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 | | Posted by: Dan Maas | 2/9/2007 | Ideas: - Use blogs to allow attendees to take notes on Keynote online so it is saved, shared and on-going.
- Have a wireless network and laptops in the Keynote and in other rooms to allow questions to be posed to the keynote.
- Film a video of students and adults who use blog tools showing how to find information on blogs, how to post to a blog and how to own your own blog.
- Have helpers available during the Keynote to feed questions from the blog to the speaker and to help attendees with technical issues.
- Consider Instant Messenger (sorry, but many of the readers would not know what IM is) as a tool for questions.
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By BenH on 2/9/2007 | | I thought there were some very good ideas here. I also think that helpers would be very important to filter out content to see which questions are the best. |
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By MariaK on 2/9/2007 | | We talked about putting a video of the speech online for those who were unable to come, and also having break during the speech where the leader can read and respond to viewers' comments on the blog. |
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By TomR on 2/9/2007 | I want to reiterate the idea of using a forum instead of blogs. They tend to lend themselves more to multilevelled discussion than blogs or instant messaging, in my opinion.
The helper suggestion seems almost necessary, if we want to make sure that everyone's on the same page. I certainly think a video would help out those who are perhaps less familiar with technology, because when presented with written instructions, I find myself saying "Whathuh I don't understand this," whereas visual-spatially-oriented materials are much more helpful.
P.S. I was very thrilled to have you use my planner as a visual aid!
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By Amy K on 2/11/2007 | | We also talked about people being able to see adults, as well as teens, using blogging and new technology so they won't thing it's just another "younger generation" thing that they can't keep up with. It would be really helpful if adults were also present so people would be more accepting and willing to learn how to communicate faster. |
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By LeviK on 2/11/2007 | | Considering the large number of attendees at the keynote meeting, I think making sure everyone has a working computer at the time of the meeting would be very difficult. If a few people do not have a computer or a computer that works, how would they contribute their ideas and questions during the meeting? I think that if the meeting was broken down into smaller groups (each group with one leader to post the group's quesions, comments, and ideas), that would eliminate the problem. Groups could consist of 4 or 5 people so that each person can still voice their opinion and have it posted, but not so many computers would be needed. This also eliminates a problem of needing tons of people to help with computer problems. Only a few people that know how to fix/work the computers would be needed. |
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By ScottM on 2/12/2007 | | I agree with Levi, if you break it down into smaller "discussion groups" it would be a lot easier for everyone at least the first few times you tried it. Then if people can see it at work right in front of them in their small group then maybe they would want to bring their own computer next time and that would start to eliminate the obvious problem of computers for everyone. I also think it would be easier to help people in the small groups instead of one huge room that everyone is in because the ten to fifteen helpers you would have would have a tuff time traveling through a huge room to help people. The leaders of each group could help teach the attendees by answering any questions and by putting what they are doing on a screen so everyone else can see what is going on. |
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By Dan Maas on 2/12/2007 | These are excellent comments. I will incorporate your ideas into my discussions with CASE staff this week... keep them coming.
BTW, I want to congratulate all those who have posted so far in your identity management. It is a subtle thing for the readers of this blog entry, but notice how each student used a first name and a last initial. In this manner, the students know who everyone is, but someone else not belonging to their circle will not be able to easily identify who wrote each post. This is evidence of good personal safety behavior that is a model for others. Nice job! |
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By Marie P on 2/12/2007 | | Along the lines of what Levi and Scott were saying, I think that not only should we have smaller physical groups, but smaller blog groups on the internet while the keynote speaker is talking. This way discussers can focus on one main point that they are passionate about and speak to people who want to hear what they have to say. If the blog is too broad of a subject with too many people posting there will be a chaos of confusion which would not add a positive effect to this new technology. |
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By Dan Maas on 2/13/2007 | | I think we won't have the option of smaller groups during the keynote, but I do think we can arrange for small group breakouts after the speeches... perhaps that might be a way we can provide the smaller grop discussion time. |
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By Dan Maas on 2/13/2007 | Results of my meeting with CASE:
On June 13, there will be a High School and Middle School Summit at Beaver Run in Breckenridge which is the same location as the Summer Convention in August. Dr. Willard Daggett will be presenting is a strong proponent of how students use 21st Century technologies for learning and might be interested in being our first "Keynote-Live" CASE staff will ask the question.
