Documentation

Determine how you will document your research, assessments, evaluations, etc. Provide resources for others to access documentation of project for feedback. 1. Documentation will be done on this page using the headings below. RESEARCH Please list any sites used for research as links Microsoft’s Live@edu versus Google Apps for Education: @http://www.emergingedtech.com/2009/09/microsoft-live-edu-versus-google-apps-for-education/

The Killer App: Google Apps and Moodle Integration? @http://learningischange.com/2009/02/25/the-killer-app-google-apps-and-moodle-integration/

Google Apps Education Edition for K12 Overview: @http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5AOHQcS-cAeNzA4NzM4MzMtZTRkOC00Y2EwLWI3MmQtZTgzYjRjYWUxMDNk&hl=en

Google for Education Overview @http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5AOHQcS-cAeNzkwNWM2NDEtNjBjYS00Mjk2LWI4YjItYTAyMTM3MjU2MWQ2&hl=en

Google Apps Education Edition for K12 FAQs @http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5AOHQcS-cAeYmIxN2Y3NjQtM2ExYS00Y2FmLWJhZDgtYmQ2YTkzYjg5OWIx&hl=en

1. Google survey of staff Assessment: Evaluation:
 * Steps taken:

2. Analysis of survey Assessment: Evaluation:**

3. Host "lunch and learn": website resources where the web 2.0 tools are being used, such as: []
 * possible dates **: Wednesday, March 10; Thursday, March 11; Thursday, March 18; Thursday, April 8
 * possible videos **: videos we watched at F2F? video from prior elluminate sessions; PBS “Digital Nation” clips ( [] )
 * possible handouts **:

Directions to access: Gilmour wiki http://gilmouracademy.wikispaces.com/Documentation; [|http://Delicious.com];


 * Discussion questions: **
 * EVALUATIONS:**

4. Desirable Characteristics for Portal
 * Organized
 * Uncluttered
 * Searchable
 * Forum discussions
 * Common information provided for each tool
 * Overview
 * Link to website where tool can be found
 * Link to tutorials
 * Link to applications for education (preferably by Gilmour students/teachers)
 * Pros and cons
 * In-house "expert" identified
 * Allows users to contribute content (tools)
 * Allows users to rate tools (1-5 star system?)

5. Failed attempt to use Diigo in class

In order to create a model to show how faculty might use Diigo in the context of a class, I tried to use it with my Controversial Issues in Science Class. The experience was frustrating. I'm hoping that documenting it here will help us to address some of these problems before we invite faculty to use the new tools.

Project: My students are participating in a contest run by the Cleveland Clinic, related to the distance learning bioethics course we are participating in. Over the summer, students from around Ohio did research with mentor scientists at the Clinic. Each posted online a poster and powerpoint presentation describing the work. My students needed to select one of these projects, analyze the ethical issues involved in the research (as an internal review board would do), and write up their findings on a poster template (ppt. slide) provided by the Clinic.

Application: I thought diigo would be a good tool because it would allow students to collaborate online (they could highlight and annotate text in the resources they found), and I would have a living record of the contributions of each student.

Problems:
 * 1) Because students do not have permission to download on school computers, I made arrangements with Neal prior to my class to have someone available to help get the toolbars downloaded on the student accounts. I was informed that the process was tested with a student account, and students would be able to download the toolbar without assistance. Unfortunately they didn't even get that far because the diigo site was blocked as a social networking site. During class, I needed to have Neal allow access which took about 10 minutes.
 * 2) I had set up a group on diigo so students could share their work. Unfortunately, the group site was blocked also, so again I had to work with Neal to allow access to the site.
 * 3) Some of the articles the students are using are word documents while others are pdf files. Apparently diigo supports only websites (at least as far as I can see). Since most of the resources for this project are from peer-reviewed sources, diigo is not proving to be very helpful.
 * 4) I considered switching to Wikispaces so that students could collaborate, but the problem there is for the free access, we cannot have the site closed to the public. Some of the articles students are using are copyright protected and we don't have the rights to post them on a public site. Copyright protection is something we have to keep in mind when using these public tools.