Awakening Possibilities

This past week I had the distinct pleasure of being part of a cadre of presenters in our local Manitoba Association of Computing Educators (ManACE) "Awakening Possibilities" event.

The event was set up following the theme "5 Minutes to Make A Difference" and each presenter was asked to present in a 5 minute span, a difficult task when you look at the knowledge and expertise of my fellow presenters.

Along with the 30 or so attendees at the event another 40 plus joined us via the live broadcast on USTREAM.TV and the back channel chat that went on was very active.Each presentation was recorded and archived so anyone who missed it can catch the presentations at a later time.

The moving force behind this event and last year's MBEdubloggercon was ManACE president Andy McKiel. This was a very forward thinking event and Andy deserves a great deal of credit for pulling it all together. In my Twitter discussions with Andy since the event he has told me there is a great deal of buzz about the event and plans are all ready in the works for something in the new year proving to me a lot can happen as a result of just 5 minutes worth of discussion.

One key theme  was apparent though out the night and was captured beautifully in the last slide of  Alec Couros' presentation   It's not about the technology.  

It was about how these can be applied to help our students improve their learning capacities.  It's always about the pedagogy and improving the learning opportunities for the students.

Comments

[Angela Maiers]

I sooo wish I was there! Thank you for sharing this incredible event with us!

[John Evans]

Angela,

Hope you ventured over to USTREAM.TV and caught it all in the virtual format.

Thanks so much for your contributions to so many of the conversations via Twitter. You've influenced me greatly. ;-)

Cheers

John