AWNM10

Thanks for being interested in participating in the 2010 edition of live blogging //A Whole New Mind// with students from Arapahoe High School. Please add your name, title, location and link (if you have one) next to the date(s) and time(s) you would like to blog. You can read more about the fishbowl discussion techniqueand see an example of what the live blog looks like, or read about previous years' experiences. You may add yourself to any slot, //even if someone else is already there//, although it would be great if we could not overload any one period with more than 3 or 4 people or so. Please also add your biographical information at the bottom of the page (alphabetical order by last name - look at last year for formatting).

[|Video about how we've done it before]. [|Posts on The Fischbowl about AWNM].


 * All times are **Mountain Daylight Time** (which is **GMT -6**)

Period 2: 8:25 - 9:24 am MDT (Anne Smith's Class) Period 3: 9:29- 10:30 am MDT (Maura Moritz's Class) Period 4: 10:35 - 11:34 am MDT (Maura Moritz's Class) Period 5: 12:14 - 1:12 pm MDT (Anne Smith's Class) || **Current Time in Colorado**

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If you need any help adding yourself to this wiki, or have questions, please contact Karl Fisch.

Tuesday, April 20th - Chapter 4: Design
if applicable)** || **Title** || **Location** || [|Darren Draper] || Educator, Edublogger Director of Technology Services | Edublogger | Techno-realist || Houston, TX, USA SLC, UT ||
 * **Period** || **Name (hyperlink
 * 2 || [|Christian Long] || Founder, Be Playful | Studio & Design; School Planner/Designer; Educator; TEDxBloomington (IN) Curator/Co-Organizer || Ft. Worth, TX ||
 * 3 || [|Renee Howell] || Board of Education || Littleton, CO ||
 * 4 || Stephanie Sandifer
 * 5 || Lucy Gray || Education Technology Specialist, University of Chicago Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education || Chicago IL ||

Friday, April 23rd - Chapter 5: Story
if applicable)** || **Title** || **Location** || Vicki Davis || Technology Learning Mentor Teacher, Blogger || Fredericton, NB, Canada Camilla, GA USA ||
 * **Period** || **Name (hyperlink
 * 2 || Jeff Whipple
 * 3 || [|Sharon Peters]

Mike Hasley || Director of Tech. / Team Leader, [|Education Beyond Borders] (S. AFrica 2010) Secondary Social Studies Specialist || Montreal,QC

Henrico, VA || Austin, TX || Cathy Nelson || Futurist, Edupreneur High School Librarian || San Francisco, CA Spartanburg, SC ||
 * 4 || [|Carolyn Foote] || High School/District Librarian (8:25 a.m. class) || Westlake HS
 * 5 || [|Eric Grant]

Tuesday, April 27th - Chapter 6: Symphony
Students and [|Dan Pink] only please. You can observe (virtually or in person) if you wish. (ustream info coming)

Monday, May 3rd - Chapter 7: Empathy
if applicable)** || **Title** || **Location** || [|Judy O'Connell] Lucie Stanish || Educator, Online Community Developement Head of Library & Information Services Board of Education || Philadelphia, PA Sydney, Australia Littleton, CO || Lucie Stanish || Director of Technology, K-12 Board of Education || Philadelphia, Pa. Littleton, CO || Cathy Nelson || Education Consultant, GatesIdeas.com High School Librarian || Lemoyne, PA Spartanburg, SC ||
 * **Period** || **Name (hyperlink
 * 2 || [|Robin Ellis]
 * 3 || [|Nancy Caramanico]
 * 4 || [|Eric Grant] || Edupreneur || San Francisco, CA ||
 * 5 || Jim Gates

Friday, May 7th - Chapter 8: Play
if applicable)** || **Title** || **Location** || LPS || Littleton, CO || Jeff Whipple || Tech Integration Specialist Technology Learning Mentor || Fairfax, VA Fredericton, NB, Canada || [|Edgility Blog] || Associate Professor || Fort Collins, CO, USA || Note: //if someone can't participate in the Play section, I'd be happy to replace them. - Christian Long//
 * **Period** || **Name (hyperlink
 * 2 || Mike Porter || Asst. Director Instructional Technology
 * 3 || Tim Stahmer
 * 4 || Stephanie Sandifer || Educator, Edublogger || Houston, TX, USA ||
 * 5 || James Folkestad

Wednesday, May 12th - Chapter 9: Meaning
if applicable** || **Title** || **Location** || . [|Judy O'Connell] || Director of Tech / Team Leader Education Beyond Borders (S. Africa 2010) Head of Library & Information Services || Montreal QC
 * **Period** || **Name (hyperlink
 * 2 || [|Sharon Peters]

