There are two conferences of note which are occurring at the end of the week, one in San Francisco and one in Mumbai. Included are ways that you can participate remotely if you are so inclined.
American School of Bombay UnPlugged 2010
February 24 – 27
This is the second time that this bi-annual conference is being held. This year, ASB Unplugged consists of several conferences at one location. The first is a TEDx conference on-site. A TEDx conference is an affiliate TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) satellite conference. If you are not familiar with TED conferences, they are events which bring great thinkers from around the world together to share. You can access hundreds of past presentations at the TED web site.
The focus on ASB Unplugged’s TEDx is Embracing Leadership, Innovation, and Change.
Additionally, there is a Flat Classroom Student conference which is being held at ASB Unplugged. Modeled off of the projects begun by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay , students from around the globe will be meeting with other students, connected via a variety of different tools and brainstorming ways to “Open Up Education.”
There are several ways to participate in this conference. They are:
Go to the Flat Classroom Wiki – http://asbunplugged2010.flatclassroomproject.org/. From here, you will be able to connect to the uStream (video) feed and participate in a text based chat room.
Follow the conference via Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/ycoymg9 Even without a Twitter account, you can follow “tweets” sent by participants of the conference using Google’s new social search. This will provide additional links from participants who will be sharing what is going on at the conference.
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Annual Conference
February 24 – 26
This year, NAIS is striving to make more of the conference available to those who are unable to attend. Over the past few years, through the efforts of Chris Bigenho and the Classroom of the Future initiative, have been bringing the conference to all who are interested. This year, there are four official NAIS bloggers covering the event plus a number of others attending the conference who will be sharing reflections.
Like ASB Unplugged, there are many ways to participate in this conference:
Community Dashboard: http://www.netvibes.com/naisac10#Conference_Dashboard – A one stop location for conference blogger’s feeds and other social network access
Community Front Door (Blog): http://naisac10.wordpress.com/
About the AC Community: http://naisac10.wordpress.com/about/
How to Participate in the Community: http://naisac10.wordpress.com/how-to-participate/
NAIS Facebook Network: http://www.facebook.com/NAISnetwork
NAIS Diigo Group: http://groups.diigo.com/group/nais-2010-ac
NAIS Twitter Community: http://twitter.com/naisac10/community
So take some time and follow the action at these two conferences. Hopefully, I will be able to connect with you there.
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