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Developing a Virtual Conference Liz Kolb University of Michigan @lkolb [email protected] Copy of Presentation & Liz’s Contact: Send a new text: 50500 In Message: Kolb

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Developing a Virtual Conference

Liz Kolb

University of Michigan

@lkolb

[email protected]

Copy of Presentation & Liz’s Contact: Send a new text:50500

In Message:Kolb

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Concerns with K12 professional development for teachers?

http://tinyurl.com/952a2be

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Current PD Concerns

• Cost• Event not Process• Majority Rules• Lack of Community

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My specific Problem

• Thousands of UofM School of Education Alumni– All over the world

• No way to keep them connected and give them PD

• State requirement for teacher training: virtual teaching

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Experience #1

• K12 Online Conference

http://k12onlineconference.org/

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Experience #2

Michigan State Face-to-Face Education Technology Conference

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Experience #3

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Idea…

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Potential for Schools

• Develop community of learners• Involve parents, community, alumni• On-going PD at your own pace• Authenticity• Low to no cost• Express yourself

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Must by Synchronous…

• Real time collaboration• Archived for Self Pace• Networking Possibilities

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Step 1: Committee

• Looked at websites for other conferences• Form a committee of teachers, community

members and students• Develop simple goals• Determine time frame• Determine budget = 0• Conference theme/focus

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Step 2: Investigate FREE Virtual Rooms

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Vyew

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Live Minutes

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Yugma

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Brainshark

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Anymeeting

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StartMeeting

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DimDim

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Synchronous Rooms for Free

• Google Hangout (on air)

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10 total

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YouTube

Once recordings are in Youtube (from Hangouts OnAir) you can annotate, comment and edit!

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Supplement Larger Sessions

Elluminate.com (Blackboard Collaborate)

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Step 3: Developing a FREE Website

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Step 4: Data Collection Google Drive

• Registration Forms• Call for Proposals• Sessions at a Glance--Spreadsheet• Post Session Surveys• Post Conference Surveys

*Embed into Conference Website

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Step 5: Extras

• Offer free CEUs• Virtual Job Conference

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Step 6: Advertising the Conference

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Google+ Events

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Twitter Feed

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Facebook

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Send to all advertisers at once

PixelPipe

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Reviewing and commenting on proposals

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Session Sign Up Google Calendar

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Discussion Form

• Google Groups

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Preparing Presenters

• Video Tutorials• Encourage them to use Google

Presentations or Screenshare

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Conference Moderators

Students

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Conference Moderators Protocol

Before Sessions• Email your Presenters by May 13th • Introduce yourself• Tell them you will be introducing them via their bio that they submitted• Offer to help upload materials, moderate chat room, answer Elluminate or Hangout

questions (send by May 21st)• Ask them to send you a copy of their presentation (back up!) (send 24 hours prior to

session)• Remind them that you will be in their session 20 minutes before the presentation• Remind them that they can practice with Elluminate via the link that was sent to them

in their email.

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In Session• Log in 20 Minutes before the session begins• Upload Movies (first…they take the longest)• Upload PowerPoint and Images• Upload Moderator PowerPoint (if not integrated into presenter PowerPoint)• Have weblinks ready to copy and paste to chat room• Test your microphone• Test your presenters microphone• Welcome participants as they enter (remind about CEUS---long in for all 60 minutes with full

name)• Click on Record button if not already going• Start on time (use timer if you like)• Click on Mic• Go over Moderator Introduction Slides• Remind them that information for CEUs are posted on the 4T Conference Website• Introduce the speaker (with bio)• Click OFF the mic for yourself so the speaker can present• Moderate chat room as needed (compile some questions that you can ask presenter at end if

there is time)• End of presentation…click on Mic and ask presenter questions (if time)• Paste in link to presenter evaluation in chat room (Evaluation links for each presenter are in the

Google Schedule on the 4T Schedule Page http://4tvirtualcon.soe.umich.edu/?page_id=54 ), find the link for your session and paste it into the chat room.

• Thank presenter and participants• Reminder participants to “close out” of session

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Hints and Tips

• Moderator in every conference room • Moderator practices with session presenter prior to

conference• Online tutorials (screencasts we use

Screencastomatic.com) and live tutorials for presenters• Record every session (Hangout to Youtube)• No more than 3 sessions at one time• Have 15-30 minutes between sessions• Offer CEUs if possible• Mobile Apps work for most of the Google tools

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Funding Options

• http://www.getedfunding.com/ • http://grantwranger.com • Local companies• Google Donate Widget

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