We all reflected on our experiences with the chat session we had with Michael Coglan. Everyone really enjoyed the chat and I think we were all suprised at how valuable an experience it was. I think the other suprising thing was how quickly the time went. I naturally was the only idiot that wrote down the rules! :-) Still, I thought they were very good rules and set up the expectations for everyone. Now, if only I hadn't put them in a safe place ... from memory they were as follows:
- don't worry about spelling mistakes
- when Michael typed something in CAPITAL LETTERS we all had to shut up
- have fun!
Michael was very organised and had a definite structure to the exercises:
- Complete this sentence (brainstorm): ......
- Next exercise - a shor t answer question for everyone......
- So the next , and perhaps obvious question (for everyone) is......
- Does anyone have a specific issue or question about .......... they’d like to ask the group? (time was spent here discussing everybody's individual questions)
- De Bono's six hat exercise (see http://cispom.boisestate.edu/murli/cps/sixhats.html) where we were all assigned one colour and had to respond to a statement Michael posed to the group
- Debriefing on six hat exercise
- One word feedback on chat experience
- Goodbyes - they take so long, you never quite know when to log out in case somebody is still typing something.
Only problems we had with the chat was sometimes the screen would freeze in Moodle. I ended up going to both scheduled chats because my screen kept freezing the first time around and I couldn't type anything. Sean bless his heart was typing text I had sms'd him. :-)
Digital Stories
John and I showed our digital stories. John's digital story went through the steps people had to go through to get their security license. I thought it was really well thought out and was very clever putting in photos of the actual places you needed to go. This would be very helpful for people.
Interactive Ochre
Marlene showed us this sensational new toolbox. It is really spectacular - oh how I would have loved to work on that project!!!!!!! We also saw a digital story presentation from Jeff Hunter who was the project manager. I would love to get this toolbox just to show the IT students what is possible.
Exploring Web 2.0 Technologies
We got into groups of two and then each group picked out a slip of paper from a bag Elena had. On the slip of paper was a web 2.0 technology for us to explore in our groups. After we had finished we all had a couple of minutes to present the technology we had investigated. Sylvia and I explored Writely - http://www.writely.com which is a web word processor that allows you to create, publish and store documents - it is like a cross between a word processor, blog and wiki.
Protopage
Protopage is a personal start up page that can be used to collate your favourite things on the web. Marlene demonstrated it and then each of the groups had to add a sticky note describing the web 2.0 tool we explored - http://www.protopage.com/learnscope. For homework we have to find another tool and to add it to page 2. This will be very useful to refer back to.
Podcasting
This is the third time I have seen Sean's presentation and I STILL want a bloody Mac and to create beautiful presentations and video podcasts of my own!!!!
Moblogging
Marlene demonstrated how to moblog by taking a photo and then sending it to her moblog. Amazing stuff, so fast. Requires 3G phone capabilities. Would be very useful for students who are out on a field trip, for example, find a OH&S risk etc. Costs $1.00 per photo to send. Marlene uses it to post photos when she is away on holidays and not near a computer to download her photos. Very clever!
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