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Learning 2007: The Rest of Tuesday

The Blogging session went pretty well. I expected maybe three people and instead I had a full room. It's worth noting that I had the only room in the convention center that was hot and not cold. I even had to open the door to let some air in. I'm pleased with how the session went. Hopefully everything the participants need is on the wiki. Hopefully folks participate on the wiki.

With everything that's been going on, topped off by the conference, I'm exhausted. The speakers at the afternoon session didn't thrill me, so I skipped. However, I met some neat folks by the outdoor bar, so the conference was still a primary topic of discussion. I'm also most likely skipping the morning sessions tomorrow, and I'll only go to the General Session, as I'm excited to hear Ken Blanchard. That way I can get my bags packed and checked and check out of the room without too much rush.

Here are the remainder of today's relevant Twitters:

• Absolutely exhausted. Skipping today's afternoon general session. Lucky for you all - no min by min updates!   less than 5 seconds ago  from web 
• Session on Blogging went quite well. Yay!! Enjoyed it, even though I had the hottest room in the conv. ctr. I can't win with temp ... less than 5 seconds ago from web
• @pfanderson: Tell me about FLOG, I can't seem to find a good Google entry less than 5 seconds ago from web in reply to pfanderson
• Also, http://www.learningwiki.com 3 minutes ago from web
• @BarbaraKB: I'm at Elliot Masie's Learning 2007 in Orlando. http://www.learning2007.com 3 minutes ago from web in reply to BarbaraKB
• I lead my session Marketing Internally with Blogs in 45 minutes. about 3 hours ago  from web
• Each conference session I tried to go to this hour moved or was cancelled. I got tired of sprinting across the conv. ctr to find a session. about 3 hours ago from web
• It's freezing in this convention center and over 90 degrees outside. This can't be healthy. about 3 hours ago from web
• http://www.alice.org about 6 hours ago from web
• Alice is a 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create animation for storytelling, interactive gaming, or videos to share. about 6 hours ago from web

Learning 2007: A little bit tired

I haven't had the most successful day today with Learning 2007. I started the day with the opening sessions, which I enjoyed for the most part. (See the Twitters from this morning.) From there, I moved on to a session on creating a virtual human, held in the lab. There was no creating and I was disappointed in the speaker. That's when I took a few moments and posted the Twitter feed on this blog since I was in the lab anyway.

From there, I went to a Don Tapscott keynote follow-up session.  This was interesting. However, I was so sleepy, I cut out 15 minutes early.

After a quick lunch, I headed over to the far side of the convention center for a session on blogging. Turns out, it was cancelled. So I headed back over to the opposite side for a session on Designing for the iPhone. I got there and that session had been moved back over to the far side. However, I was standing right around the corner from a room in which I present in an hour, and fairly close to the computer lab. I was tired. I ended up back in the lab, where I'm blogging. I'm also eavesdropping on a session on Second Life, which is interesting. That's on my to-do list: learn more about Second Life.

Being exhausted is my fault. Yes, the Masie conference is tiring and sort of overwhelming on the brain at times. But in dealing with a family crisis last week, I neglected to put together my presentation. So I did it all last night and I'm mostly winging it I think. It's blogs. I'm a blogger, probably first and foremost anymore. I will hopefully be okay.

You can view my wiki page so far here, but unless you're an L2007 participant, you can't edit or comment.

Learning 2007: 10/23 Morning General Session Twitters

Read from bottom up. Top post is most recent. Posts also include time posted and method of posting (Text or Hahlo)

