{"id":92,"date":"2008-07-02T09:49:55","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T16:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/archives\/92"},"modified":"2008-07-02T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T16:49:55","slug":"it-is-an-awesome-world-or-how-web-20-came-through-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/archives\/92","title":{"rendered":"It is an awesome world&#8230; or How Web 2.0 Came Through for Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a weird experience today. I was at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.necc2008.org\" target=\"_blank\">NECC<\/a>, sitting at the back of a big room waiting for a session to start. It was on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\" target=\"_blank\">open content<\/a>, something I am very passionate about and am always looking for new information and perspectives on.<\/p>\n<p>The time of the presentation came and went, and there were no presenters. I could see concern mounting, and people starting to shift around, getting ready to leave. I approached the person coordinating things and asked if they needed a \u201cstand in.\u201d They said sure. (There were over 100 people in the room, and I hated to see that many people interested in the topic leave empty-handed. I think OER is such an important topic that everyone needs to know about&#8230; and I&#8217;m mostly not very shy. :)<\/p>\n<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been putting up all my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\">presentations<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kfasimpaur\" target=\"_blank\">workshops<\/a> on the web with a variety of tools such as wikis, Slideshare, etc. Because of this, it was super easy to stand up and use any Internet-connected computer to present. (Bizarrely, it was probably the first time during the conference that I didn&#8217;t have my own laptop with me.) Considering what a weird situation it was, I think the presentation went really well. This is something I wouldn&#8217;t even have dared attempting without technology. It is an awesome world we live in.<\/p>\n<p>And best of all,  some great new people know about the <a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.k12opened.com\" target=\"_blank\">kids open dictionary<\/a> and are helping up build this important tool.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to  everyone who attended the session (even though it may not have been exactly what you expected :). Special thanks to Randy Orwin and Brad for helping with the tech setup to make this happen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and yes, for those of you wondering, I did verify that the small intestine is approximately 7 meters long!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/necc08\" rel=\"tag\">necc08<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/necc\" rel=\"tag\">necc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/necc2008\" rel=\"tag\">necc2008<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/necc\" rel=\"tag\">n08s352<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/n08s530\" rel=\"tag\">n08s352<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a weird experience today. I was at NECC, sitting at the back of a big room waiting for a session to start. 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