Capitalizing on the Web Conferencing Craze in Education

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Capitalizing on the Web Conferencing Craze in
Education

• Shawn Allenby
• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• eLearning Ontario

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About Me

• First trip to Vancouver
• Currently a Regional eLearning Contact at the
  OCDSB, working with eLearning Ontario
• Previously an IT consultant with the
  Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• Secondary Teacher
• Believer in collaboration, communication and
  Project Based Learning
• Expedition Everest
• Expedition Africa

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About eLearning Ontario

• As a facilitator of online education, E-Learning
  Ontario provides elementary and secondary
  teachers with more resources to engage their
  students in learning
• Provides to all school boards in Ontario
• Ontario Educational Resource Bank
• Courses and Learning Management System
• eCommunity for online teacher collaboration
• Seat Reservation System
• E-Learning Ontario is about online education in a
  secure environment, where learners take courses
  developed by qualified Ontario teachers and their
  progress is consistently monitored.

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• Getting to Know You!

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Now over to you

• With a partner, position yourselves so one person
  is facing the screen and one person is facing the
  back of the room
• Sit back to back
• The person facing the screen will be describing
  what the next image looks like
• The person facing away from the screen can ask
  questions
• The person facing away from the screen needs a
  pencil/pen and paper

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Are you ready?

• You cannot use the characters name, town or any
  other character reference. No hints, describe
  the picture!

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So how did you do???

• Did you get the image correct?
• Was there some surprises that you did not
  visualize?
• What does this have to do with web conferencing?

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Web Conferencing DefinitionYour Thoughts?

• Web conferencing is used to conduct live meetings
  or presentations over the Internet.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web conferencing
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Dales Cone of Experience
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Ontarios Software Acquisition Program Advisory
Committee

• www.osapac.org

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Connect Creates

• Community
• Social Presence
• Connections in an online environment
• Support
• Face-2-Face interactions
• Content Placeholder
• Persistent, recordable sessions

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Setting Up Meetings
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About the Interface
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Lessons that we have learned
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Uses for web conferencing

• Web conferencing can be used for may different
  applications
• Dont think that the tool need be used only what
  it was designed for think through the box

Classes
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For Administrators
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Guest Speaker Broadcast or Recordings
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Deliver consistent message
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For Teachers
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Guest Speakers
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Demonstrations
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On-Line Seminars
Rose Burton-Spohn
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Promotion
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For Students
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Math Tutoring
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Guest Speaker Presentations
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Share Performances
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Student to student
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Loading Content For Asynchronous Use
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The Power of Recording
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Other Initiatives in the Province

• Online teachers holding virtual office hours
• Online teachers using the tool for tutorial
  sessions
• One school board is piloting an online math
  drop-in Connect session for students
• Student interviews
• Subject associations are now using the tool for PD

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How can you leverage Connect for your District?

• Rememberthink through the box!

Classes
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Contact Info

• Websites
• www.adobe.com/products/connect/
• www.elearningontario.ca
• Contact
• Shawn.allenby_at_ocdsb.ca
• 613-596-8211 x8162
• Adobe Booth