• New web is a global platform for all collaboration. Think beyond wikis.   22 minutes ago  from Hahlo
• gen x having trouble with nextgen. I disagree on this point. 29 minutes ago from Hahlo
• recruit train retain>>initiate engage evolve. Paradigm shift 32 minutes ago from Hahlo
• wrkplace must change to accomodate: choices customize scrutiny integrity collaborate entertain speed innovation. For next gen workers. 34 minutes ago from Hahlo
• Tapscott moderated this panel http://tinyurl.com/279ckv 37 minutes ago from Hahlo
• Kids r now an authority on technology. 44 minutes ago from Hahlo
• they expect to interact to create their own content. about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• my husband, at 30, is on the cusp of the "echo boomer" generation.1st gen to grow up digital. about 1 hour ago from
• Hahlo kids have no fear of tech because its as natural as breathing about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• blogs Facebook youtube is sooo 2006. Its now integrated as production tool. about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• talent 2.0 everything changing with todays hs and college kids entering the wkforce about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• nominated for business book Pulitzer about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• keynote 3 don tapscott, author wikinomics about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• cognitivist: individual as a unit, student should be given chance to fail w/out punishment about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• learning theory: bf skinner, behaviorist, learning from environment about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• keynote 2 : wharton college/Penn. CLO masters program. about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• 4 college kids creating video games for learning on the fly using maya. I feel outdated. about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• presenting: speak from heart, open face, maintain warm caring eye contact. about 2 hours ago from Hahl
• we train our trainers/educators to learn, but they also need to perform, as if on stage.   about 1 hour ago  from Hahlo
• we can learn from all of their speaking styles, good and bad. about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• Obama lost his original joy and has gotten uptight. Needs to go back to speaking from the heart. Same with Romney. about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• expressions: hilary looks like she's trying too hard. She needs to let us see the wife & mother a little. Per arch lustberg about 1 hour ago from Hahlo
• candidates need open faces, raised eyebrows. Think bill Clinton.guiliani now most improved at this about 2 hours ago from Hahlo
• the"neutral" face lost elections 4 gore and Kerry about 2 hours ago from Hahlo
• Http://www.lustberg.net about 2 hours ago from Hahlo
• presidential candidate speaking styles. Their smiles don't match their serious topics. about 2 hours ago from Hahlo
• keynote 1 arch lustberg - brilliant speaker & funny man about 2 hours ago from Hahlo
• melinda Doolittle - excellent voice. Performing 2nite at L2007.  about 2 hours ago from Hahlo
• Learning 2007 morning general session getting started about 2 hours ago from Hahlo
• flipultra portable videocam $150.00 pretty cool toy about 2 hours ago from Hahlo

Learning 2007: 10/22 Afternoon General Session Twitters

This particular feed reads from top to bottom, in the correct order of posting.

• 13:08 everything is misc book club session went well. Excellent that a librarian participated. I used Twitter as example of digital misc #
• 15:00 just had great session on being a free agent #
• 15:19 in what is web 2.0 session. Not what I expected. Should I share that taxonomy is now folksonomy? Am trapped between people. #
• 15:43 www.weblogmatrix.com #
• 15:48 Oops! www.weblogmatrix.org I think #
• 16:05 Using 2nd life for language training #
• 16:08 Next gen session has bobby flay! Cooking and learning #
• 16:26 I need to learn about BarCamp #
• 16:27 afternoon gen session keynote 1 Bruce Macmillan, meetings specialist #
• 16:28 convergence of content and space #
• 16:35 mtg guy needs to understand we are NOT all boomers. Gen X thank u very much. #
• 16:35 designing a mtg is more than an agenda #
• 16:39 f2f mtgs will always be relevant. Have u ever had a virtual beer? People connections r important. #
• 16:42 knowledge, relationships, marketplace. 3 identified human connection points #
• 16:52 Keynote 2 Bobby Flay!!!!!! #
• 16:52 ahem. I love bobby flay! #
• 16:54 cooking & learning = cooking is a human connection #
• 16:57 training in a kitchen happens everyday #
• 17:00 I know we have to tie this into the learning theme, but just cook already. Can't wait to watch him cook. #
• 17:10 bobby flay is quite personable #
• 17:12 seared sea scallop on crispy tortilla with citrus vinaigrette #
• 17:14 recording voice memo of bobby flay on my old photo iPod #
• 17:17 roll limes before cutting and squeezing to get all juice. Also - use salt, you'll die of something else. :) #
• 17:23 hopefully 1 of u podcasting Twitterers can tell me the best way to post the resulting mp3 on my wine blog. It should be a rather large file.

Learning 2007: Live Twitters from Morning General Session

Read from the bottom up. Most recent entry is at the top. Entries also include time posted and posting method (Hahlo, Txt, web, other).

