Elaine Plybon’s Blog

Irving ISD, the district I work for, has an annual Technology Media Fair. This year, the district has opened up several categories for online judging. The hope, above all, is that this will help keep district students excited about technology and about sharing their work with a global audience. This is where you come in. The contest is in need of judges. Anyone who has an interest in technology in education is qualified to be a judge. All the projects can be judged from now until January 7, 2008. There are six categories and levels from K through 12^th grade.  Anyone who chooses to judge can judge as many or as few entries as they would like. Would you consider helping with this cause? You can do so by judging, obviously, but also by sharing the word with other education professionals through your own blogs, twitters, feeds, and other social networking venues. The district would love to see judging from all over the world, so let’s get this DEN machine rolling!  

To judge the projects, go to http://www.irvingisd.net/mediafaironline and click on the judging link. When judging, please include your name and email address. Your email address will not be published. It will be used for security only. Please expect an email from our administrative staff confirming that the address listed next to your name is a valid email address.

I received official notice that I have been selected to be part of a panel presentation at NECC 2008 in San Antonio! I’m very excited. I’ve never been to NECC before, and it is wild to me that I’m going to be presenting at a National conference! I’m going to be presenting on the topic “Creating a Personal Learning Community in Second Life” along with my fellow DEN in SL leadership council members, Anne Truger (JessieMarie Flanagan), Lori Abrahams (Lor Fredrikkson), Fred Delventhal (Riptide Furse), Nancy Sharoff (Laelia Laval), and Charlene Chaussis (Geekie Kidd). If you’re going, be sure to look us up!