Thin+Walls

=[|Barbara Barreda]=

Barbara Barreda has been working in education for 19 years with 8 years as Principal of a K-8 school. Barbara has been actively involved in technology integration and a conference presenter since the mid 1990's. Her most recent presentations include CUE Palm Springs and a poster session for NECC 2007. She has also presented on technology in the classroom for NCEA. Barbara participated in the ISTE Institute Leading with NETS, is a Google certified teacher, maintains [|a professional blog] and is a contributing author for [|LeadersTalk, a blog for administrators]. She also has been recognized by her district for technology leadership, was a [|guest on a recent webcast of Women of Web 2.0] and was part of the 2007 Boston Learning Communities.

=[|Clarence Fisher]=

Clarence has been a classroom teacher for the past 13 years. He [|blogs professionally], [|with his class], and has spoken at conferences across North America. Clarence has won several awards, including one of Canada’ highest teaching awards, the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching for his integration of technology into daily classroom life. Clarence’s innovative classroom practices have been featured online, in books, magazines, and newspaper articles. He is an advocate of classroom 2.0, learning spaces that take complete advantage of the tools that are available to learners in their quest to learn rather than having school be something that is done to them.

Be sure to check out the [|Thin Walls blog].

=Media & Extras=

Here's [|a copy of the video from Saturday]. Or perhaps you'd like [|a longer version of the audio], including more from Clarence and Barbara. Also, here's [|a link to the full interview that Bud did with Barbara] - lots more interesting information about Barbara, the work she's doing, and what the Thin Walls project looks and feels like.

Chat log for this session
11:07 drichards : can you focus the camera on the speaker? 11:09 khokanson-1 : does anyone else keep losing audio of is it just me because I am trying to do too much? 11:09 drichards : karl fisch is speaking? 11:10 dwarlick : You'd think I'd get enough of conferences...... 11:10 techicebreaker : No problem with auido here 11:10 John_Tranter-1 : me too 11:10 robinellis-1 : my audio is ok 11:10 drichards : @khokanson-1 audio fine here 11:10 loonyhiker : my audio is okay here in SC 11:11 khokanson-1 : I have all 4 ustream channels plus the home page (live blogs) going at the same time.....wirelessly...could be my issue :) 11:12 drichards : me to kristin - no problem in massachusetts - must be the philly airwaves 11:12 dwarlick : We really need Ustream camera operators -- to aim the thing... 11:13 khokanson-1 : no biggie I just click refresh and it comes back... I like that ustream now archives the chat so if you refresh you don't lose it 11:13 drichards : principal from a catholic school in la, ca speaking 11:15 drichards : decided to make 2 classes - LA and Canada - into one 11:15 drichards : ongoing, ubiquitous communication for teachers and kids as a foundation 11:16 drichards : focus on one subject at a time. - outsiders - book circle 11:17 drichards : lots of challenges - hard to let go of what you like to do in your classroom and collaborate with another classroom - have to let go of stuff you like to do 11:18 techicebreaker : Here's a link to the page with the video http://tinyurl.com/33at3n 11:18 babs-1 : Barbara from LA here 11:19 drichards : hi babara from la - great learning story you are telling in this video! thanks 11:20 BenWilkoff : @dwarlick Thanks for announcing this on twitter. 11:20 babs-1 : @drichards thanks... this is fun 11:21 drichards : no troubles from kids - new ways of doing school changes everything about school - assessment - grades --> mastery for the 21st century 11:21 drichards : hi be - we finally meet up 11:21 drichards : that's "ben" 11:22 drichards : what is essential learning for kids today? great answer barbara 11:22 BenWilkoff : @drichards Yeah, perhaps we can get some time to talk today. 11:23 wcgaskins : wcgaskins from SC 11:23 drichards : my wife may have something to say about that - i'd love to though 11:24 drichards : the conversations begin 11:24 khokanson-1 : reenvisioning teaching and learning THAT should be the focus!! SO TRUE...it is a whole different way of learning...conversation needs to be about what is essential learning for kids today...When I look at the MANY worksheets that come home to my house, the skills are important, but context & meaning 11:24 khokanson-1 : NECESSARY 11:24 dwarlick : Yow! How many people out there? 11:24 babs-1 : old habits die hard 11:24 babs-1 : on the wiki it says 120 11:24 khokanson-1 : @dwarlick I hear there is about 120 11:25 drichards : who is talking now? 11:25 khokanson-1 : this is Karl 11:25 babs-1 : Karl Fisch 11:25 khokanson-1 : he doesn't stand still much when he presents :) 11:25 drichards : good people at this conference 11:25 babs-1 : Not ever 11:26 mjantzi : motion sickness setting in 11:26 drichards : i like karl's writing and thinking 11:26 mjantzi : Amen! 11:27 budtheteacher : As we begin sessions, there are four channels to choose from. 11:27 drichards : have a great session ben! i'll drop in 11:27 babs-1 : See you all a litle later 11:27 khokanson-1 : @bud will the recordings be embedded on the wiki 11:27 drichards : thanks for the channels bud 11:27 loonyhiker : i want to see all of them! don't know where to go first lol 11:27 drichards : by barbs-1 11:28 derrallg : Is there a page with all the Ustream feeds together like at Educon? 11:28 khokanson-1 : @loonyhiker we did recordings for educon...hopefully these will be embedded somewher 11:28 khokanson-1 : @derrallg I didn't find one where they were embedded 11:29 khokanson-1 : but the links to the channels are here http://colearning.wikispaces.com/Ustream+Channels 11:29 khokanson-1 : will need to copy & paste 11:29 derrallg : thanks 11:29 dwarlick : Heading over the Channel 3... 11:29 khokanson-1 : ustream doesnt' like +s