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Join our 2nd Annual KnowTips Online Conference, March 29 - April 2, 2006

** Join our 2nd Annual KnowTips Online Conference, March 29 - April 2, 2006 hosted by Knowplace.ca and our knowmates **

 

The conference is rapidly approaching and we have lined up some stellar presenters.  This conference is for those involved in the online learning field AS WELL AS those interested in finding out what the online world is all about.  Check our  website @ http://knowtips.ca and our blog: http://blog.knowplace.ca (to read about how to organize an online conference) Register now to take advantage of this leading-edge  learning opportunity. (registration fees increase March 10)

As another year winds down Dec/Jan 2005/2006

[KnowNEWS] December/January 2005/2006

As another year winds down and a new year begins, we want to take this time to thank all of the people who make Knowplace a very happy, busy and exciting place to be. Our Knowmates who share their activities and energies, our many wonderful OpenWeekend presenters and their willingness to share their expertise, and our KnowTIPs Team who are working so hard to make our upcoming online conference <http://knowtips.ca> a huge online success March 29 - April 02, 2006.

May you have a wonderful and stressless holiday season and all the best in 2006. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues of knowNEWS, please contact Helen@knowplace.ca   

Please forward this issue to your colleagues and friends Visit us:  <http://knowplace.ca>

1/8 OUR FAVOURITE QUOTES/COMPLIMENTS
2/8 KNOWMATE ACTIVITIES
3/8 OPEN SOURCE/FREEWARE DISCOVERIES
4/8 KNOWMATE BLOGS
5/8 OPEN WEEKENDS @KNOWPLACE
6/8 CAPILANO COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP COURSES
7/8 KNOWMATE INTERVIEW: Karae White, eCareer Coach Graduate
8/8 WHY ME?

1. OUR FAVOURITE QUOTES/COMPLIMENTS
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1.1 Patricia Diver, Career Coach, McMaster University,
<http://careers.mcmaster.ca> "I just wanted to give you on update on how I am applying what I learned in Knowplace.  We just recently launched our Career Services Alumni Discussion Board and I am hosting my first (okay so I'm a late bloomerJ ) online job finding club text chat next week. Thanks again for all the support and encouragement"

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Open Weekends offered by Knowplace

Complimentary Open Weekends offered by Knowplace.ca http://knowplace.ca 

Join us for 2 excellent workshops this weekend.

** ePortfolios with David LeBlanc ** 

** Creating a Presentation with Chris Ainsworth ** opened today on special request!

** To Enroll in this Course **

You can self-enroll at Open Weekends:

http://knowplace.ca/moodle_1.4.3/course/view.php?id=69 

To help us get the word out, please post this announcement to your blog and website, and email friends and colleagues that might be interested.

KnowTIPS Surviving and Thriving Online 2006 Conference

The KnowTIPS Surviving and Thriving Online 2006 Conference
Wednesday, March 29 - Sunday, April 02

Call for Proposals:

The 2nd Annual Theory into Practice (TIPS) online conference, presented by Knowplace, is designed to engage participants in discussions about the practical aspects of working online. If you are new to the Internet or have been around online for a while, we are certain that you will find something of interest to you. The format builds on principles and themes that emerge through our everyday practice at Knowplace.

Please circulate this announcement to any and all individuals and departments at your organization that may be interested in participating.

We encourage you to submit a proposal as a presenter or to facilitate a discussion during the KnowTIPS conference if you have experience working online. For example:

• Teaching and learning
• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Facilitating meetings
• Managing projects
• Collaborating across time and space

Important Dates

Intent to submit: December 10, 2005
Submit proposals by: December 15, 2005
Conference: March 29 - April 02, 2006
 

send your proposal to Sylvia Currie: sylvia@knowplace.ca by email

Our knowTIPS Conference

Due to labour situation in our province please note the new dates: 

Pre Conference Support: Monday, March 27 - Wednesday March 29, 2006
Conference: Wednesday March 29 - Sunday, April 02, 2006

Our knowTIPS dates are: Wednesday, February 22 - Sunday, February 26, 2006

Target Group
From people who are new to working online to those who "live" on line.

