This seminar investigates best practices for designing collaborative projects and class-to-class videoconference events. Participants will learn about how other educators designed collaborative projects and participant in a design exercise. Learning strategies for successful planning of interactive videoconference events, educators in this session will go through a “mock process’ of planning an interactive videoconference-based project. Each seminar involves an overview of designing collaborative projects and features a guest speaker. Participants are encouraged to come with their own ideas for collaborative projects, share those projects and get feedback from presenters and other participants.

Please note that all participants (or small groups of participants) should have access to a computer with Internet2/MAGPI access during this training session.

Seminar Objectives:

• Participants will understand how to best capitalize on videoconferencing in the classroom.
• Participants will be familiar with strategies for successfully planning interactive videoconference events.
• Participants will be exposed to example projects.
• Participants will go through a “mock process” of planning an interactive videoconference-based project.

Program Outline:

• Welcome/Introductions (5 Minutes)

• What are class-to-class collaborative projects? (25 Minutes)
  Examples? Why plan them? What tools exist for planning interactive projects?

• Guest Projects (25 Minutes)
  Hear from other educators who successfully planned an interactive class-to-class collaborative project using videoconferencing.

• Strategies for implementing successful collaborative projects (25 Minutes)
  Learn about using backwards design, thinking about authentic contexts, searching for collaborators and planning ideas.

• Planning an Interactive Collaborative Project (10 Minutes)
  Take 10 minutes to start brainstorming!

• Project Sharing/Discussion (30 Minutes)