edACCESS 2010: Topical Presentations

Demo Showcase: Bring the Excitement Home!

Moderator: JT Amirault, Groton School, MA 

This session, brought back by popular demand from last year's conference but with all new content, will provide many easy ways to bring some of the conference excitement home. Presenters will provide an assortment of ten to fifteen minute demonstrations that showcase a variety of useful ideas and techniques.  You'll be able to reproduce some of the demonstrations post-conference by following written instructions posted on the edACCESS wiki. The goal of this session is to expose you to at least one useful technique or tool you can demonstrate back at your school. We encourage every school to contribute at least one demonstration to this session. Please contact JT to schedule your demo.

Schoolwide Web 2.0 Collaborative Tools Workshop

Facilitator: Joel Backon, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT

There are a multitude of Web 2.0 collaborative tools available for schools today, but a few are as much at home in the academic program as they are in administrative offices. Using the same tools for effective communication and sharing of information throughout the school places the school community in a powerful position. This hands-on workshop will include the following tools:

  • Collaborative note taking
  • Collaborative file sharing
  • Collaborative project management
  • Social tagging and bookmarking
  • Collaborative writing
  • Media sharing

Participants will have an opportunity to try tools in one of more of the above areas as part of a larger group project that will contribute to a theme of the conference. That theme will encompass a case study or mock initiative that includes both an academic and administrative component. Because the learning curve for all the tools included is so short, all participants will be productive in minutes. Preparation for and results of the project will be accessible from the edACCESS wiki.