Provided Dr. Daggett agrees, here is the scenario:
325 attendees
June 13, 2007
Live blogging for the Keynote only
We will need:
Laptops for commentators (CASE will invite people to bring their own as well)
Student visitors to serve as trainers and blog moderators (blogerators?)
Blog system
Training video for initial training (capture administrators at the summit participating for use in the training video for the Summer Convention).
Training guide: 1. How does one find and comment on a blog? 2. How does one get alerts on blogs (Google alerts?) and how does one use RSS feeds? How can someone setup their own blog? Are there etiquette rules that should be followed?
So the ball is rolling... |
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By LeAnneC on 2/13/2007 | I believe that there was a comment above that said that a Forum would be more efficient to use rather than a blog or instant messaging. I think both would be beneficial to have.
I think that while the Key Note is going on there should be something, like a chat room or instant messenger, that can bring up comments almost instantaneously. I think that hitting the refresh button through that long period of time would be forgotten. I think that after the Key Note, there should be a Forum or a Blog that everyone can access where people can make comments after the Key Note. Personally, I know that my best ideas come from when I have had a few days to sit on the subject. I think it would even be helpful that if people were not able to attend the Key Note, you could make a recording of it accessible to those people. This way people would also have a resource where they can have direct quotes and direct information. Maybe kind of like a Utube type thing? And if you only wanted certain people to access it you would have to create a password. |
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By Haley C on 2/13/2007 | | I think that once everyone gets used to the idea of live blogging then it will be a lot easier at meetings and such to get EVERYONE's ideas instead of just those few people. I also think that when you have time to think about what you want say and plan it out instead of on the spot all the time you will get so many more ideas. i agree with Marie, if there are to many people in one group both in person and in the blog it will become a joke. the smaller he groups, the better. |
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By Zach V on 2/13/2007 | | Once everyone is able to participate in blogging, everything will run much smoother. I would like to make a suggestion about a possible way to help speed things along. As students we know what we are going to be blogging about before we actually blog. So, I think that it would be beneficiary to have speaker notes as well as an online helper to those new to blogging. The online helper would help those who are trying to set up a blog account, and the speaker notes would allow everyone to come to the meeting with a little more background and curiosity in the subject matter. |
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By Melissa B on 2/13/2007 | | I like Zach's suggestion, how to incorporiate speaker notes, therefore the participants will know what they will be blogging about and be able to think about it. I think once they are taught how to set up an account and actually use the blogger, the meetings and such will run smoother. Also I do think there should not be a big group or the blog will just become useless and the participants will stop using it. |
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By Katie Amsberry on 2/13/2007 | | I think this all needs to start slow and small. Introduce things one at a time. I believe first the best thing to do would be to have the speaker post the notes from the lecture on a blog. That way people could listen more to the speaker instead of scribbling down notes the whole time because they would be avaliable on line. Also people who were not there could get the notes. And lastly but most important on the blog people could talk about the lecture openly. They can give imput and ask question that could be answered by others, because you are not able to ask questions in a keynote. |
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By Jeff G on 2/14/2007 | | While trying to comprehend how many people will be attending this meeting, I think that it will be very important to understand how to allow everyone to voice their opinion. Fishbowls are a great way to involve everyone. Unfortunately, when you consider how many people will be in attendance, it is hard to find a way to solve the problem making it fair for everyone. One solution would be to break everyone down into smaller groups so that they can voice their opinion within the group and then the groups overall opinions can be voiced over the shared computer through the blogging system. Levi makes a great point when he says that computer problems could be an issue. I think that many small groups and patience is the answer to this question and problem. I think it will be very important for everyone to be patient and realize this will be the first time this process will be used by the attendees. Therefore, questions posed will have to be simple, precise, and thought provoking. Bland questions are always boring and useless when blogging because there is never much to write or respond to. I think small groups that blog with other small groups is the best idea. Everyone will share their opinion within the group, and then groups opinions will be shared throughout the whole process, making it impossible for anyone to really sit out and not participate. I am sure that you will find great success in this! |
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By caitlin O on 2/14/2007 | | I agree with alot of you. The main thing being that bigger groups. you tend not to get to everything you planned, not getting to say your opinion, alot of problems come up with that. Live blogging helps alot with that. Smaller groups with blogging or forum is the best I think |
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By Spencer Z on 2/15/2007 | | While I agree with the others about the benefit of smaller groups, I feel that an issue that must be addressed as well is the format of keynote-live speeches. It would be very difficult to hold a conversation in your group, post comments, and most importantly listen to the speaker at the same time. Likely, one of two things would happen: The group would be reluctant to speak for fear of missing the speaker's next point, or the group would get so immersed in their own discussion that they would not hear what the speaker was saying. I think LeAnne's suggestion to have time to think about the speech and then post on it is a great idea. You could have an initial speech and then a second question and answer period after an interval of time, or you could break the speech into segments and give five or ten minutes after each. These are just ideas, but something like this would probably be helpful. |
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By Dan Maas on 2/16/2007 | I really appreciate the thinking that is happening here. Thanks to all these great students! As I've read through this series of comments, I see such depth and vision, I've had to sit back and think about what is the real purpose of Keynote-Live and what realistic limitations are we going to face?
