ome "Teacher 2.0" t-shirts left, and I'll have them at the ISTEUnplugged area starting tomorrow morning, along with the purple Blackboard Collaborate buttons (and my snazzy Teacher 2.0 wristbands!). The official word from Bb Collaborate is that they will be walking around handing out tickets for people caught wearing the button or the t-shirts, and then using those tickets to raffle off an iPad 2 on Tuesday at 2pm at the Blackboard booth (#303).
In other contest news, I'm in charge of a special contest related to the release of Blackboard Collaborate 11 (the new combined Elluminate and Wimba). It's called "Collaborate for Good." You propose how you would use a free Blackboard Collaborate room to make a difference for your school, your organization, your community, or the world. Ten 50-seat rooms will be given away. The contest will officially launch tomorrow, but the site is now open at http://www.wecollaborate.com.
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n't a product, it's just a way of teaching. I think that your concern is that we offer courses for credit- and students have to pay for our courses. It's no different than working for a private school - where you have to pay as well. If it is of interest, all of our profits go back to the school district.
We are working on creating an EQA standard for International students and working together with public districts and private schools to create a collaborate network.
TAL uses a blend of web 2.0 tools and encourages the teacher to take the tech resources that they have to blend technolgy onto their learning. We use Moodle as a basem but we add Elluminate, edmodo, flipped learning strategies/jing
And others...
So yes, I do sell online for credit high school courses for international students- however, I want to share the way we do it - the pedagogy and thought process, because that is all a service based on a teacher, And is not a "product". I clearly understand if you or others feel that I am trying to sell something- and if that is the case it tells me about my perception. All good either way. Thank you for this opportunity.…
educational community learn, share and grow. We show you the basics of creating a classroom wiki and introduce you to educators who have lessons and stories to share about their use of wikis. We have also found that the venue, our Elluminate room, enables educators to chat with other wiki users, organize inter-classroom projects, and share resources.
Our next webinar is May 5th at 3:30 pm PST /6:30pm PST. Jennifer Barnett, an English and history teacher at Fayetteville High School in Alabama, will be joining us. She's been using wikis in her school and classrooms for over three years and we are excited to hear from her about all the work she's been doing.
If you would like to join us, you can register for the event at http://wikispacesineducation0905-4.eventbrite.com . We look forward to seeing you there.
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Sarah…
, then JiT2U is the tool for you! This app/site offers readers an overview of each web tool, uses for application, and a variety of mediums for viewing tutorials to better understand how to use the specific web 2.0 tool.
Such tutorials include video and guides for using:
Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Wordpress, LinkedIn, SlideShare, YouTube, Flickr, Scribd, Flickr, Evernote, VoiceThread, WallWisher, WikiSpaces, GoogleDocs, Skype, Elluminate, ZohoShow, Delicious, Diigo, Jing, GoAnimate, FlipSnack, SurveyMonkey, Zoomerang, Zoho Challenge, Quizstar, PollDaddy, QuickSnack, Issuu, Myebook, Calaemo, Sliderocket, and much more
Read more on my Blog, Kleinspiration! You'll LOVE this free and new resource for education.
Cheers,
Erin Klein
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education 2.0—impersonal yet far-reaching and convenient. There are several web conferencing platforms that individuals, organizations, schools, and businesses have to choose from. We want to break down the top nine that we feel are the most competitive in the space right now. In fact, they are so competitive that since doing most of this research just a few months ago the prices and features have noticeably changed.
Web conferencing has a plethora of uses, whether it’s teaching or tutoring, collaborating in real time over a report, or holding a webinar that allows participants to chat and discuss the topic concurrently. The basic features that you can expect from a web conference client are the ability to upload and display a powerpoint, pdf, media, have a chat function, and white board. A Google+ Hangout doesn’t quite offer these tools, but it won’t be surprising if they do in the future. Other additions such as audio/visual functionality, recording, mobile compatibility, and breakout rooms are platform specific and I’ll walk you through who offers what.
Professional Suites
The “top-grade” web conferencing platforms are delivered by Adobe Connect, Saba, and Cisco WebEx. These are superior to the rest because they generally are able to have much larger amounts of attendees, utilize downloaded software on the desktop, and are geared towards company and organization integration. These features come at a premium and most often the agreement is negotiated based on the needs of the client. If you work in the ICT4D field, the biggest factor to watch out for among web conferencing platforms is the level of bandwidth necessary to run and these top-level options won’t be ideal. All three of these have downloadable software as well as browser-based options. Participants are able to connect through VOIP on all three, however Saba does not have call in functionality. Organizations are able to purchase various levels of attendee limits.
