Open Learning....

This is a copy of the email I sent to the participants of one of our Summer Institutes held in 2007, June. Please feel free to comment.

When can we bring together a collaborative group who wants to work on, learn about, and discuss the same tool(s), pedagogy, and educational philosophies in the world today? I'm looking for suggestions or comments from YOU, the user/learner/teacher.

Sunday afternoons for a 3 hour workshop, once a month works for me. I've kind of gotten used to that schedule over the past 3 years :) A Saturday afternoon might work as well but not my first choice.

If you would be interested in "being present", teaching, or just learning amongst others, I'm up for some extra-curricular activities at the Tech Building and I would be glad to help host this as a focus over the next 4 months. You all have your book. AND I have 9 extras and would open up 9 spots to those committed to the task.

Before I send out my note to the other Laptoppers, I wanted to solicit some feedback from you first. Thoughts??? Interest or no interest? Blog your thoughts here!

Topics (chapters) in Will's book include:

The Read/Write Web
Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice
Weblogs: Get Started!
Wikis: Easy Collaboration for All
RSS: The New Killer App for Educators
The Social Web: Learning Together
Fun With Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online
Podcasting
What It all Means (New Literacies - The Big Shifts - Just the Beginning