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Technology Tools that Enhance Collaboration: Solutions from Climate Change Education Initiatives

This session will feature technology tools that enable collaboration without travel (and minimum carbon) as presented by ESIP members who use these tools in Climate Change Education initiatives. Demonstrations will be accompanied by a discussion of associated best practices. Below is a list of most of the tools that we'll feature:

join.me - instantly share your screen with others (for free!)

Google Sites - collaborate over the same document

Google Forms - use a survey to identify group priorities

Webinars - teach a seminar and interact remotely with multiple participants

EET - give educators an introduction to analyzing your data

Mobile Apps - share data anywhere with anyone

Drupal - icommons, online workspaces and more

ESIP Teacher Wiki - staying connected remotely


General Info

  • What: ESIP 2012 Winter meeting, Tech Tools that Enhance Collaboration: Solutions from Climate Chance Education Initiatives.
  • When: Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 2:00pm-3:30pm. Track 4.
  • Where: Renaissance Washington, DC Dupont Circle Hotel, Room: DUPONT
  • Description: This session covers various web tools and technology that enhance collaboration with live demonstrations.
  • Session Lead(s): LuAnn Dahlman, Tamara Ledely, Margaret Mooney, Becky Reid
  • ESIP Collaboration Areas: Education

Notes

Key Topics and Contributions

Tools and Demonstrations

Webinar Best Practices

  • Becky, Tamara, Margaret
    • Three people is best: 1 presenting, another checking questions online and the third monitoring the webcast.
    • Must account for lag time between presenter and attendees especially for video content

Google Sites

join.me

  • LuAnn
    • Showed join.me. A web based example of how to use join.me (http://join.me)

Earth Exploration Toolbox

Picture Post Annette Schloss

Google Documents and Forms

icommons

  • Erin Robinson