Introduction to Telecollaboration - NCSM Conference 2002
is telecollaboration?
Telecollaboration
involves people in different locations using Internet tools and resources
to work together.
*
most use email, either one-to-one, or via a listserv communication
* many use
Web sites as support
Consider the logistics
of planning a collaboration classroom activity:
* How much
online time is required?
* Will you have
the time to prepare?
* What learning
contexts are needed?
* Are you and your
students/colleagues comfortable with the tools (email and Web browsers)?
Listserv
Resources
NCSM-members
Listserv archive
View posts and discussions
dating back to 1997 at: http://mathforum.org/epigone/ncsm.members/
Public Discussions
at the Math Forum (gracious host of ncsmonline.org!)
http://www.mathforum.com/discussions/
Other Educational
Listservs
A reference list
of education listservs. http://www4.district125.k12.il.us/webmeisters/cchausis/maillist.html
Live chat and places
to "meet"
"Tapped
In"
This site provides
for synchronous and asynchronous conversations and conferences among participants
in the professional community of educators. The Stanford Research Institute
(SRI) and the Center for Technology in Learning acts as the "organizer,
architect, and host" for this site. They say, about their mission, "We
don't provide TPD [Teacher Professional Development], we enable those who
do to be more effective." http://www.tappedin.org
Take the tour at:
http://www.tappedin.sri.com/info/webtour.html
iVisit: http://ivisit.com/
Video conferencing
made easy! The great benefit of this site is that it is accessible to both
Mac and PC users! And, if you have a webcam (although one is not required)
up to 10 visitors can "visit" in the virtual conference room created exclusively
for NCSM members! Once you have downloaded the iVisit software, connecting
is easy as 1-2-3!
1. Launch iVisit
2. Navigate to the
room: Education/Conferences/nscmonline
3. Enter the password:
ncsmleader to enter the room and visit!
eBoard's online
"cork board" -- http://www.eboard.com/
"eBoard is the easiest
way to post messages, photos and files online. You can use it for group
communication or as a homepage. Using the familiar image of notes on a
corkboard, it enables you to post pictures, announcements, files, messages,
links and interactive discussions online in seconds. You can password-protect
your eBoard so that only authorized persons can enter. It's simple enough
for second-graders and adult newcomers to the Internet to use. And, every
eBoard gets its own URL: "www.yourname.eboard.com" -- Free trial for 30
days, each "board" you create is a subscription of $29 per year.
Yahoo Instant
Messenger -- as a download or from java-enabled web page --
http://messenger.yahoo.com/.
AOL Instant Messenger
--
free download -- http://www.aol.com/aim/home.html
Links can be added
to web pages for private chats! (Sample page. http://www3.district125.k12.il.us/cchausis/chat2.html)
MSN Instant Messenger
--
free download -- http://messenger.msn.com/
Chat windows as
part of Web pages -- depending upon the service, some are better than
others.
Email
Resources
Many free email services
are available on the Internet. Some of the more popular are Yahoo,
and Hotmail, which both offer more than email services! Most of the search
companies also offer free email accounts.
Yahoo
"Access email from anywhere." You can
also configure Yahoo to check email from another POP mail account (check
with your email administrator if you do not know whether your mail is a
POP account). Get instant notification when you have new messages with
Yahoo! Messenger. Limit of 6 MB free storage. http://www.yahoo.com
You can create a "community" page in Yahoo
as well, but only Yahoo members can participate.
Hotmail
From Microsoft's MSN, "Hotmail is the
world's first web-based e-mail provider, which means you can send and receive
messages from any computer connected to the Internet. You can use Hotmail
from home, work, school, an Internet café, a friend's house or any
other computer in the world with an Internet connection... great for people
who use more than one computer, travel frequently, or don't even own a
computer. Limit of 2MB free storage. http://www.hotmail.com
Telecollaboration
for the teacher and classroom:
TeacherLine
TeacherLine is designed as a source for
content, community and collaboration. This comprehensive, professional
development Web site is designed for college instructors, K-12 teachers,
and future teachers. The TeacherLine site was funded by a grant from the
U.S. Department of Education. http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/welcome.cfm
Teacherline's Community Center provides
an opportunity to chat online with fellow teachers or education experts
like Alan November! Check out the archives!! http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/community/community.cfm
NickNacks Telecollaboration
NickNacks offers helpful suggestions about
how to participate in educational telecollaboration and points visitors
to high-quality curriculum-based projects. http://www1.minn.net/~schubert/EdHelpers.html
Teacher-to-Teacher Collaboration
The primary focus of this Website is to note sites
that support teacher-to-teacher collaboration, particularly teacher-to-teacher
exchanges focused on professional development "of teachers, by teachers,
and for teachers." A few sites are included that foster classroom project-oriented
collaborative exchanges between teachers.
http://teachnet.edb.utexas.edu/~lynda_abbot/teacher2teacher.html
The National Math Trail
This site sends students out into the
community to identify and solve math problems in the real world. Take part
in this nationwide math project and build a Student Showcase on your website.
This will give us a view of your local community and a look at your students'
work. Visit the Math Trail website for more details. http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/
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