Need Volunteers to Help with K12Online Committees

A wise man once said, “None of us are as good as all of us,” and in that light the conveners of K12 Online 2007 are requesting volunteers to chair and serve on committees that will support the upcoming K12Online conference.

Each committee will have a convener, a chair, and three committee members, to make up a five member team.

The committees are as follows:

Media and Communications (Public Relations)- This committee will be responsible for getting the word out about the conference.

Convener- Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach (snbeach at cox dot net)
Co-Chair- Carolyn Foote and  Brian C. Smith  
Member- Jon Pederson
Member- Jeri Hurd
Member- Chris Betcher  
Willing to help-
Vicki Davis
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Live Events - This committee handles live events during the conference, our culminating event “When Night Falls” and fireside chats.

Convener- Lani Ritter-Hall (lanihall at alltel dot net)
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Help Desk- This committee will be the conference technical support team and will work from a proactive role in terms of recommending tools and “how-tos.”

Convener- Darren Kuropatwa (dkuropatwa at gmail dot com)
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Professional Development- This committee will arrange oppotunities for graduate credit and Continuing Education points that can be obtained globally.

Convener- Wes Fryer (wesfryer at yahoo dot com)
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Accessibility Options- This committee will create a resource and be available to answer questions about ensuring that presentations are accessible by all participants, even those with disabilities.

Convener- Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach (snbeach at cox dot com)

Chair: Lee Baber
Member- Kaj Rietberg
Member- Karen Janowski
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Roles and Responsibilities

• The role of the convener on each committee is to serve as a liason from the committee to the conference as a whole.
• The role of the chair is to organize and facilitate 2-3 meetings (Elluminate is available for your meetings) prior to our conference and to lead the committee in development of a support plan and related tasks to fulfill your committee’s purpose.
• The role of members will be to carry out, with the chair, the purpose and plan of the committee.

Interested?

If you are interested in chairing or serving on one of the above committees please contact the appropriate convener or leave a comment below with your contact information and someone will get back with you right away. We would like to have committees formed and functioning by the end of August.

Comments

[John Pederson]

Toss me into the mix for Media & Communications!

[Carolyn Foote]

Sheryl,

I might be able to be helpful with the media and publicity but am in and out of town the dates of the conference.

If you need an "assistant," I'd be happy to contribute in some way.

[Vicki Davis]

I can help with the media and publicity and share on edubloggerworld and on my blog -- also we could talk about some other ideas (like standard tag aggregators for each session, etc. at the end of posts to help share information about it.)

Let me know if you need me! That committee looks pretty full.

[Carolyn Foote]

Sheryl,

I'm also hoping one thing we can think about is a way to get more "newbies" involved, and maybe publicize this in print form as well as sites like classroom20 Ning, blogs, etc.

Wondering if it is too late to get a little blurb into some magazines like SLJ, Techology and Learning, or Edutopia as well?

It'll depend on what our focus is in publicizing it, obviously, and who we are looking to attract.

Also, with all the talk about student participation after NECC, I wonder if there is any track we might want to promote for student involvement or is that beyond the scope of k12 online? And if we invited that how would it be "channeled" a little bit?

K12 online was one of the most inspiring experiences I've had, so I'm excited about this year's!

[Paul Harrington]

I know we are a way away in Time Zone terms, but if there is anything that I can do to help out don't hesitate to ask.
Paul