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World Ecitizens Workshop - Audio Recordings
Thursday 1st September - Friday 2nd September 2005
Introduction | Recordings |Images
Introduction by Terry Freedman
At the end of August/start of September, Mirandanet hosted its World Ecitizens conference. At first, I thought the timing was ill-advised: after all, who would want to be concerned with such heady matters while enjoying their last few precious moments of freedom before returning to the classroom? In the event, my fears were unfounded: the conference was not only intellectually stimulating, but fun, and enabled people from several countries to meet up and exchange ideas.
It fell to me to record the proceedings, largely because I asked permission to. Listening to podcasts is not the same as being there, and there are some obvious shortcomings such as not being able to see a visual presentation. Neither do I make any claim as to the sound quality – although I have to say, it isn’t bad. The recording has been edited in order to cut out extraneous discussion, and softly-spoken people have been “enhanced”, courtesy of the open source program Audacity.
The recordings have also been chopped into manageable chunks, making it easy to listen to, say, Doug Brown giving the view from the UK’s Department for Education and Skills or to practitioners discussing the way they have used interactive whiteboards.
What is especially striking is the range of styles and approaches, from the very pragmatic, as found in the interactive whiteboards session just referred to, to the highly academic – one might even say esoteric – session provided by Rupert Wegerif.
What also comes across in the recordings is the sheer enjoyment of taking part in these collaborative and exploratory activities.
Listen to the recordings. You will learn a lot – including, perhaps, that you should attend in person next time!
Terry Freedman is an independent ICT consultant and Mirandanet Fellow. He runs the ICT in Education website at www.ictineducation.org
Mirandanet thanks the companies that have generously supported this conference including:
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