MAC_Week4_Publishing_Leadership_Project

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Thank you for visiting my Publishing & Leadership blog post. This has been an exciting journey through Full Sail University as part of my Masters program in Education Media Design and Technology. I will be submitting a presentation for my action research project on the topic of digital storytelling to two conferences: (PETE) Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo, held February 12, 2012 and (FETC) Florida Educational Technology Conference, held on January 23-26, 2012.

I decided to submit to the PETE conference because they offer three or six hour, hands on sessions which is a wonderful fit for digital storytelling. I could not only make my presentation but show instructors how they can easily put together their own digital story to be used as a lecture or assignment example. This conference is also relatively close to where I live, so even if I'm not accepted as a presenter, I would still like to attend.

I decided to submit to the Florida Educational Technology Conference because they stress the idea of emergent technologies as one of their main topics. I realize that digital storytelling is not a new idea necessarily, but in the community college atmosphere, it is. We are struggling to stay current with what is offered to students with a technology focus and I had such a wonderful response (and was the only instructor to implement this kind of project) in my classroom. It is vital to be aware of the latest in educational technology and Florida seems to be a frontrunner on offering their students the most current technologies.

The following is a link to powerpoint presentation that I would like to share if accepted:

https://files.me.com/denawhipple/ckg7y5

Please also see my previous two blog posts about the conferences I would like to submit to below:

Part 1:
http://dwhipple.blogspot.com/2011/03/macweek3publishingleadershipprojectpart.html

Part 2:
http://dwhipple.blogspot.com/2011/03/macweek3publishingleadershipprojectpart_20.html