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Discovery Educator Network - Grown Up Digital Book Club!

Thank you for your interest in joining the DEN’s Grown Up Digital Book Club! The club will take place over a two month period and will feature both live and web based options for collaboration. The live component will take place Monday evenings, 2/9 through 3/23 at 7pm EST. Best of all, the author himself, Don Tapscott, will sit in on the final week to share his thoughts in a candid conversation with everyone who participates in the book club!

We are looking for volunteers to lead the weekly discussions as well. If you would be interested in volunteering to lead the discussion for one of the weekly meetings, please mark it on the registration form below.

The book club is open to all members of the Discovery Educator Network. If you are not currently a DEN member and would like to learn more, please visit http://dencommunity.com to learn more and register!

Don’s publisher has been gracious enough to offer the book for only $18.45, a generous discount, to everybody who participates in the Book Club.
There are three ways to order:
Order directly from website http://www.800CEORead.com
Email Aaron at and let him know you are participating in the DEN / Net Gen Book Club Aaron@800ceoread.com
Call Aaron at 1.414.274.6406, ext. 204 and do the same.

Book Club Schedule
Part One: Meet the Net Gen
Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 – 2/9
Chapter 3 & Chapter 4 – 2/16
Part Two: Transforming Institutions
Chapter 5 – 2/23 (chapter on Education)
Chapter 6 & Chapter 7 – 3/2
Chapter 8– 3/9
Part Three: Transforming Society
Chapter 9 & Chapter 10 – 3/16
Chapter 11 – 3/23

Posted on January 31, 2009 in DEN Event, Training Opportunities by Scott Meech

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ICE Conference “Personal Learning Network” Plaza…

One of the new activity areas at the conference is the PLN Plaza, a place to expand your own personal learning network. Scott Meech is one of the organizers of this space and he has shared the following description:

Are you a blogger? Do you use Twitter, Plurk, Ning, Facebook, MySpace, Listservs, or any other of the many social networking resources that are available to teachers and students today?

Even if you are not actively using these resources and are just curious to learn more about them, please plan to stop by the new “Personal Learning Network Plaza”. Take a seat and open up a dialogue with your fellow ICE members. You will have a chance to learn more about “social networking” and meet others who are as passionate about education as you are.

The PLN Plaza is a great opportunity to meet people in person, face-to-face. For many, the best part of a conference is the opportunity for conversations that go beyond the sessions. It is always fun to meet people you have never spoken to in person before but with whom you have interacted online. Perhaps you will meet someone who is already in your network. You might even meet someone who can become a part of your existing or new network.

Just as we are looking for ICE members to visit the new PLN Plaza at the conference, we are also seeking people who blog to commit to a 10 minute “meet and greet” session and talk about their blogs and their blogging experience. There will be two Promethean Boards on display Wednesday evening and all day during the conference on Thursday and Friday. The boards will display Twitter accounts, Summize.com, and Plurk. Additionally, our bloggers will have their blogs on display during their “meet and greet” sessions. Look for more information on the ICE web site in the weeks ahead.

Regardless of your motivation, the new “Personal Learning Network Plaza” is a great place for open discussion and to interact with many other ICE members!