On Monday, I participated in TEDxLaguna, the second TEDx event ever held in Mexico. I called for “leapfrogging toward Knowmad Society” (video coming soon). Also, Cristóbal Cobo shared an overview and invitation to join our Invisible Learning collaboration. I believe the event was a great success, and I am pleased to have collaborated with Ernesto Gonzales (the event’s organizer), his team, and the other speakers. Videos of the talks will be posted to the TEDx YouTube channel soon, possibly in both English and Spanish… stay tuned!!!

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9:00 Welcome and opening remarks

Giovanna Valenti [FLACSO], John Moravec [UMN] and Jutta Treviranus [UT]

9:10 Real time conference (starting with Europe) 5hrs

10:20 Virtual/ In Person Conferences

11:55 – 12:00 Break

12:00-14:00 Virtual/ In Person Conferences

14:00 LUNCH

15:00 – 16:00 Panel Discussion (English)

Miguel Raimilla (USA)
Florencio Ceballos (CND)
Jayson Richardson (USA)
Suzanne Miric and Patrick Walker (USA)
Diego Uribe (USA)
Tom Elko (USA)
Víctor Zárate (María de la Luz Casas) (MEX)
Luis Lach (MEX)

16:00-16:55 Virtual/ In Person Conferences

17:00-17:05 Break

17:05-18:00  Virtual/ In Person Conferences

Gabriel Adrián Curi (Video 10 mins) [UCA]
17:15 Martha Cruz del Valle (In Person 15 mins) [Telefónica]

17:15- 18:15 Panel Discussion (Spanish)

Roberto Balaguer (URU)
Rolando Palacios (CHI)
Pablo Muñoz (CHI)
Edgardo Lüring (ARG)
Gabriel Adrián Curi (ARG)
Martín Parsellis (ARG)
Manuel Juárez Pacheco (MEX)
Guillermo Lutsky (ARG)

18:15-19:00 Closing remarks

Cristóbal Cobo, John Moravec, Jutta Treviranus

19:00-19:30 Toast

This is just a reminder that the submission deadline to participate in this FLACSO-México, University of Minnesota and University of Toronto co-organized event on e-competencies and e-skills is coming up this Friday (September 26).  Participants can join in person or virtually, and need not present to join the event (although presentations are encouraged!). We already have many outstanding proposals from throughout the Americas (and beyond), and welcome a few more!  Feel free to contact me with questions, etc., at moravec@umn.edu.

More information is at the conference website: www.e-competencies.org (or, in Spanish: www.e-competencias.org).

Upcoming event:

October 31, 2008

Mexico City, Mexico

Conference website: www.e-competencies.org

The Knowledge Society demands that we leapfrog ahead in our education systems, build a new digital literacy, and improve soft skills (creativity, innovation, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking, among others) that could help all 21^st century citizens become productive, effective knowledge workers. Educators, policymakers, business leaders, parents, and youth must identify and develop new sets of e-skills and e-competencies to help youth succeed, and build a capacity for success toward the 22^nd century.  The purpose of this event is to identify, project and discuss the e-skills and e-competencies required for success in the 21^st and early 22^nd centuries. This event will explore, gather and analyze relevant experiences in training and development of e-skills throughout North America.

The activity builds from the collaborative work of scholars from FLACSO-México, the University of Minnesota and the University of Toronto.  This public session invites thought leaders and innovators in the development of the e-skills to share their work and experiences. Guest presenters will be invited to participate physically or virtually, and all presentations will be recorded, translated into Spanish and English, and available for viewing online and discussion.

This event is funded through the support of PIERAN, the Interinstitutional Program for North American Studies at El Colegio de México, and the collaborating institutions.

This is not your typical conference!

To facilitate focused discussions and innovative approaches to dialogue on e-competencies, the organizing committee has established the following rules:

• No presentation may be longer than 10 minutes (this is the maximum length allowed by YouTube, and will be strictly enforced).
• A maximum of four PowerPoint (or similar) slides will be allowed.  It is the presenter’s responsibility to ensure both English and Spanish versions of their slides and any accompanying materials are available.

In addition:

• There are no registration fees for this conference!
• Although in-person presentations are encouraged, presenters may participate virtually (via Skype or Adobe Acrobat Connect) or in-person.
• Participants that find it difficult to participate via live video or in person may contribute a pre-recorded YouTube (or similar) video to be shown during the event and made available in the online library.
• Presenters and participants from throughout the world are invited.
• All participants will be invited to continue our discussions online at this conference website and elsewhere.
• All conference products will be made available for further dissemination and development through a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.

To submit a proposal, click here. (Deadline: September 26, 2008)