orientation to web conferencing in elluminate (blackboard collaborate)

Global English Corner

Introduction to “Elluminate” web

conferencing

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Notes from the sessions

Notes from the sessions athttp://gecvu.wikispaces.com/

(Write it down for later)

Let’s explore together.

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Invisible colleagues?

You cannot see your colleagues – their facial expressions and body language.

How do you feel?What can you do?

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Use the Text Chat Box

Non-verbal signals

Polling symbols

“Raise your hand”

(Your hand stays “up” until you put it down. You get a number against your name.)

Step away from the session(eg on a phone call)

Smiley face, applause (and opposites)

Use the Smiley Symbol

Click the smiley face, or “give me a smiley face”, if you can hear my voice.

Can you hear my voice?

Smiley face,to signal approval or agreement

Audio Setup Wizard

Always try this

Voice (microphone)

Listening (mic off)

Speaking (mic on)

Notice speaker name above mic

Remember to Turn Off when you're finished!

Have you used either skype or QQ?

Are you experienced?

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Tick / cross to show yes / no.

Polling

The mic turns yellow when you turn it on.

Remember to Turn Off when you're finished!

Conversation

How does this compare with Skype?

(Take the microphone, one at a time)

Use the Polling Symbols (next to the smiley face)

A) PurpleB) GreenC) YellowD) Red

Which colour is your favourite?

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Text chat

Choose individual names here for private message.

Use the Text Chat Box

Tell us what you think about using technology in

the classroom – does it help students?

Technology in the classroom

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Whiteboard tools - text

Give your students the chance to add their thoughts to the board

Whiteboard tools – free playUse any tool .. Experiment to see what happens on the whiteboard.

Use the whiteboard text tool (A) – next screen

Vocabulary work

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Brainstorming for theme-based learning:

Work together to write all the weather words you can think

of.

Vocabulary work: collect words about the weather.

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Debate Use the whiteboard text tool (A) – next screen

Eg “The popularity of the English language is a

danger to other languages.”

or “Television makes you stupid.”

or “Girls are smarter than boys.”

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For Against

Debate: “Girls are smarter than boys.”

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Follow up from these sessions

You'll find notes, session summaries, related links, help

files and video at http://gecvu.wikispaces.com/You can join the site and post

questions.

This introduction to elluminate was created by Michael Chalk from resources made for Victorian ACFE e-mentor

projects, Adult Learning Australia (ALA), and Victoria University.

Licensed under creative commons.

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This introduction to elluminate (Version 10) was created by Michael Chalk from existing resources

made for Victorian ACFE e-mentor projects, Adult Learning Australia (ALA), and Victoria University.

Licensed under creative commons:

“Introduction to elluminate web conferencing” by Michael Chalk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.

Michael Chalk is at http://michalk.id.au/txt/

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