2011-Unconference


 * Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation** continues to be a work in progress. As always, each year's event evolves based on feedback we receive in prior years.

We are excited to share that we will be structuring the "unconference" portion of this year's event a little differently than we have in the past. Instead of one session at the end of a structured day, a full 50% of the day will be focused on less structured unconference sessions, previously called "roundtables."

There will be two unconference sessions, one running from **1:15 to 2:00** and one from **2:15 to 3:00**. Rather than cram all sessions into the Media Center as we did last year, we will make the classrooms in which sessions were held available for these ad hoc gatherings as well.

Our best estimate is that with two groups in the Media Center and four classrooms, we can run six unconference sessions simultaneously at one time, giving us the ability to host as many as 12 total sessions.


 * How do I sign up?**

To more closely align with the unconference/edcamp style and spirit of conversations that arise organically following specific sessions or other conversations, we will open the wiki to pre-planned unconference sessions today. In addition, we will have large, chart paper sign-up stations in the cafeteria at LHS beginning at registration time on Saturday morning so if the mood hits you, you can create a session on the spot.

If you'd like to lead an unconference session, no formal preparation is required other than having a topic and the desire to facilitate a conversation. Please feel free to indicate your intent either in the space below, or wait until Saturday when you arrive at LHS.

//In order to spread conversations between both sessions and allow participants to maximize their Learning 2.0 experience, Deanna and Scott reserve the right to move you from one session to the other as needed. Thanks for being flexible!//


 * Session 1: 1:15-2:00**
 * || **Group 1** || **Group 2** || **Group 3** || **Group 4** || **Group 5** || **Group 6** ||
 * **Facilitator(s)** || **Karl Fisch, Bud Hunt, Mike Porter** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Topic (in a nutshell)** || **Our Kids' Digital Presence/Footprint**

This conversation is intended to really talk about our //own// children, but obviously applies to our students as well. We'll take notes here. Feel free to add.

Some possible focal points:

1. Should our kids have their own domain as a "home base" for their digital footprint? Or should something like Facebook (shudder) suffice? Or is a footprint spread over lots and lots and lots of spaces fine, because Google and its descendants will be able to search, find, and collate the various parts into a cohesive whole?

2. What pieces are necessary? A blog? Email/Contact Info? "Traditional" social networking technologies (twitter, facebook)? Multimedia (flickr, youtube, etc.)? etc. etc. etc.

3. What about the privacy/security/safety piece? What's important there? At what age should they use their real name? Can they start with a pseudonym and then transition? Or what?

4. What about Terms of Service (age 13 and up)? Is it okay with parental consent? Or for those pieces of their presence should they wait until 13? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

**Session 2: 2:15-3:00** But how do we build a local network that's useful? In this conversation, Bud, Michelle, and Stevan will sketch out some ideas and think through them out loud. We'll take really good notes and rely on your input to help us figure out what to do next. Then we'll start doing it. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || **Group 1** || **Group 2** || **Group 3** || **Group 4** || **Group 5** || **Group 6** ||
 * **Facilitator(s)** || Bud Hunt, Stevan Kalmon, Michelle Bourgeois ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Topic (in a nutshell)** || What's Next? Learning 2.0 is four. Once a year is good.