Cisco WebEx – $200/mo for 100 participants
Adobe Connect – Price Negotiated
Saba Classroom – $149/mo for 100 participants
Mid-Level Suites
These web conferencing clients are in a battle royal for low prices, simple aesthetic, and competitive functionality. We’ll be focusing on Fuze Meeting, Vyew, Yugma, GoTo Meeting, and Elluminate (Now called Blackboard Collaborate which is actually in an education-only category but I grouped it here). Each of these offer an array of features that are most easily viewed in the table but I will highlight a few. I want to first highlight my favorite of the bunch—Fuze Meeting. It can handle just able everything that the premium platforms offer. It allows multiple call–in options, video conferencing, recordable and downloadable webinars, mobile device integration, and breakout rooms. By the looks of its website, it’s biggest competition is GoToWebinar, which does not make much sense as they do not offer video conferencing or rich document sharing, not to mention a higher price point. Vyew is a worthy contender as it offers video conferencing (but not much else) for a mere $20/month. Elluminate was recently acquired by Blackboard, so let’s just see we are wary of where it’s going and how user friendly and stable it will be.
Fuze Meeting – $69/mo for 100 participants
Yugma – $80/mo for 100 participants
Vyew – $20/mo for 150 participants
GoToWebinar – $99/mo for 100 participants
Elluminate (Blackboard Collaborate) – Price Negotiated
Open-Source Suite
We are very interested to see where Big Blue Button is going to go in the next few years. The platform is all open-source and is geared towards educational institutions. It can be modified to fit the needs of the client but would require a knowledgeable IT team to do it. It offers the basic features described at the beginning of the post and also employs video conferencing between the presenter and viewers. It lacks recording and mobile integration, but is on a good track and is highly recommended for organizations that have a good handle on tech and want a cost-effective and easy-to-use option.
Big Blue Button – $0 for Unlimited Participants.
Final Thoughts
We have heard nothing but good things about Fuze Meeting, and even recommended one of our clients to switch to it from Elluminate. Fuze Meeting better suited their needs for organizational conferencing. Their international staff is able to call on via skype, a separate VOIP number, or via telephone which is great in case fire-walls block certain types of online communication. The mobile device add-ons have helped too for their employees on the go.
We are excited to see the future innovations of eLearning and webinar classrooms and see how they can improve student-learning methods. As these platforms are able to strip down to lower bandwidth capabilities, more participants will be able to join from the developing world and in some small way information equity will be more realized. Please let us know if you have used any of these web conferencing platforms, what you thought about it, or what you think about eLearning in general.
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I am going with the Wilkes/Discovery online Masters in Instructional Media. There are about 200 people from the US and Canada enrolled (and one from Britain). I have gotten to know a small group of Canadians and others who generally enroll for the same course so we can meet online every week thorugh Elluminate and talk over course ideas and issues and share projects and help each other out. It's like going to a cafe or pub after class once a week. Really helpful and a great way to actually get to know some people working in different places and systems.
If you (or anyone you talk to) decide to ask Wilkes to send you any information, please let them know that Sue Hellman from Canada first let you know about the program. That will be a big help to me. There will be a Facebook page soon and I'll let you know when it's up if you wish.
I'll be blogging about it lots in future as that's part of the process when you talke courses there. My blog is Small Changes; BIG RETURNS. This weekend will just be for Canadian readers but generally that isn't the case. Perhaps you'll even be interested in subscribing.
Sue…
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he Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition.
I am a graphical artists and teacher so I have whiz band graphics programs as well as OneNote. One NOte wins hands down when it comes to course related work.
Handwriting and OneNote are a natural combination since OneNote is fundamentally designed for pen input and is at its very essential focus a student tool to start with. What you write is examined by OneNote and as it recognizes words it sets them up in a searchable index so it is easy to type in a keyword later and go right to where the student wrote that note. Of course, you can also tell OneNote to convert it to typed text if you wish. Output can be done live to Elluminate via app share or copy/pasted using the lasso tool to a slide (all to one slide or individual slides in roam mode). Assynchrounously, OneNote can allow assynchronous output by exporting in Word (.doc), pdf, web (single file), or OneNote (.one) file formats.An added advantage is that since it is an electronic notebook, the student can easily keep everything they do organized. If you end up going with tablet input, I would definitely encourage your tutors to look at OneNote use every time a student has access to it.…
tch-a-sketch but scrolled a role of paper through it. Who knows what the point of that was. Film and TV in the classroom had a nice long run. Apple //e computers had a long run compared to the current generations that flip over every three years it seems. Film, TV and computers were not fads. They transformed the classroom.
I guess you understand all of that. What people will have difficulty adjusting to is the new rate of change. It is no longer practical to hold out for a sustainable technology that can be introduced across the systems and become the standard practice. We are in hyper change and the digital technologies and infrustructure are plastic beyond anyone's expectations. 1 + 1 = 3 at exponetial rates. Elluminate, Ustream, Facebook, Twitter, and soon Google Wave are the tools of the moment. They are the current generation of tools that have either coopted prior technologies or replaced them. In 12 months it could easily be something you and I have not heard about. The reluctance of many to adopt new technologies lies in their competence with those technologies and their ability to see the underlying common structure and language of this medium (and so adapt easily to incremental change in software design). This reluctance also is a result of our prediliction for building continuity and order into our educational system. Twitter will be yesterday's news in September, why invest time and resources into it? Interesting times we live in.…
Added by Alan Stange at 4:13pm on November 13, 2009