<div dir="ltr">Well done Donna, I must compliment you on taking the trouble to share
us these links and congratulate you on being selected as a keynote :-)<br>
<br>
Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/2 Donna Benjamin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donna@cc.com.au">donna@cc.com.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi All,<br>
<br>
Just got back from the US where I attended the K12 Open Minds Conference<br>
for FOSS in K-12 schools. <a href="http://www.k12openminds.org/" target="_blank">http://www.k12openminds.org/</a><br>
<br>
It was an amazing experience. So exciting to share time and ideas with<br>
like minds. The baseline was Free and Open Source Software so no need to<br>
argue about its merits or why it matters so much to education.<br>
<br>
This conference has to go on the watch list for 2009.<br>
Call for papers should open in January!<br>
<br>
I was one of 5 keynote speakers and am humbled by the calibre of the<br>
other speakers... Feeling very proud to be outclassed by company such as<br>
this: <a href="http://www.k12openminds.org/keynotes" target="_blank">http://www.k12openminds.org/keynotes</a><br>
<br>
Dr David Thornburg - <a href="http://www.tcpd.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tcpd.org/</a><br>
& <a href="http://www.edtechnot.com/notthornburg.html" target="_blank">http://www.edtechnot.com/notthornburg.html</a><br>
<br>
Alex Inman - <a href="http://linuxlaptops.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://linuxlaptops.blogspot.com/</a><br>
& <a href="http://www.educollaborators.com/" target="_blank">http://www.educollaborators.com/</a><br>
<br>
Chris Lehman - <a href="http://www.practicaltheory.org/serendipity/" target="_blank">http://www.practicaltheory.org/serendipity/</a><br>
& <a href="http://www.scienceleadership.org/drupaled/" target="_blank">http://www.scienceleadership.org/drupaled/</a><br>
<br>
Dr Brad Wheeler - <a href="http://bwheeler.ovpit.iu.edu/" target="_blank">http://bwheeler.ovpit.iu.edu/</a><br>
& <a href="http://coppola.rsmart.com/node/41" target="_blank">http://coppola.rsmart.com/node/41</a><br>
<br>
My slides are here: <a href="http://www.cc.com.au/K12openminds" target="_blank">http://www.cc.com.au/K12openminds</a><br>
(includes a link to the video stream. The audio is bad, and the camera<br>
just captured the slides - so not hugely useful - but it might give a<br>
bit more content than the slides alone.)<br>
<br>
Lucie, a fellow attendee, wrote this blog post & gives a great summary<br>
of the conference:<br>
<a href="http://www.infinitethinking.org/2008/09/open-minds-momentum.html" target="_blank">http://www.infinitethinking.org/2008/09/open-minds-momentum.html</a><br>
<br>
cheers<br>
Donna<br>
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Donna Benjamin - Executive Director<br>
Creative Contingencies - <a href="http://cc.com.au" target="_blank">http://cc.com.au</a><br>
ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414<br>
open source - facilitation - web services<br>
<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>
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