Many thanks for all the gatherers of wisdom working on collaborating on tools and resources.

For perspective: Our Zoom Pre-Flight Checklist and Things to Think About

Core Tools

Tools and Steps to Build Interaction

  • Feedback
  • Whiteboards
    • Available in some Videoconference tools, including Zoom
    • Adding student roles of Searching, Creating Context, Creating Wiki conversations (from Howard Rheingold's work - http://peeragogy.github.io/realtime.html)
  • PowerPoint/Keynote alternatives
    • Mindmapping and unrolling the presentation and links
    • Prezi to move across and zoom in (and greenscreen yourself so it can appear on top of your image)
  • Audio environment additions
    • "Pre-show music" via Spotify or other playlist -- set the tone for the meeting and conversation - let people come into the video space early to music and a graphic or whiteboard to sign in
      • UberConference has funny conference play-in music by default
    • Tones for shifting to next phase of a course - creating a routine or ritual
  • Student Pair/Shares and Co-Teaching each other
  • Remote guest speakers (in their fuzzy slippers from home!) via Zoom or other platforms; or record via Zoom or other at other times so they can be asynchronous guests
  • Group Annotation of the Web - https://web.hypothes.is/
  • Shared bookmarking of resources - Diigo.com

Collaborative Space and Connection Options - larger list at Robin Good's ZEEF amazing alternatives of Online Collaboration Tools - https://online-collaboration-tools.zeef.com/robin.good

  • Google Docs to co-write while using audio chat
  • Trello - project management - dashboard for online space links - plus a thoughtful guide on how to work together remotely
  • Slack - shared threaded collaboration and communication
  • Edmodo (LMS) - with collaboration space (closed Sept. 22, 2022)
  • Mighty Networks - social network spaces, including classes

Links to Master Lists

Insightful Thought Leaders

Unique Thought Spaces