Here are some thoughts:
Goal: get CASE members a real experience with a Blog. At this time, they've heard about it and might even have a sense for what it is. But it is still alien to most.
Goal: get the CASE web site resources (blog and forum) utilized by the membership. Simply announcing it to everyone and showing a demo in a training session will have no effect. But if these tools contain something of value, people will come.
Goal: help shift thinking about the medium of human knowlege from the paper container to the electronic container. When people attend Keynotes, they scribble some notes and make side a comment or two to a neighbor. Who knows if they are able to retreive their notes later and even if they can, their wisdom is only available to them.
With these goals crystalizing for me, I think the blog may be our best bet. It is the easiest online conversation tool to use, it is a term that is very hot in the news and it is a new tool at the CASE web site. The forum is indeed better suited for supporting lots of conversation online but I think it requires a bit more sophistication in uderstanding how the discussions are organized. As such, the forum seems well suited for extending the topics of the keynote beyond the Convention and could become the tool that attendees use to converse with each other after the Keynote as they try to apply what they learned.
Finally, the small group concept is excellent and I will take that back to CASE as well advising that such an opportunity should follow the Keynote. I'm afraid that it may be too big a step to drastically restructure the Keynote itself.
Again, you have all been very helpful here. So I guess the next thing I'll need help with is developing the first training video... |
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By Renee Howell on 2/16/2007 | | OK, I give - what is Keynote-Live? And, how is CASE involved? Sounds like you all are cooking up something pretty interesting.... |
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By Boni Hamilton on 3/8/2007 | As I read the comments, I wondered how to manage this in a way that gives a rich experience, makes blogging successful, and is easily transferable to 'life back home.' I like Spencer's idea, if the keynote speaker is amenable, to break up the keynote with blogs and discussions.
My frustration with keynotes, and the reason I rarely attend them, is that the speaker is presenting new ideas or challenging current thinking, and I quickly fell overloaded. If, as brain research suggests, our minds begin to shut down after 10 minutes of inactivity, then a keynote simply guarantees that we will float in and out of the presentation mentally. If, however, a keynoter were willing to make a 10-12 minute presentation on one idea, allow a 10 minute discussion and blog to distill any questions or share new ideas, and then present the next 10-12 minutes, think of how much attendees would not only hear, but also remember! The speaker would not need to respond to the blog immediately -- or perhaps even ever -- since the attendees would often have answers for questions or suggestions for making the concepts of the presentation concrete. However, often the keynote speaker is later giving a workshop about the keynote ideas. Wouldn't you love, as a speaker, to know people's questions and ideas ahead of a debrief session?!
The challenge for the keynote speaker would be to break the presentation into manageable chunks. When I am speaking to groups, though, I always wish I could give the audience more time to reflect on what they've heard, gather their questions, and absorb the new ideas. I'd love a keynote that offered that chance.
The other advantage of such a keynote agenda would be that the inexperienced multi-taskers would not be asked to do many things at once. They could listen, talk as a table, and have one or two bloggers capture their thoughts and questions. This would be a model that many principals could take back to staff as do-able in a classroom as well. While you want everyone to know the advantages of blogging as a communications tool, it probably is not necessary for every person to actually type into the blog in order to get the idea. |
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