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08 Aug, 2008

Back at it with Conference Proposals

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Apple| conference proposal

Okay… It has been a couple of months, and it is just killing me. Almost every day I see something that I want to pass along, so I am going to end m Hiatus and write a couple of blog posts now and again.

I have been working on two conference proposals, so hopefully I can write some of what I am proposing here as a sounding board… because, really, what is a blog anyway… :)

Here are my two topics I am thinking of proposing:

  • “iPhone/iTouch in Education – How Location Aware, Ubiquitous Computing, Multi-Touch and Accelerometer will impact computing and Education.” – This proposal will focus on first on the capabilities of iPhones/iTouch’s and then on some of the applications that are available.
  • “Using Web 2.0 to Help Those with Learning Disabilities.” – This proposal is growing out of some workshops I have been doing for our learning disabilities group here on campus. I realized that this is a place where technology can really help students, but not much has been written about it.

What do you think?

4 Responses to "Back at it with Conference Proposals"

1 | Neil Hokanson

August 9th, 2008 at 1:18 am

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I like your proposal ideas. The iPod Touch is amazing especially with the new apps. I continually see new ways to use this device each day and hope we can do some R & D with students and teachers using these devices (if $ is available) this year.

Web 2.0 is a very useful tool to assist students with learning disabilities. I know from my recent 10 years in a middle school classroom (granted much of it before Web 2.0 but part with it) technology, and especially web-based learning enhanced and accommodated students’ special needs and helped them succeed tremendously.

2 | Zoe Gillenwater

August 11th, 2008 at 6:50 pm

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I like both ideas, but the second one really interests me because of the work I’ve done with web accessibility. We should talk more about this some time.

3 | alyssa

September 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

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I'm looking forward to learning more about your second proposal. I know I'm ignorant about how to best help special needs students, and I'm sure I'm not alone. This is an important topic! I look forward to learning more about it from you!

4 | alyssa

September 30th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

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I'm looking forward to learning more about your second proposal. I know I'm ignorant about how to best help special needs students, and I'm sure I'm not alone. This is an important topic! I look forward to learning more about it from you!

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Jeff - I am an Instructional Technologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I love Google, Mac's, and Web Technologies that help us better reach, teach, connect, and prepare students to solve the world's greatest problems.