PART A - Brainstorm Session

As you can hear and see from the above recordings we experienced lots of echos and communication issues.

Dessa, Neringa and I had our brainstorming session on Thursday 7th April 8am my time,
8pm theirs. We had already asynchronously thought out a couple of things on a Google Docs document (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nEBPl-dF1tXt_9AcvvbhDrS32SL5Z-VG01ExRnHtXEg/edit?hl=en_GB) so we really only had to sort out some logistics as we had a good idea on what we were going to do our project on.


We chose the broad area of using Mobile Technology in the Elementary classroom specifically to assist with literacy. We were going to specifically focus on apps but Dessa only has access to an iPod Nano so she made the subject base broader.


We will use Prezi Meeting to present our tutorials as this is the easiest tool to work with as a group and to collaborate more effectively.. We will incorporate embedded videos demonstrating the areas we are each focusing on.


The Prezi will be sectioned off into 4 parts. One for each of us to our subject area and one for the introduction of the entire presentation. The immediate task was to set up the Prezi as soon as possible and we have done so and got the layout sketched out.

Colin will do Digital Storytelling and the iPad. Doink animation app.
Neringa - tutorial on app on learning vocabulary/spelling or language (how to use it, videos, etc)
Dessa - how iPod Nano recording (stories, activities, other assignments) can be used in the elementary classroom

Web Conferencing Experience

We used vyew.com. I will not use it again. I would rather use Skype and work together on a Google Doc at the same time. The document did not update or sync in real time and I lost a lot of typing. Audio was horrible and laggy also. I relish checking out new tools but my mantra is you have got to use the right tool for the right job. vyew.com is certainly not it.