    * ecareer coaches (employment counsellors, school advisors)
    * educators (school, college, universities)
    * small business elearning organizations
    * not-for-profit organizations who work with disadvantaged clients

Theme
The theme is the same as last year... Know TIPS stands for Theory Into Practice but we also like the idea of surviving and thriving online.

knowTIPS 2005

From Randy LaBonte:

Your knowmates  have formed a global learning community. The presenters were amazing!  I can't believe how drawn in I was.  They were excellent! You folks really have something to be proud of and you can count on me for the next knowTIPS conference..

From Lee Prouton:

I am not sure if you have gone back to the Knowtips site, but I have, and it is such a very strange feeling - it is almost as if it has folded in on itself and disappeared........where two days ago there was an almost audible buzzing about the environment there is now a profound silence.....and as I wandered through Shula's attic, I found myself hoping that Hugo would materialize, or that someone would write just one more message........playing Last Post - Cyberstyle as it were.......

 I miss everyone and want to thank you and the other folks from Knowplace once again.......the opportunity to meet and share and learn with you all was something that I will carry with me for a long time..........I am  speaking to a class of MSW students in March about using technology in Social Work practice (the policy stream folks), and will most certainly be talking about my experience at Knowtips........

From Ed Jewitt:

Encore Encore, Nice job folks!

I have been a former meeting planner for associations and so I appreciated all the hard work the cast and crew had done (and would continue to do even after the show was over).  I offer  up a mini-celebration for you all in the form of pictures of bouquets of roses and pictures of champagne and champagne flutes (Perrier-Jouet), nothing but the best, and a picture of a glorious sunset to relax and watch, and then some more champagne. 

Julia Trachsel

I just want to express my appreciation for all the extra work you all did.It all came together as a result of hard work, good planning and some luck.  I am glad that KnowTips was my first online conference, and I know it will long be remembered as the best. (Our first love's always that way   )

 

Gill Jones and Kate Anthony

KnowTIPS was so important we can't let it go unrecognized.  We are going to write an article for the British Journal of Counsellors and Pyschologists.  Congratulations everyone!

April 2005

Come and join us at Open Weekends; the only cost is your time and a
willingness to participate.  You self-enrol at Open Weekends.
http://knowplace.ca/moodle_1.4.3/course/view.php?id=69  Please be visible
for in the online community we cannot see you.  If this is your first time
using Moodle, please browse through the
<http://knowplace.ca/moodle_1.4.3/course/view.php?id=19> Use Knowplace
course.  
 
All our courses open Friday at noon PST and finish, Sunday @ 3 pm PST.
Please circulate this announcement.

May 2005

Knowplace continues to offer free Open Weekend courses, and in May there are
traditional favourites and new topics and hosts.  The courses open Friday at
noon, PDT and close Sunday, at 3 p.m. PDT.  If you want to "get your feet
wet", Knowplace is a safe, friendly place. The groups are small and
informal and you are welcome to bring friends.   In fact, please circulate
this announcement as widely as possible.  
 
*** April 29 - May 1 with Helen Kershaw
Ever wonder what is required to work online? Helen Kershaw will work with
the group to answer your questions (there are no stupid ones this is how we
learn) You will be led in a discussion about what you need to consider to
work online. Ask all your questions here!

June 2005

** PLEASE CIRCULATE **

We invite you to join us for Open Weekends at Knowplace. These workshops
are free and require only that you come in, introduce yourself and
participate.  Please be visible for in the online community we cannot see
you.

 If this is your first visit to Knowplace < <http://knowplace.ca/>
http://knowplace.ca> , you  will be asked to register.   Once you have
registered, the course will  be available to you at noon PDT, Friday .  If
this is your first time  using Moodle, we recommend you browse through the
Use  < <http://knowplace.ca/moodle_1.4.3/course/view.php?id=19>
http://knowplace.ca/moodle_1.4.3/course/view.php?id=19> Knowplace course.