After attending a session at NECC and having my spirits lifted up about my place in the eduverse, I considered submitting a proposal for the K12 Online Conference for 2008. I twittered to one of the co-conveners and asked if there were any proposals that dealt with anything relating to special education. Apparently there hadn’t been in the past and he suggested if I was willing, I should submit a proposal. So, I thought about it a bit and submitted my proposal that would look at web 2.0 tools that were available for free that would support literacy in the classroom.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think that it would be accepted, but low and behold, my proposal was one of the nine chosen for the “Get Started” strand. I will say that I am honored to be able to put together a presentation that will be available to so many educators.

So in the next few weeks I will be creating my presentation (adapting really since it is one that I’ve done before) and deciding how I will make the presentation. Right now I’m thinking about doing the presentation in a venue that I am very comfortable in, Second Life. I will be able to speak the presentation, show the slides, and also support with the written text being scrolled on the screen as well. But we’ll see, this is a new challenge that I am looking forward to.
If you haven’t checked out K12 Online before, check it out. It’s a free conference that you can “attend” in the comfort of your classroom or your home. You can even get credit for it!