I’m enjoying the discussion on project work flow. I thought it would be helpful to continue by thinking about what should be standard in a project page. I’m working from Roxanne’s Monster Match; Lori’s Black History Month, and one of my MysteryQuest projects. Critical Components for All Projects Description: a three-four sentence blurb/ad Agenda: sample [...]
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August is my planning and technical month. I’ve been upgrading endpoints and infrastructure, testing new units, etc. I’m also working on streamlining my work flow in running collaborative projects for me schools. I’ve been inspired by Roxanne’s summer thinking on her digital workflow. So with that in mind, I’ve made myself a monster spreadsheet with [...]
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If you are not subscribed to comments on this blog, you missed an awesome comment from Linda McDonald, queen of VC in Katy, TX; creator of Math Marvels and other cool collaborative projects. Her comment was in response to a question about how to start your VC program. Be a listener! Ask what about the [...]
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Still cleaning out draft posts! The end of May a team from The Talking Directory in the UK came to visit Berrien RESA to learn about our distance learning program. After watching me facilitate a MysteryQuest USA and HistoryQuest5, we videoconferenced with Arnie Comer, Macomb ISD and Roxanne Glaser and Shane Howard from Region 12, [...]
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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about Skype, and so here I’ll share some of my recent thoughts. I hope that you’ll join the thinking and discussion by commenting below! My Own Use of Skype I have used Skype for three or four years now. I use it at home to videoconference with family for [...]
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Still cleaning out draft blog posts… In March I had a long conversation with a representative from Vidyo (a software company) because I want to understand where videoconferencing is going, and what options may be coming down the pike to do curriculum videoconferencing on a scale in every classroom. Before you read my scribbles, review [...]
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I’m cleaning out my draft posts, and I found this little gem from April when I was running so many MysteryQuests. I love kid comments! It was great! Problem solving at its best! Really fun. One student comment after I explained we would miss recess: “That’s ok, this is a lot more fun than recess.” [...]
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Wow! What a great response to my question yesterday about keeping track of endpoints. Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment. If you are considering this same problem, be sure to read the comments to see the variety of solutions recommended. GoogleDocs I thought maybe you’d like to know what I decided. [...]
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For those of you who support more than one videoconference unit, how do you keep track of it all? I’ve tried: Excel spreadsheet Filemaker Pro database A tiny chart printed and kept on my desk I’ve had info in three places before and am trying to consolidate. What best practice tips do you all have [...]
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For the past several years, I’ve been using a slide with the continuum of videoconferencing technology in my workshops. I decided it’s time to write up my thoughts about this so we can all refer others to the choices for videoconferencing. This post was co-written with guest blogger Lori Colwill. The continuum starts at the [...]
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