Jeannine Baum, Molly Beer, and myself (AKA: Group 2) met recently to discuss our project and brainstorm ideas. Molly invited Jeannine and I to join her in "Group Two's Room" using Vyew. This was my first time using Vyew and for the most part it worked quite well for our needs. I like that it is internet based and does not require a software download. It is fairly easy to use and maneuver in. It allows for the users to communicate using Voice Over IP (VOIP) or webcams, and gives users chat rooms where you can communicate publicly or privately. You can upload various forms or documents or multimedia and store it there long term. It also allows members to meet in a group session or work on tasks individually and save the documents for other group members to review at their convenience. While I was not aware of all of the features during our first group meeting, I have since used Vyew's tutorials and find that it is extremely user friendly and I believe that this is a tool that I will use in the future. The only feature I have not found yet is whether Vyew has the ability to record your entire session. However, I simply used Jing and that seemed to work just fine for my needs at this time. As I continue to use Vyew and become more familiar with it, I will find ways to simplify and improve on this.
For the meat and potatoes of our meeting, we discussed what area we would like to cover for our Professional Development presentation and settled on Livebinders. A Livebinder is exactly what it sounds like, it is essentially a 3-ring binder where you can collect, store and organize information online. I do not have alot of experience with Livebinders; however, I have traditionally used binders and portfolios for my students in most of my classes. It seems natural to transition this aspect of my curiculum into a more technologically beneficial method. I also like the fact that these binders can be stored online in a "cloud-computing" setting so that I and my students will be able to access them from anywhere at anytime. This makes it adventageous to use for individual work, group projects, class projects, presentations, and general organization. I am looking forward to discovering more on this new tool. Video Capture of Group Two's Initial Meeting
From our Group 2 session, we decided that each of us would take a section of the presentation and complete our work seperately, then combine our work to form one tutorial. Jeannine has agreed to create the introduction to our presentation, discussing what Livebinders are and describing their basic features and functions. Molly will then go deeper into the specifics of Livebinders, illustrating how to set one up and then showing a completed binder and the end product. Finally, I have two seperate tasks. First, I will complete the conclusion to our presentation and discuss why Livebinders are a tool worthy of being incorporated into your teaching practice. Second, I will take each of our specific parts of the presentation and splice them together to form one tutorial. I will combine our slides and then splice our audio together, creating a polished presentation. Screenshot of Group 2 Assignments
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