Certainly the highlight of the year for most SITE members is the annual conference held each March. For many of us, it’s a good time to reenergize, to see familiar (and not-so-familiar) colleagues, to share cutting-edge ideas and research with others. It seems that we just finish with one conference and it’s time to plan for and submit presentations to the next (btw, March 2009 is in Charleston, NC, ). As with many professional organizations, it’s understandable that so many focus on the annual … [Read more...]
Equity and Justice SIG
Dear SITE friends and colleagues, Welcome to the SITE Blog and particularly to the Equity and Justice SIG of SITE. As we are set to arrive in San Antonio I wanted to outreach to those of you who have expressed interest in this SIG and have you share your ideas and interests in advance of our meeting together if you would like. You will notice that there are already two substantive posts in the Equity and Justice category of the SITE Blog. Nikki Davis has shared … [Read more...]
SITE Web site in redesign – meeting notes
A SITE working group and members of the SITE Consultative Council are collaborating on a redesign of the SITE Web site intended to incorporate Web 2.0 technologies and digital media, as well improve functionality for members. My notes from planning meetings (the conference calls) and draft graphic designs are linked on a seedwiki: http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/site_sitemap Feedback and input are welcome. Please feel free to contribute thoughts and ideas via comments to this blog post. … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Advocacy Issues
As do many of you, I spend a lot of time researching and teaching about a variety of emergent media. (These days I’m focusing on digital storytelling, geocaching and gaming (specifically, Second Life).) However, I continuously find the areas that I wish to work on interrupted by issues related to advocacy. For example, I just read a fascinating article from Edutopia “Education at Risk,” which traces the much of the current NCLB debate back to the Regan years and the “A Nation at Risk” … [Read more...]
UNESCO to coordinate e-learning: SITE supports
With support from SITE I attended the UNESCO consultation on e-learning in October and I was present when we voted for UNESCO to become co-ordinators for this action line from the World Summit on the Information Society. The discussions raised many issues including the ciritical success factor of ICT teacher education - our focus! Hopefully we can advocate for more action e.g. through SITE's OSDE award. … [Read more...]
