The Summer Institute at Wallenberg Hall
Social Media Collaboratory
August 3-4, 2009
Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Description: This two-day workshop provides overview, strategy and tutorials for integrating social bookmarking, blogs, wikis, and forums into communications for workgroups, informal teams and classes. Provides cases from non-profit, business and eductional spheres, includes follow-on assistance.
Who Should Participate: Faculty, administrators, and learning technologists that are engaged in designing, renovating or reinvigorating learning spaces on their campuses.building . Others that might be interested include graduate students, secondary school educators, engineers, architects, or corporate researchers interested in better workspaces.
When: August 3rd and 4th, 2009
Course Director: Howard Rheingold
Workshop Fees:
The cost includes all materials; all breakfasts, coffee breaks, and snacks; catered dinner and speaker on Thursday night.
Early Bird Discount (before June 15, 2009)
- Individual enrollment: $675.00 USD per person
- Team enrollment (3 or more persons): $550.00 USD per person
After June 15, 2009
- Individual enrollment: $750 USD per person
- Team enrollment (3 or more persons): $675.00 USD per person
Register Now: please go to the registration page and use the code OPEN
Registration and Refund Policies:
If there are insufficient registrations received before June 30, 2009, we reserve the right to cancel the workshops and refund your registration fees in full. We will NOT be liable for the cost of travel or hotel reservations. Please contact the session director for advice on the possibility of cancellation.
Registrations that are cancelled by the registrant before June 30, 2009 will be liable for a $100 processing fee. Registrations canceled on or after July 1, 2009 and before July 14 will be liable to pay a 50% cancellation fee. Registrations canceled on or after July 15, 2009 are liable for the full cost of the workshop. If a replacement participant is sent in your place, the cancellation fees will be reduced to the $100 processing fee to cover the costs of the change of name.
Speaker Bio: Howard Rheingold is Consulting Professor in the Department of Communication and is author of Tools for Thought, The Virtual Community, and Smart Mobs. He has been editor of Whole Earth Review, The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, founding executive editor of Hotwired, founder of Electric Minds, and is a non-resident Fellow of the Annenberg Center for Communication, USC, 2007. Rheingold has taught courses in Participatory Media and Collective Action, Virtual Community/Social Media, and Digital Journalism. He is grantee of the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation.
For More Information
Contact Howard Rheingold, Course Director
Wallenberg Summer Institute home:
http://mediax.stanford.edu/wsi
