The Google Wave Will Change Education Forever

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Corbett on June 3, 2009 at 9:39pm

@Aaron Imagine coordinating lesson plans globally and collaborating with massive networks of students and teachers to produce what would likely be some of the most valuable education content ever.

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Permalink Reply by Donelle on June 7, 2009 at 12:10am

Opportunities for instant communication and collaboration! I love the character-by-character transmitting for the instant messaging. How much time will that save?! The playback feature is the most wonderful thing. And did you see how all 4 people were editing captions on those photos at the same time with no lag time?

This can have a huge impact on student collaboration. I signed up for early notification of Wave's release. I just want a t-shirt now. Do you think they'll be at NECC, Joseph?

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Corbett on June 9, 2009 at 10:35am

I'm not entirely sure what Google will be doing at NECC. If they are there I plan to grill them on Wave and what their plans are to support the future of education.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Machado on June 10, 2009 at 1:15pm

There will definitely be Google reps at NECC. You going I take it, Donelle?

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Permalink Reply by Donelle on June 10, 2009 at 7:23pm

Hey Joseph!

Cool new pic. :) Yes!!! I found out yesterday that the district is paying my airfare and I'm paying the rest. Will you be there? Didn't see you at CUE. Do you know of any after-hours events to go to during NECC? I'll be there on the 25th.

Will totally need to stop by the Google booth and have a conversation about Wave. Let me know if you will be there and I'll stop by your booth too!!

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Permalink Reply by Cindy Kay on June 10, 2009 at 7:38pm

Wow! What an amazing program. I just took part in the online Go Wild With Wikis and some of the problems encountered tonight will not be an issue with Google Wave. Instantaneous editing with multiple users!!! It's going to be awesome tool to use. I especially liked the idea of replying to notes being taken at a meeting. I sure would use that at my school.

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Permalink Reply by Lynn on June 13, 2009 at 8:02am

This is interesting. I need to watch the video. My questions remain the same. What to do about school filtering and not allowing social network sites and how do I implement this with high school English and all that we read? I tried looking for Ibsen sites in Norway that I could get the kids to work with so they could get connections with the play An Enemy of the People. Couldn't find anything. So much of it has to do with time and the lack of it. I guess I need to watch the video and then become creative....

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Permalink Reply by Neal on June 13, 2009 at 3:51pm

I really should post in the introduction thread first, but this topic really fascinates me.

In terms of the Legal/Administration concerns, one of the 3 major parts of the presentation in the video is the ability to set up a local non-Google Wave server with a ready-to-go default configuration. Without seeing the actual code, I can only speculate that this could allow Students and Teachers to use the Wave collaboration and communication facilities in an Intranet / VPN setting while still blocking external Wave connections via Firewall. That server would then have permanent records of every on-campus communication, along with the convenient playback feature for any specific Wave or sub-section of a Wave. However, that sort of internal configuration would frustrate some of the appealing opportunities like collaborating with classrooms from other countries or easily integrating external mentor / expert volunteers in student projects.

Personally, I hope to see some sample "robot" or widget code that could be adapted to make interactive simulations that students could modify and discuss within the Wave environment (eg. population models for Ecology units). The closest example so far is that Yes/No/Maybe feature they demonstrated - a shared document/program that reacts to clicks on graphics/regions in pre-defined ways at the root of a Wave.

The real-time auto-translator module looks fantastic for effortlessly accommodating English Language Learners as well.

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Permalink Reply by netdvm on June 30, 2009 at 11:49pm

Are you planning to integrate Google wave into your ning network? Seems like a logical move - it this were possible.

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Permalink Reply by Bryn Spence on October 3, 2009 at 4:47pm

I really want to experiment with this software but can't seem to get an invite from google. Any ideas where I might be able to get one so that I can start playing?

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Permalink Reply by Carol Broos on October 11, 2009 at 6:59pm

I recently got a google wave account, I am completely amazed by it and cannot wait until all the ppl that I have connected with web 2.0 have accounts. This is going to change twitter, plurk, and facebook forever!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Snyder on October 15, 2009 at 7:16am

I have 5 or 6 Google Wave invites to give away. If you're interested, drop me a line with the email address you'd like me to send your invite to.

I'm looking forward to being able to "wave" with a few others. It's a bit lonely in Google Waveland.

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