I really enjoyed visiting with you during your meeting this morning. Thanks for all of your great feedback. In order to continue the momentum that you started this morning in thinking about different ways that MCPL staff can meet, Parker asked me to create a BLOG. So here is the first prototype.
Even though the minutes from the meeting are not ready to post yet, you can still post your own comments about what Group #3 suggested this morning: The Learning Organization could use a BLOG to post the minutes.
And what I'd like for you to think about and then BLOG for others to read, is what you think the online meeting ground norms should be for MCPL. We have ground norms that we follow when we meet face-to-face, but what should the ground norms be for meeting online? Should they be the same, different or a blend? Post your comments and thoughts to this blog. Your thoughts can be shared during the Learning Organization's next meeting.
During our discussion this morning, I mentioned MERLIN. That's www.merlincommunity.org On this site you will find the State-wide online training calendar. Click on calendars>state training. Look for the "Learn How to Learn Online" class. This is a class all online using the Horizon Wimba platform. Once you are introduced to this platform through this class, you can take other courses listed on the calendar. All of them are online too! Each branch has at least one headset to use for this class.
Thanks again for your feedback! See you online! Kate T.
Kate and All, I took the How to learn Online course from Merlin a few weeks ago and Laura's going to take it this week. It was a good way to get comfortable with the WIMBA online classroom. We used the tools and learned how to interact. Now I'm looking for more courses to take from their offerings.
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion about ground norms for our meetings - give full attention, no multi-tasking so that we get the full benefit of each other's cyber-presence.
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