Give and it shall be given unto you… (Luke 6:38). This week for my studies I’ve been thinking about collaboration, and I’ve been getting ready for the beginning of 5 weeks of MysteryQuests and HistoryQuests starting April 20. The “quests” started with us participating in Where in the USA with LearningSpace, an organization that closed [...]
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Today the lead facilitators for the Jazz workshop had a 2+ hour planning meeting. As usual, our videoconference meeting was supported by other technologies: a Skype chat to share URLs GoogleDocs – a schedule file and a notes and todo file Twitter to share interesting tidbits, side comments or resources with our peeps Phones to [...]
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Lit Review: This is a post in a series focusing on the research studies on videoconferencing. Hambley, L. A. (2005). Virtual team leadership: The effects of leadership style and communication medium on team interaction styles and outcomes. Retrieved from ProQuest Digital Dissertation. (AAT NR05638) Summary This dissertation has a mixed-methods design. The quantitative study compared [...]
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Lit Review: This is a post in a series focusing on the research studies on videoconferencing. Fiege, K. H. M. (2005). Educational researchers using real-time videoconferencing to collaborate: Thoughts and feelings shared. Retrieved from ProQuest Digital Dissertation. (AAT MR09088) Summary / Interesting Points This qualitative study consists of an interview with 17 participants who collaborated [...]
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Lit Review: This is a post in a series focusing on the research studies on videoconferencing. Baker, G. A. (2000). Understanding the role of information technology in supporting geographically dispersed teams: An experimental study. Retrieved from ProQuest Digital Dissertations. (AAT 9994205) Summary This experimental study used the 2×2 factorial design to compare the function of [...]
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Another session I popped into yesterday was Ken Conn’s session on Twitter. I was trying to hit two sessions at once, which isn’t always a good idea! The session was PACKED! People were on the floor and crowded in. I couldn’t see the screen, but listened for a while. Ken had some great tips and [...]
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This TxDLA session is by Shirley Boyd and Debbie Alston. (Wednesday afternoon; posted Thursday due to lack of Internet access.) Videoconferencing is all about making connections. Their early connections included a videoconference with students in Iraq. Podcasting benefits students by finding a way for them to respond to the curriculum, improves their writing schools, improves [...]
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Angela Conrad, Humble ISD, is presenting about what is in her cloud. Blogging for this session is sponsored by October Smith, who provided the Internet for this blog. Thanks October! See 123vc.pbwiki.com for more information. Contxts It gives your contact information as a text message. (Thanks Brandi) Can put homework in this. Could put quiz [...]
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Several presenters from South Central Kansas Education Service Center are doing a session on videoconferencing at TxDLA. Kay Highbarger, Executive Director is doing the presentation. They have 4 teachers on staff, including one from China who teaches full length Chinese classes as well as short Chinese culture programs. 50 daily classes daily high school over [...]
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Here are links to resources and projects mentioned in my Designing Quality Videoconference Projects hands-on session at TxDLA. Designing Quality VC Projects PPT for TxDLA (without clips) More results from my spring 2008 “Top Teachers” Survey Featured Projects EcoConversations MysteryQuest USA HistoryQuest5 MysteryQuest World HistoryQuest8 Monster Match TWICE Resources TWICE Website Read Around the Planet [...]
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