So this past Monday I attended to different online meetings. The first was for the Flat Classroom Project which was a completely new concept for me. Basically over the next few weeks my fellow class mates and I will be working as advisors for high school students who are creating videos and wikis to explain and explore specific technology concepts. A few weeks ago I joined the project as well as the projects Ning. The Ning was something entirely new to me. On it, are several groups of Teachers, advisors, students and other participants in the project and with the Ning you can share ideas, make comments on how you are doing with the project and even communicate with other advisors. One of the founders of the project Julie, gave a really great presentation on how to navigate both the Ning and the main project Wiki. I felt a little more at ease about taking on this project after our meeting. In order to watch this meeting we used the Blackboard conference program. This was a little more complicated to use then the WizIQ program we have used in the past and there was a little difficulty actually getting into the conference. The project has many components to it and could perhaps be a little confusing, however, after writing Julie, who gave me a quick and informative response I was able to make my way through the project with no problem.
After getting onto the project Wiki and learning how to edit and reading about each project, I am really looking forward to working with my students and watching the other projects grow. I expect that my role in the project will probably be just a guiding hand in how to organize and how to try and help the students convey their topics as best they can to their audience.
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