Man, I love this work! Connecting and collaborating is something that really comes natural for me. I am the social cognitive learning theory poster child and I am finding that others also relate well to learning while observing and collaborating with others. Working with others online on common goals in an effort to improve education has impacted my personal practice more than any other type of learning I have ever experienced. I believe it is largely due to the impact situated communities of practice and networks have on self-efficacy. The up.

When you use a lot of technology to push the envelope and hang with others who do as well– it is pretty amazing when you find yourself in awe of the tools. Darren, Wes, Dean and I continually use tools to collaborate since we all live so far away from each other. Wednesday night at NECC wasn’t going to be any different than other countless K12Online virtual meetings we have had except that three of us would be together and Darren would be online- or so we thought. We ended up at a pretty ritzy restaurant. Once we were seated Dean .

Spotlight NECC08 Session with Will Richardson This session will describe the work done by the presenters in creating a sustainable model for ongoing professional development using 21st Century technologies. I have to admit that we were nervous about this presentation. Not the presentation part (Will and I do this "on stage" thing together a lot) but rather the what exactly do we share part. Will and I agreed that what we didn’t want was a commercial or a presentation that smacked of "hey look at us– we are the expert.

I left the conference a little disjointed — not sure why and decided to reflect transparently and see if any of you (my community of readers) can help me sort it out. Please comment below. I welcome your thoughts. First let me say that meeting so many folks f2f (if I tried to list here would I miss someone) I had long admired or even had worked with on various global projects for the first time made my trip worth it. I enjoyed the human network element to NECC much more than any sessions. I was looking back over the Tweets from NECC an.

K12Online08 Call for Proposals: Amplifying Possibilities (due July 11 2008 - Extended till 1 week after NECC!)  The Magic of Digital: Collaborative Interaction in Teacher Professional Development   Wes Fryer, Darren Kuropatwa, and Dean Shareski and I gave a presentation at NECC entitled  “The Magic of Digital: Collaborative Interaction in Teacher Professional Development” - it was recorded and is available on Ustream.tv. The official description of this session in the conference program was: The electricity often presen.