NMC Connect: Live Webinar Series

Join Lynda Weinman, co-founder of lynda.com, as she interviews Esther Wojcicki aka the “WOJ” and discusses the adaptive classroom and her innovative approaches to teaching journalism at Palo Alto High School in ways that have not only transformed students’ learning but her own teaching methods. Several of Esther’s students at Palo Alto High School will join us in this lively and highly interactive Connect session.

Our first NMC Horizon Connect Webinar of 2011 was with technology visionary and well-known author Kevin Kelly, who had recently published his book, What Technology Wants. This book takes a broad look at technology and culture, from the big bang to the modern internet.

Webinar with Will Richardson, author of Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education. Will’s personal motivation stems from his roles as a parent and an educator. Now author, blogger, tweeter, and education change agent, Will believes the time is ripe for serious changes in how schools and educators approach new technology and the opportunities they create for expanding learning inside and outside the classroom.

In this Horizon Connect Webinar, held May 18, 2009, Ruben Puentedura explains our historical propensity toward storytelling and gaming as humans and how modern digital tools are suited to help us do both.

In this seminar, Chris Mattia will explain how the Art Center College of Design integrated a lynda.com site license into their campus Moodle system. Topics that he will cover include: how to ensure a seamless integration, reducing barriers to entry for faculty, Moodle modifications to ease faculty adoption of lynda.com for enhancing teaching and learning, and Moodle as a foundation for a custom campus portal. Plus, a sneak peek at the new features of Moodle 2.0.

Watch the archive of this live, interactive session with Tom Geller as he looks at some of the relevant open source software applications, discusses how to participate in an OSS environment, and shares his experiences.

This webinar was held on April 23, 2009 to discuss digital tools in ethnography with Michael Wesch.