Christchurch

All arrive on Flight NZ5098 Dunedin to Christchurch Depart: Dunedin (Terminal: Domestic) at 6:10 pm Seats: 10 Economy Class Arrive: Christchurch at 7:05 pm Aircraft: ATR Turboprop Total Flight Time: 55 minutes
 * Arrivals**

Accommodation** Staying Thusday 21st Sept. at the [|Sudima Hotel] at the airport. Corner Memorial Avenue & Orchard Road Christchurch New Zealand F: +64 3 358 3139 T: +64 3 358 3029

Proposed for the day** A web conference running all day to open the space to international participation
 * Open event in the morning - 9 - 1230pm**
 * [|TANZ] meeting in the afternoon - 2 - 5pm**

Venue: Wheki Block, at the College of Education. All the rooms are in Wheki block. W150 (Big, lots of round tables, mobile furniture) W102 (Small - 30) W304 (Huge - 150 people) W301 (Smal 30) [|a map]. Busy checking links with librarians and others. Interested people contact derek.chirnside@cce.ac.nz

Here is a quick first cut, after a conversation with Derek Wenmoth.
Here are some thoughts/reflections following our phone conversation this morning: 1 - we now have the morning to work with, as the TANZ CEOs are wanting to meet with the group in the afternoon2 - therefore, we make good use of the morning with a meeting from 9.00-12.30 (suggested timeline below) 3 - I like the idea of maximising the opportunity to interact with these 'experts' in 'themed' workshops, starting thoughts/suggestions:- philosophy of Web 2.0- educational blogging- information management - librarianship- connectivity/interoperability- personal learning environments- organised/formal learning in the Web 2.0 environment(not meaning all of these, but ideas around which we could create a suitable number of workshops depending on the experts available and the number of people attending) 4 - target audience for these sessions - people with experience in the areas, those in positions of leadership in eLearning, policy/decision makers - use our personal and professional networks in the city to contact people and bring them along - I can certainly think of people from within local government, schools and tertiaries that I think would be interested 5 - Programme for the day could look like this: 9.00 - meet/greet, cup of coffee/tea, thought-prompts posted around the walls to initiate discussion etc9.30 - formal intros, with 10 minute overview of how each of the 'experts' fits within the Web 2.0 jigsaw10.30 - split off into separate workshops - small groups based on themes above11.45 - plenary session - panel of experts responding to 'big picture' questions that bring the pieces of the jigsaw together and set the scene for where to next...Questions to be posed could be along the lines of...- what actions could we be taking in our institutions/schools/businesses to accommodate Web 2.0 technologies and behaviours?- what policy decisions need to be made - locally, nationally to support this?- is Web 2.0 more about a fundamental paradigm shift in human interactions than a technological development? If so - what should we be considering as far as transformation within our existing education system?- what suggestions do you have for an e-Learning director in an institution?(sorry - these are ill-formed ideas, but serve to provide a starter for what might emerge...) 6 - Recording - my suggestion is that we share the load among those of us who are willing to act as recorders in each of the sessions. My idea is that we use something like "Inspiration" to record a 'brainstorm/web' of ideas that flow from the workshops, and then connect these together at the end and make available to everyone as a record of what was discussed/presented - complete with as many links to examples and applications etc that we can gather in the sessions.Notes from the final session could also be recorded in this way - and the whole thing then provides a basis for use at a personal, institutional or even shared - online community level - perhaps with continued involvement somehow from the visiting 'experts' (I'd assume Leigh has plans to continue the FLNW forums etc.(I'm attaching a JPG example to illustrate - don't take too much notice of the actual words - that's where everyone's input is needed) All from me for nowCheersDerek (Wenmoth)


 * Departures**

Sean FitzGerald, Rose Grozdinac, Jo Kay - Thu 21 Sep 15:05 on Flight NZ520 Christchurch to Auckland arriving 16:25. Then 17:15 Flight NZ2806 Auckland to Whangarei arriving 17:50.

Stephen Downes, Teemu Leinoonen, Barbara Dieu, Leigh Blackall, Konrad Glogowski, Steven Parker - Thu 21 Sep 17:30pm on Flight NZ524 Christchurch to Auckland arriving 18:50. Then 19:20 Flight NZ2814 Auckland to Whangarei arriving 19:55.