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November 12th, 2008 · 15 Comments
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Jo Hart (from C.Y O’Connor College of TAFE) and I have been running free online professional development every Friday since 31 October from 9-10 AM (Perth, Western Australia time). Anyone can join us and each week we cover different topics based on input from the participants.

This Friday’s topic is techniques for making Live Classrooms such as Elluminate more interactive. Both Jo and I have been using Elluminate for several years with our distance learning students. Elluminate is also really good for hosting meetings. You can get your own free Vroom here which is handy when you want to hold discussions or doing training with a small number of people.

I’ve set up a Google Calendar for this PD and will be adding online PD/Conferences to the calendar as they are brought to my attention. If you would like to attend our PD and be automatically notified please subscribe to our calendar. Google Calendar will automatically converts our time zone to your time zone. Read this post to learn more about using Google Calendar to make your life easier.

FINAL THOUGHTS

I will be writing up a review of what was covered in the last two sessions — soon!

This online PD session is free for anyone to attend. Please leave a comment:

If you’re considering attending
Have ideas of topics you would like covered
Need any assistance setting up Elluminate on your computer

Click on this Elluminate link to join the session on Friday. If you have any trouble using the Elluminate link on Friday please email me at suewater{at]gmail[dot]com or send me a tweet using twitter.

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15 responses so far ↓

1 autocarsinsurance.net » Blog Archive » Subscribe To Our Calendar for Free Online PD! // Nov 12, 2008 at 6:57 am

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2 Free online “hands-on” elearning PD | The Learning Technology Team // Nov 12, 2008 at 8:40 am

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3 Sue L. // Nov 13, 2008 at 2:21 am

Thanks for offering these! I participated in last week’s quite by accident as a result of a ‘tweet’ (thank goodness I am connected to the right people!).

The information and camaraderie was great!

Thanks for creating the google calendar – it smoothly integrated into my own google calendar so now I hopefully won’t miss a session!

Hope to see you this Friday! To support the “share and share-a-like” nature of these sessions…if I make it to the meeting, I hope to share some ways to make powerpoint presentations more interactive which lends itself to interactive online sessions and classroom activities.

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4 will // Nov 14, 2008 at 3:23 am

Your blog changed since the last time I was here. Check out my blog. I jest added a new post on Rubik’s Cubes.
http://www.williamf09.edublogs.org

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5 Tips For Making Virtual Classroom Sessions More Interactive | Mobile Technology in TAFE // Nov 16, 2008 at 7:07 am

[...] on tips for making virtual classrooms such as Elluminate more interactive at this week’s free online PD. Here is the link to the recording if you want to check it [...]
6 Tips For Making Virtual Classroom Sessions More Interactive | Bag o' Tech // Nov 17, 2008 at 4:05 pm

[...] on tips for making virtual classrooms such as Elluminate more interactive at this week’s free online PD. Here is the link to the recording if you want to check it [...]
7 Sue Waters // Nov 20, 2008 at 7:19 am

@Sue L Glad you are enjoying the sessions. Good to know that the Calendar is working well. I need to add some more events to it plus start adding more details.

@Will visited your blog and left a comment. It is looking good.

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8 Su Bowing // Nov 28, 2008 at 6:15 pm

Hi Sue,

How do I sign up for the calendar….I already have google calenders but how do I subscribe to yours?

Cheer, Su

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9 Sue Waters // Nov 28, 2008 at 6:29 pm

@Su At the bottom of my Google Calender you should just need to click on the + Google Calender (bottom right). This should take you to your Google Calender account and ask if you want to subscribe. I can also add you to the mailing list if you like?

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10 Leo Havemann // Dec 1, 2008 at 11:37 pm

This is a fantastic idea Sue, is there any chance you will record the sessions?

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11 Sue Waters // Dec 3, 2008 at 7:18 am

@Leo Yes we have been recording the sessions. Would you like me to send you the links to them?

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12 Su Bowing // Dec 6, 2008 at 5:24 am

Thanks Sue….please add me to your mailing list that would be great

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13 Patricia Donaghy // Dec 7, 2008 at 5:46 am

Nice one Sue
Your calendar has now been added to the Edublogger Directory calendar page:
http://edubloggerdir.blogspot.com/2008/01/events-calendar.html
Patricia

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14 Sue Waters // Dec 7, 2008 at 3:24 pm

@Su Bowing It’s a done deal — I’ve just added you to the mailing list.

@Patricia thanks for adding our sessions to your directly. Hopefully the time is converting properly with daylight savings.

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15 Insomnia, Twitter and Personal Learning Networks! | Mobile Technology in TAFE // Dec 15, 2008 at 11:57 am

[...] of all Rob and I engaged in conversation in Twitter and later he joined us at Free Online PD where we talked about Communities of Practice and Professional Learning Communities. After seeing [...]