest you do the following ASAP:
- Buy his book: Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms...I loved it, but really everything is online anyway, so moving on...
- Read his blog;
- Check out his wikis: weblogged has a TON of useful Web 2.0 resources, sample projects, etc.; and willrichardson outlines most of what he talked about in his keynote, including tons of links.
- My personal blog;
- My Blackboard site -- most of the "good" content is blocked because of student privacy concerns, but I make as much of my own stuff available as possible;
- The librarians in my district are working on starting a wiki to collaborate and post projects, ideas, etc., so once we get it up and running, I will let you know.
