Agenda

4:30 - 5:00 Online Community
Please login or join Weblogs & Beyond, then Create a News Item in response to these questions:

Think about a community to which you belong. What attracted or drew you to that community? What sustains your membership in that community?

Now think about your students or teachers you are working with. What might make them want to participate in an online community? What might encourage them to take chances and to bring their best work to that online community?

What obstacles might present themselves in establishing an online community with your students? How might you remove those obstacles?

5:00 - 6:00 Using a Wiki
Jon Udall's Wikipedia and the social construction of knowledge

6:00 - 7:00 Dinner

7:00 - 8:00 Online Gallery Walk -Ken and Kate prepare this segment on gallery walks and technology

8:00 - 8:30 Reflectioins

Saturday, September 24, 2005
9:00 - 9:15 Recap/Framing Saturday

9:15 - 10:15 Literature Response/Groups/Circles - Introduction to strategies/getting started by Julie

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 Literature Circles and Response Groups On Line - Donna and Kiran (with Paul representing others) present their class weblogs; each have 10 minutes to show and describe what they've done and answer questions

Followed by Play or responding on line (via Weblog/Nicenet/Wiki) to On Line Lit. Circle presentations 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 3:15 Play

3:15 - 4:30 What's Next? Groups form for further work together each week this fall.