Sydney, Australia || Kristin Hokanson || Tech Integration Specialist Tech Integration Specialist || Fairfax, VA King of Prussia, PA ||
 * 3 || David Warlick || Education & Technology Consultant & Author || Raleigh, NC ||
 * 4 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 5 || Tim Stahmer

**AWNM Participant Biographies**
Nancy, an Instructional Technology Specialist, presenter and former grant writer, is currently the Director of Tech for the 202 schools in the Catholic Archdiocese in Philadelphia. She works to bring innovative programs to schools to empower teachers and enhance student learning. She is an adjunct teacher at Cabrini College teaching online in Tech and Communications and at St. Joseph's University teaching Technology and Learning Theory.
 * Nancy Caramanico**

Vicki describes herself as “a teacher, entrepreneur, edublogger, conference presenter, and freelance writer.” She is an avid reader, technology "geek", and heart-felt Christian. Locally, she’s been Camilla Chamber president, a Rotarian, and a Leadership Georgia graduate. Her class wiki has won many awards and media recognition. She is a Tech Learning blogger, co-founder of Women of Web 2 and co-host the WOW2 show at Ed Tech Talk. She co-authored the Flat Classroom Project and Horizon Project. Vicki lives in Camilla, GA.
 * [|Vicki Davis]**

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Currently serving as the Director of Technology Services in the newly-created [|Canyons School District] in Sandy, Utah, Darren is able to focus on helping teachers and students to use technology in learning. Having authored the //[|Pay Attention]// video and developed OpenPD as a new genre of teacher training, Darren is continually striving to improve the learning process in our increasingly connected world. Those interested in learning more about how Darren thinks can visit his blog at [].======

James is an associate professor at Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO). He has spent the last 15 years studying and teaching in the areas of diffusion of technological innovation and change. He currently teachers a course to pre-service teachers titled Educational Technology and Assessment(EDUC331) and a graduate level course on Educational Leadership (EDUC709). He is currently investigating how collaborative processes can enhance learning.
 * [|James Folkestad]**


 * [|Carolyn Foote]**An avid technology user and Dan Pink fan, Carolyn is a librarian at a large suburban high school in Austin Texas, where she describes her job as a web-brarian, since much of what she does is online. She has written several articles on bringing technology into libraries, and has recently redesigned her library space to be more student friendly. She is especially interested in the issues of changes in education, technology, libraries, and empowering student learners. Her favorite "go-to" site for learning is Twitter. Her blog is [|Not So Distant Future], and her library blog is [|the WHS Library].


 * Jim Gates**

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After a career in education, first as a music teacher and later as a computer teacher, Jim is now working as a consultant for the PA Dept of Education in the Classrooms for the Future program. In that capacity Jim works with instructional coaches as they work with teachers to provide meaning integration of technology into their daily lessons. Jim is also working with his own company, [|Gates Ideas], where he provides training for districts, offers keynote presentations, and more. When not busy at work Jim loves to spend time at his cabin in the woods of central PA. He's a lucky man.======


 * [|Eric Grant]** is a futurist and an edupreneur who believes that one of the best ways to reform education is to develop alternatives outside of the system. He consults with corporations and non-profits, starts businesses, instigates via social media, and learns from every success and failure. His last venture was an online social network for kids under 13. Eric is currently freelancing, which is a fancy way to say that he's unemployed. Or as we like to call it in San Francisco, funemployed. He hopes his next project will revolutionize education but will settle for something really fun using technology and information. Eric has a bunch of interdisciplinary degrees from good schools.

Lucy Gray is the Lead Technology Coach at the Center for Urban School Improvement at the University of Chicago. In her current role, she is responsible for the development of a technology professional development program on three University of Chicago Charter School campuses. Lucy also supports technology integration efforts at the North Kenwood/Oakland Charter School. She is also an Apple Distinguished Educator.
 * [|Lucy Gray]**


 * [|Mike Hasley]** is the Secondary Social Studies Specialist for [|Henrico County Public Schools] in Henrico, Virginia. He has taught Social Studies since 1995 and has also been an instructional technology teacher. Henrico County is a 1:1 district, so Mike is constantly trying to find new ways to better integrate technology into the curriculum. Mike is also a graduate of Arapahoe High School, 1986.