• next session : nintendo Wii and training about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• alternate reality not alternative reality gaming about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• protovation=comfort w/failure, speeding up failure to learn and succeed, innovation & prototyping about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• Alt reality game designers = puppetmasters about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• amazing - http://worldwithoutoil.org about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• using gaming and Alt-reality gaming, mmorpg, on top of everyday technologies about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• keynote 2 - jane mcgonigal about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• Dan pink's next book is a graphic novel on business in manga style. Answers question "wtf?" Seriously. about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• pecha kucha - 20 slides@ 20 seconds each about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• design & empathy work 2gether to solve problems such as appropriate packaging about 3 hours ago from Hahlo
• empathy can't be automated or outsourced. about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• as data & metadata blend, facts must be put into context as stories about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• design includes math, art, organization, story, more about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• keep a design notebook- record good and bad design for a week about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• MFA is the new MBA about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• dan pink is good but its too early for this. Conf is good distraction though. Occupies my mind. about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• L2007 basics outsourced but creative thinkers stay here about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• personal note: hi-def rocks. Clarity is amazing. about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• keynote 1 author dan pink about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• sims more popular than blogs, wikis for learning. Uh-oh for me. about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• outsourcing learning not an issue. Sad for me though. about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• 3d learning environment sim to 2nd life about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• L2007 twittering the morning general session about 4 hours ago from Hahlo
• L2007 morning yen session - screens are hi-def to reach all 2000 of us about 4 hours ago from Hahlo

Live Twitters of Learning 2007: Sunday Night General Session

I'm trying to live Twitter the general sessions. Follow them at http://www.twitter.com/writegirl.

Twittering & posting from iphone so forgive punctuation & capitalization.

- Michelle

Live twitters of Sunday night's opening session after the jump.

Offices Closed + Conference

The offices of Write Technology will be closed through the end of the month. We'll re-open on Monday, October 29.
We will be out this week due to another death in the immediate family, followed by the Learning 2007 conference next week. As of right now, I'm still attending the conference and intend to post.

Guest Bloggers

Every year I write blog posts during and after my Learning 200x event. This year, I've invited several colleagues to join me in the blogosphere.

I thought hearing from other conference attendees would offer you, my readers, differing perspectives on the conference. Plus, with so many sessions to choose from, there's a fantastic chance we'll all be attending different ones.

The first person to accept my guest blogging offer was Gary Wise. Gary is the Senior Director of Learning Architecture at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Cincinnati Children's is one of the finest hospitals of its kind in the nation, and their education and training program keeps up with the reputation. Gary is also the forum leader of the local ASTD eLearning Forum. He has a fair amount of knowledge in LMSs and CMSs, among countless other things. He also likes a good glass of cabernet. Hopefully, Gary will find some time to post to the blog while he's at the conference or right after he returns. I look forward to it!

Wikis and Conferences

Now this is something I wish ASTD would do for TechKnowledge. It's a brilliant use of a wiki, but it takes some marketing.

Each year for Learning 200x, the Masie Center launches a wiki. The wiki has a page for each session, which the session leaders and, ideally, the participants, then update. Updating occurs before, during, and after the conference session. It's like pre-work, but better.

Using the wiki, session facilitators can get a better handle on what their participants are interested in hearing and better prepare for their sessions. The participants get a better idea on what will be covered and can make informed decisions about which session they want to attend.

Because the wiki sticks around for about a year or so afterwards, the discussion can continue.

Here's the catch: People are still afraid of wikis. I encounter it all the time. Elliot and the Masie Center team are tasked with "marketing" the wiki, trying to get folks to use it. It's slow going this year it seems, at least so far. Past experience tells me that the wiki will pick up some steam the week before, and during the conference.

The Masie Center has been sending out countless emails about the conference and about the wiki, encouraging people to go use it. But they're missing something (and it would be easily rectified). For their nifty social networking app, the Masie Center has provided a nice tutorial. However, there's no tutorial for the wiki. I think popping a tutorial onto the front page of the wiki would be great. In fact, PBWiki even has a nice little Flash tutorial that I've put into several of my other wikis. It's a simple step, but I think it would lessen the "wiki fear" that people seem to have.

Anyone can poke through the Learning 2007 wiki at http://www.learningwiki.com. Only registered attendees can edit and comment.

Another Reason to Come to Learning 2007

If you read the comments on the previous Learning 2007 thread, you'll notice that Elliott Masie himself actually posted a comment. He mentioned I might be leading a cool activity at L2007. I figured it was a book club. It turns out, I'll be leading a session there on something I know a lot about: blogs. More specifically: Blog Yes! Using a Blog to Generate Excitement for your Training Programs. I'll also be leading a Book Club on Everything is Miscellaneous. 

I'm pretty darned excited and I hope to see you there!

Oh - and I'm still working on the iPhone review. I'm determined to make it a decent vodcast.