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Festival of Laptop Learning - Facilitating Conversations

Our requirments

• A space for uploading links and resources
• A synchronous space for asking and responding to questions within the session
• An ongoing asynchronous space for teachers/students
• A way to get updates to whichever device you select

Desktop sharing

• Bridgit - we are using this as it is installed on all the Connected Classrooms so it is the most readily available and widely tested desktop sharing solution.  Known issues include a slight lag, not being able to use with the laptops. 

In session collaboration

• My Webspiration - we will be using this tool as it allows for synchronous chat, whiteboard and even file sharing.  An alternative would be to use Edmodo which is more text based.

Professional sharing and discussions

• Me.edu.au - we used this tool because it is easy to communicate across a broad audience, single sign on to share resources and ideas on a variety of topics.
• Teachers can also request an email digest by emailing concetta . gotlieb@det...

Student sharing and discussions

• Edmodo - we used this tool because it is private for student sharing, it allows sharing of files, links, embedding, etc.  Contact me for the simple tag.  It also allows participants to get notifications of new content, including RSS.

 #DERNSW Active online spaces

• Search Twitter or even the hashtag #DERNSW in twitter
• DERNSW Forum (students/teachers)
• Sydney Region Forums
• Other spaces?

Tags: professionallearning dernsw collaboration laptops
Posted at 03:38PM Jul 31, 2009 by Concetta Gotlieb  |