Kristin is a blogger who's day job is Classrooms for the Future Technology Coach in King of Prussia, PA. Kristin is a PA Keystone Technology Integrator, STAR Discovery Educator, and Google Certified Teacher as well as Teachnology Leader through PAECT. Kristin is committing her time and efforts to creating a constructivist learning experience for students to prepare them for life in the 21st Century. She participated in this event last year and is thrilled to be invited back.
 * [|Kristin Hokanson]**

Renee is a parent of a Littleton Public Schools student as well as the Vice President of the LPS School Board.
 * Renee Howell**

Christian is in the midst of a career shift from HS English teacher at the Oakridge School in Arlington, TX (example of projects include: [|The Alice Project] and the [|TEDxProject]) to founding his own school design consulting firm called Be Playful | Studio & Design (//site coming soon//); he is also the curator/co-organizer for [|TEDxBloomington]. He has been an active [|edu-blogger] and [|tweeter] over the last few years, speaks nationally/internationally on the 'future of education' and school design, and was previously the CEO/President of [|DesignShare] (a consulting/research team focused on school architecture).
 * Christian Long**

**Cathy Nelson** Cathy is a high school librarian at a large rural school in the town of Roebuck, SC (Spartanburg County.) Paul M. Dorman High School boasts of having 2500 students. Cathy is an avid reader and loves to play in the mix of learning with tools, and she enjoys bringing that level of engaged learning to classes that she teaches in her school. Cathy is active in her state library association South Carolina Association of School Librarians, South Carolina's Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council, and the American Association of School Librarians as a taskforce member for preservice teachers and school librarians.


 * Judy O’Connell** is Head of Library and Information Services at [|St Joseph’s College], Hunters Hill in Sydney Australia. Her professional leadership experience spans primary, secondary and tertiary education, with a focus on pedagogy, curriculum, libraries, and professional development in a technology-enriched learning environment. Judy regularly presents at Australian and international technology and library conferences and seminars. As an award winning blogger Judy is passionate about global participation and collaboration. Her ongoing commitment to global projects, including the //Horizon Project Report// K-12 edition, and the international journal //School Libraries Worldwide//, ensure that she remains at the forefront of 21st century learning innovation in schools. Judy writes online at [|http://heyjude.wordpress.com]

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Sharon is passionate about global education issues and will be spending her third summer in Africa working with teachers in rural areas and the townships of South Africa with the non-governmental organization, [|Education Beyond Borders] (formerly Teachers Without Borders Canada). With a background as a high school English teacher and educational technologist, she is excited to bringing her skills to her new position, starting in August, as design technology teacher to the [|American International School of Mozambique] in Maputo. She is active on twitter and has co-hosted an education webcast called [|Women of Web 2] for over three years. Her students have won awards for their global collaborative projects - [|Darfur Video Project] (2009), Global Virtual Classroom (2005 & 2007),and From Montreal to Jerusalem (2007).======

Dan is the author of //A Whole New Mind//, //Free Agent Nation, Johnny Bunko,// and //Drive//. Dan held his last real job in the White House, where he served from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He's also worked as an aide to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich, an economic policy staffer in the U.S. Senate, a legal researcher in India, and a latrine builder in Botswana. Dan lives in Washington, D.C.  Mike is the Assistant Director of Technology for Littleton Public Schools. He has a Master’s of Science in Instructional Technology and has co-taught graduate classes at the University of Colorado, Denver, for Leadership for Technology Integration. He is a former Language Arts classroom teacher. Mike is also the parent of two Littleton Public School students.
 * [|Dan Pink:]**
 * [|Mike Porter]**

Stephanie teaches art & design classes online as an adjunct faculty member at the high school and college levels. She has formerly worked "on the ground" teaching at the high school and college levels as well as serving in leadership positions at the campus and school district office levels. She also works independently conducting workshops & presentations and consulting on a variety of education and ed tech projects. She blogs at Change Agency and LeaderTalk and is the author of Wikified Schools.
 * [|Stephanie Sandifer]**

Tim is a Technology Integration Specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools, a large school district on the Virginia side of the Washington DC metro area. In his job, Tim gets to work with the amazing technology trainers assigned to each of the 206 schools in the district, helping them help their staff and students understand how technology can be used for learning. Tim has been blogging for more than seven years at Assorted Stuff and building web sites to help people learn for more than fifteen.
 * Tim Stahmer**

Treasurer of the Littleton Public Schools School Board
 * Lucie Stanish**

David, a 30 year educator, has been a classroom teacher, district administrator, and staff consultant with the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction. For the past ten years, Mr. Warlick has operated The Landmark Project, a consulting, and innovations firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. His web site, Landmarks for Schools, serves more than a half-million visits a day with some of the most popular teacher tools available on the Net. David is also the author of three books on instructional technology and 21st century literacy, and has spoken to audiences throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America.
 * [|David Warlick]**

**[|Jeff Whipple]** Moving from his role as a lead teacher in Nashwaaksis Middle's 1:1 lapop program, Jeff is now a Technology Learning Mentor at Nashwaaksis Middle School, where he works with teachers and students to help them leverage the power of connectivity into their learning. He also is a part-time instructor at the University of New Brunswick, where he facilitates two undergraduate courses for pre-service teachers in using web-based learning tools.