The web conferencing session was a little difficult from most of us having trouble finding the link to trying to conference in a small hotel room with children sleeping. We used the adobe connect "classroom" so that we would have the opportunity to use the video, audio, and screen recoding capabilities. We experienced issues with audio. (We could hear a member, but he had difficulty hearing us.) I also lost internet connection for a few minutes which resulted in having to reconnect and enter the room. Adobe connect is new to must of us (I think) and our experiences have been limited to the MSU sessions. I think for next time I would choose a conferencing tools that I am more familiar with such as Skype or Google or facebook chat.
Within the classroom, I could see web conferencing being very valuable. I could see if being used to bring field trips "into" the classroom as budgets are getting tighter. I could see it being used to connect classrooms from around the city, state, or world. From a special education perspective, web conferencing could be used to hold meetings with parents when they cannot make it to school or help bridge the home/school gap when students are on home instruction. I think the most interesting use of web conferencing that I have recently heard about it speech therapy via Skype. Not sure the it is as good as face to face, but the potential to provide therapy when otherwise there would be none is something to think about.
For our Group Leadership Project, we are choosing to create a tutorial for the iPad app ShowMe. It is an interactive whiteboard app that allows you to record what is written on screen and voice. This presentation can they be posted to the web to allow for introduction of information, reteaching, or for extension activities. Show Me could be used within various subjects and across multiple grade levels.
Here is a partial transcript of the chat portion. The session was recorded as well, but due to some of the internet issues in the hotel I was demoted from host. Thanks to Melissa for posting our Adobe session link.
For our Group Leadership Project, we are choosing to create a tutorial for the iPad app ShowMe. It is an interactive whiteboard app that allows you to record what is written on screen and voice. This presentation can they be posted to the web to allow for introduction of information, reteaching, or for extension activities. Show Me could be used within various subjects and across multiple grade levels.
Here is a partial transcript of the chat portion. The session was recorded as well, but due to some of the internet issues in the hotel I was demoted from host. Thanks to Melissa for posting our Adobe session link.
