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ETC655 students are providing several technology training sessions online, 11/27-29, sponsored by ETC Community. These free professional development sessions are open for all to attend.  Where: ETC Community BBCollaborate:  https://bblearn.nau.edu/webapps/bb-collaborate-BBLEARN/external.guest.session.launch.event?uid=0a9ff5f8-6883-4e3b-bc51-29ab924aee89 If you own any iOS devices, iPad, iPhone etc, you can download BBCollaborate App to join these sessions on your mobile devices. Dates, Time, Topics, Presenters 11/27, Tuesday 6-7 pm: ETC655 Group 2: Prezi-ntation 7:15-8:15 pm: ETC655 Group 6: Jing 11/28, Wednesday 6-7 pm: ETC655 Group 5: In Your Facebook 7:15-8:15 pm: ETC655 Group 1: Networking with Edmodo 8:30-9:30 pm: ETC655 Group 7: Mind Mapping with MindMeister 11/29, Thursday 6-7 pm: ETC655 Group 3: Glogster 7:15-8:15 pm: ETC655 Group 4: Google Site for Dummies

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www.ruraleducationtechsummit.org Registration for the National Rural Education Technology Summit 2.0 is now open ! The U.S. Department of Education is sponsoring this virtual conference designed to provide examples of how technology is being used to overcome the challenges of distance to increase learning for students and educators. Come and see demonstrations of technology that can be used in the classroom and ideas for professional development. Log-in with a group of your students or individually to join classroom activities that can be done at your school, find out more about broadband Internet availability, and participate in professional development sessions.

Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board.   04/26, Thursday Due: 1st posting period for Lesson 7 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least. Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal 04/29, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 7 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. 05/31, Thursday Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal

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 Lesson Discussions (4 points) ETC777 Lesson 6 Multi-dimensional Network Discussion Instructions  Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)  04/19, Thursday 1st posting period for Lesson 6 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least. 04/22, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 6 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (All Students) Lesson 7 readings

on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.  This is an optional activity.  Just a casual chat.  If you can attend, great.  If not, do not worry about it. We will host more sessions later. Facilitators feel free to join us.  

on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.  This is an optional activity.  Just a casual chat.  If you can attend, great.  If not, do not worry about it. We will host more sessions later. Facilitators feel free to join us.  

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Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board. Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (Due Lesson 6) Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)   04/12, Thursday Due: 1st posting period for Lesson 5 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least. 04/15, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 5 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Lesson 6 readings No assignment due in this lesson.

ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by ETC Community . These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fellfree to share these events with others. Access previous recorded training sessions at:  http://delicious.com/chihtu/Elluminate 1.    April 4, 2012, Wednesday 6-7 pm:  Web Sharing Tools  (Glogster, Museum Box, Voice Thread); Recording 2.    April 4, 2012, Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm: iTunes University for mobile learning   Recording 3.     April 5, 2012, Thursday 6-7 pm:  Google Docs/Forms/Sites  for network collaboration; Recording 4.      April 5, 2012, Thursday 7:15-8:15 pm:  Diigo  a Social Annotation Tool; Recording

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All training sessions can be accessed at ETC Community's virtual space on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.   ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by  ETC Community . These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fell free to share these events with others. Access previous recorded training sessions at:  http://delicious.com/chihtu/ETCNAU+Elluminate+recording April 5, 2012, Thursday 6-7 pm:  Google Docs/Forms/Sites  for network collaboration April 5, 2012, Thursday 7:15-8:15 pm:  Diigo  a Social Annotation Tool

on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.  This is an optional activity.  Just a casual chat.  If you can attend, great.  If not, do not worry about it. We will host more sessions later. Facilitators feel free to join us.

All training sessions can be accessed at ETC Community's virtual space on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.   ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by  ETC Community . These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fell free to share these events with others. Access previous recorded training sessions at:  http://delicious.com/chihtu/ETCNAU+Elluminate+recording April 4, 2012, Wednesday 6-7 pm:  Web Sharing Tools  (Glogster, Museum Box, Voice Thread) April 4, 2012, Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm:  iTunes University for mobile learning  

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Lesson 4   Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board. Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (Due Lesson 6) Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)   04/05, Thursday 1st posting period for Lesson 4 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least. 04/08, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 4 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Lesson 5 readings No assignment due in this lesson.

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Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (Due Lesson 6) Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)

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Our average postings, 10.75, went above the historical average posting in ETC777, 10.41.   Please continue your good work.   I am looking forward another active discussions in Lesson 2.

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Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 2: Distance Learning Theoretical Framework (Due Lesson 3) Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (Due Lesson 6) Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)  03/22, Thursday  Due: 1st posting period for Lesson 2 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least.  03/25, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 2 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Lesson 3 readings No assignment due in this lesson.

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See how to do at:  https://sites.google.com/site/etc777nau/tips-for-managing-open-network-discussions

Respond to both KEY discussion questions; At least four or more postings. Don't miss!  :-)

Have you responded to the KEY discussion questions?!  Don't forget to do so by Thursday night.  All students should do so.

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Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 2: Distance Learning Theoretical Framework (Due Lesson 3) Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (Due Lesson 6) Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)  3/15 Thursday  Due: 1st posting period for Lesson 1 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least.  03/18 Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 1 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Lesson 2 readings. No assignment due in this lesson.

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