Tech Contact Meeting
Randall Miller
November 2, 2009
Agenda
Video Conferencing Wikis Blogs
What Do You What to Know?
Definition
Communicate in real time with two or more people at different locations via video.
Video Conferencing
What do you need?• Camera
• PVX Software
• Microphone
• Speakers
• Projector/Display
Video Conferencing
Museum of Science Museum of History Listservs/Websites:
• Twice / Collaborations
• ATT
• Magpi
Techopedia
Video Conferencing
• Start Small
• Local Schools
• Museums, websites, NASA
Wiki
A collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it.
Wiki: Getting Started
CyberSense - http://blackboard.wcpss.net
Quick Start Guide Settings Privacy Matrix
Wiki: Benefits of a licensed version of a WCPSS PBWorks workspace include:
Premium e-mail support with average response time of 1 hour.
Ability to set custom page level and folder level access.
Use custom color schemes. Import Microsoft Office documents. Search within pages and within uploaded
documents. 40GB of storage space per workspace.
Examples Monster Exchange Project http://villagewiki.pbworks.com/6th+Grade+World+War+II http://villagewiki.pbworks.com/First%20Grade%20Space
%20Page http://harperallenteam.pbworks.com/ http://school-is-cool.pbworks.com/ http://ibgermanculture.pbworks.com/ http://iatoday.pbworks.com/Basic+Skills+Computer+Enric
hment http://racingtheiditarod.pbworks.com/
Blog
Blog is an abbreviated version of Weblog read, write, or edit a shared on-line
journal
Blogs
Examples• http://lionirons42.edublogs.org/
• http://mrferrell.edublogs.org/
Support
http://blogsupport.wcpss.net for info about the WCPSS purchased version of Edublogs
The "Board Policies and Related Settings" document will guide you in setup: http://blogsupport.wcpss.net/downloads/edublogs-blog-settings.pdf
Nuts & Bolts The teacher will remain the admin of every student blog. Students should not be the admin of any blog. They
should be contributors or editors. Student user accounts will need to use their NCWISE Id
number for their username and students must use a WCPSS e-mail address
WCPSS e-mail accounts for students are simple to request: Principal must e-mail the help desk and indicate the teacher's name/class or indicate "whole school" if they want accounts for all students. No other information is needed. Information required for the accounts is pulled from NCWISE for them.