[MACEP] Chiming in...

[Mark Petersen]

Hi All,

As a lurker on this list... and one of its alumi... this idea is right  
up the alley of Slumbertechs of old.  A new idea/technology/kludge  
rises up and the MACEP gang gets together to learn how to exploit it  
for the betterment of the community.  Perfect.

What was always fun about the S-techs was that those who wanted to dig  
into a project and go long hours working on it, could do so.  Those  
who ran out of steam at 10 or 11 pm, could hit the hay - or go home -  
to return in the morning and find some of us with blurry eyes still  
working away on the project.  Networking a school, learning a new OS,  
learning to print a newsletter (printing a newsletter), learning to  
use computerized video editing, etc. have all been explored and put to  
good use.

In this age of formal workshops and conventions, it's easy to  
understand skeptics and those who "don't get it."  But a Slumbertech  
format with its cooperative learning model and pulling ourselves up by  
our own bootstraps really works.  I might come for a while too - and  
bring my 30-something daughter, who owns a Wii setup and thinks that  
Johnny Lee Chung is way cool.

I hope it's done on the cheap and in a school where some osmotic  
learning about a school's network and curriculum can also be factored  
into the event.

Cheers,
Mark

> On Apr 10, 2009, Mike Cullum wrote:
>
> I think that this would be a very cool Slumbertech.  I can't make it  
> down on May 1, but I encourage you to make this happen and put  
> together a blog for the results to those of us who can't physically  
> be there can share in the fun!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2009, at 8:09 PM, I Erbs wrote:
>
>> we could most likely use my school in north clackama. we have a full
>> kitchen and many computer labs. mac. pc and linux. will check on
>> thursday for cost and availability
>>
>> On 4/9/09, Micah Baker <Micah.Baker at orecity.k12.or.us> wrote:
>>> Tim,
>>>
>>> What about just getting commercial space and using some of the  
>>> funds Allan
>>> says are still available?  It could be a backup plan anyway...
>>>
>>> M
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/9/09 12:35 PM, "Tim Chase" <edtech2020 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey All,
>>>
>>> I'm too new to MACEP to have actually attended one, but I've  
>>> listened
>>> attentively when the "old-timers" talk about the Slumbertechs of  
>>> old.  Then
>>> when I saw a Wii-mote being used to make an interactive whiteboard  
>>> (Johnny
>>> Lee Chung style), I thought "we could make a Wii-mote  
>>> Slumbertech!"  It's a
>>> smashing idea--you come and stay the night and share techie stuff  
>>> and
>>> pretend you're still in college and can handle late nights and  
>>> hard library
>>> floors . . . and build a Wii-mote-powered Whiteboard to take back  
>>> to your
>>> school!




Mark Petersen
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