Learning 2.012 Conference - Beijing

This weekend was a wonderful mixture of conference, collaboration, networking and discussion.  There was so much that transpired, it is hard to condense it all.  I know that a couple of more posts are going to be needed to reflect on this in its entirety.

The cohort was a wonderful place where like minded people could carry on discussions and network with similar problems and successes.  There were about 15 in our cohort and the discussions ranged from Design Technology to application of a coaching style PD.  The latter took a lot of time and it would appear that while most of the International Schools in attendance are attempting this model for PD, there are varying degrees of success.  The HS level seems to be one of the hardest to break into since there is the content vs process discussion always at the forefront.  I wonder if it is possible to have both and still have a successful PD model in a HS setting. I believe it is possible as it is what I am trying to establish here at ISB.

Professional networks are an important part of these conferences.  It was great to catch up with people I have worked with before and also to meet some new people to stay in touch with both as professional educators and also as mentors for programs and ideas.  There were a lot of blogs, online discussions, Facebook pages and personal websites that were shared over the three days of the conference.

If you are interested in looking through the website of the conference it can be found here;

http://www.learning2.asia/

Through out these pages are plenty of people connecting and connected into Learning 21 goals and ideas for schools.  They can be a great resource.  You can also find all the materials from the sessions, unconferences and cohorts throughout these pages.  These might prove helpful for people working in this direction.  As I move forward here, you will find a lot more on this conference and my work in establishing connectivity among teachers at ISB.