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2. PROLOGUE
3. Professional Development Minnesota pdminnesota.org

Professional development wants to be free.

4. Focus on Minnesota teachers 5. Wordpress Multi-User + BuddypressThe Backstory
6. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court

Twain satirizing romantic notions of chivalry

7. Technology vs. magic SMACKDOWN 8. Time travel! Solar eclipses! Battles! 9. Need a refresher?The OtherBackstory
10. CONNECTIVIST
11. Connectivism
At its heart, connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks. ~Stephen Downes
12. YANKEE
13. 14. KING NINGS COURT
15. http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/08/last-day-of-free-ning-networks-what.html
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12:03pm: Ning announces end to free networks.

17. 12:16pm: Earth trembles, panic ensues, riots, etc. 18. 2:37pm: Alec Couros to the rescue!April 15, 2010: The Day the Networks Died
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3:40pm: Sylvia Currie publishes video of real-time edits to Alternatives to Ning Google Doc.

20. 3:42pm: Ning network creators move from denial to anger. Later stages of grief will include bargaining, depression, and acceptance. April 15, 2010: The Day the Networks Died
21. 22. What responsibility do network organizers and creators have for ensuring that they are choosing to build sustainable spaces? Why is that some third-partys responsibility?Shouldnt folks who are totally reliant on Ning, and angry with them, be upset with themselves, if at least a little?
~Bud Hunt, April 16, 2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deano/60196814/
23. Hosted
Software
24. Freemium vs. F/OSS
Easy; packaged.
Portability: who owns the data?
Ads or fees.
Customizable? Sorta.
DIY; gotta learn it.
No question: you own the data.
Pay for hosting.
Mucho customizable.
Hosted/freemium
F/OSS
25. http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardmscott/2180833265/
26. TRUE ADVENTURES
IN OPEN SOURCE
27. http://www.flickr.com/photos/never_surrender/839508117/
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Familiar with Wordpress dashboard

29. 150+ users 30. Willing to learn (and pay to learn)Tirarmea la pileta
31. pdminnesota.org
32. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesheriff/2244505263/
33. Spambots!
Sploggers!
Comment spam!
Zombie attack!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamentedejko/4683472692/
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~75 splogs/day

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