[DDN] update: volunteer managers & Hurricane Katrina

2005-09-21 Thread J Cravens
The resource for managers of volunteers involved in Hurricane Katrina-related efforts is ever-growing at www.volunteertoday.com, and even FEMA has now been in contact with the organizers to find an experienced volunteer manager ready for immediate placement in one site -- and this request was f

RE: [DDN] Virtual conferences

2005-09-21 Thread John Hibbs
I'm exceptionally proud that our teeny, weeny non-profit has held eight Global Learn Day events, one each year since 1996. GLD, a non stop 24 hour event, opens in the South Pacific and "travels" west to Hawaii, "the long way around". We make "stops" in eight major regions where we feature outst

[DDN] Podcasting from the Scottish Learning Festival

2005-09-21 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone, Right now I'm at the Scottish Learning Festival, sitting with a group of several thousand Scottish educators in the plenary room awaiting a speech by Mark Prensky. I've just posted several podcasts to my blog, including a presentation about media literacy by Robin Blake of OFCOM, t