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= Student led seminar 9-20 August 2010 = =GENERAL ADMIN AND DISCUSSION PAGE=

SUE: WOOHOO - Well guys we did it .... clap clap clap.... patting you on the back...... what a team...... (in the words of Kath and Kim .. look at moi look at moi). YAYAYAYAYAYA and all those other things. Its been fantastic working with all of you. Have a great break and see you in the forums next half semester.

Hiya

Here is the outline for tonite.

**__ NOTES FOR SYNCH DISCUSSION - 10 MINUTES EACH TOPIC __**

**__ SUE /MARG PUT ON HANDS FREE MIC __** **__ START RECORDING MEETING AT BEGINNING __**

1. **WELCOME INTRO** Sue intro member of Group 3, acknowledge Gabi, Nourah and Wendy are with us then intro **marg** then ** marg ** talks about herself for a tick as she wants

2. **ROOM INTRO**  · Explain how to do use participant hand signals  · Explain (if need be) how to mute microphone  · Explain how to type into the chat box  · Explain and show movement between layouts explain slight latency – check voice doesn’t drop  · Explain the full screen button and toggling  · Explain the meeting will be recorded and a URL will be emailed to each participant after the session

3. **INTRODUCE TOPICS __UNDER SHARING LAYOUT__ THEN RETURN TO TOPIC 1 SLIDE** – What is cultural capital that we as local and global individuals bring to organizations utilizing ICT?

4. **RUN** **POLLS UNDER __COLLABORATION LAYOUT__** – What does cultural capital mean to you? What is the best definition of global? What is your definition of local? During this seminar tonite we will create our own group cultural capital, our own non financial social assets either educational or intellectual that might assist society in some way other than just financially. We also bring to the group our own cultural capital as local and global individuals. Our parents would have provided us as children with cultural capital by giving us varying skills and knowledge as we worked our way through childhood. When participating in these polls tonite we will be using the knowledge, methods of interpretation and understanding that we all have inerhent to us as individuals coming from not only our childhood experiences but also the experiences and knowledge acquisition that life has handed each of us. Some may think these polls too simplistic, and unnecessary, some will find them challenging and intriguing perhaps, some will feel not too sure about displaying their opinions for the whole room to see as they could be wrong in their judgement, some will think it a technological waste of time and so on. But each of us will be drawing on our own individual cultural capital whilst we are answering them.

5. **__MOVE TO SHARING LAYOUT__ DISPLAY NEXT 2 SLIDES FOR WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION** and then discuss cultural capital, meaning of local and global individuals with ** marg **

6. **__MOVE TO NEXT SLIDE INTRO TOPIC 2MOVE TO DISCUSSION LAYOUT__** and invite participants to enter into chat pod possible relationships between cultural capital and ICT that students bring to an organization utilizing ICT – PROMPTER: student coming from a country with limited ICT to an e learning environment, student proficient in ICT coming to the same e learning environment, student with highly community focussed background coming to online extramural study V very private shy type student coming to highly collaborative online environment, students wishing to record and show the world the essence of their culture through multimedia etc.

**COPY AND PASTE THOUGHTS TO WHITEBOARD** then invite ** marg ** to embellish on thoughts

7. **__MOVE TO SHARING LAYOUT__**– How do cultural factors affect the uptake of ICT?

8. **MOVE TO NEXT SLIDE**: DOES TECHNOLOGY HELP OR HURT OUR CULTURE?

** MOVE TO __COLLABORATION LAYOUT__ FOR OPINION POLL **

** MOVE BACK TO __SHARING LAYOUT__ ** to get ** marg’s ** thoughts around her Chapter 5 thoughts re body language – face to face V distance education, Pasifika peoples prefer eye contact, layers of intentions and meanings in body language

9. **MOVE TO TOPIC 3 – what does culture bring to educational understanding? THEN MOVE TO __DISCUSSION LAYOUT OPEN NEW WHITEBOARD__ – QUESTION PARTICIPANTS TO ENTER INTO CHAT WHAT DOES EDUCATIONAL UNDERSTANDING MEAN TO THEM?** Copy and paste responses into whiteboard.

** MOVE BACK TO SHARING LAYOUT ** and get marg’s thoughts around definition of educational understanding and what culture brings to educational understanding

10 **MOVE TO FINAL SLIDE** – thank marg, highlight synch discussion to continue till 8.30

** MOVE TO DISCUSSION LAYOUT MINIMISE CHAT POD AND DISPLAY MARGS EMAIL ADDY WEB LINKS ** – **GET PARTICIPANTS TO COPY AND PASTE BOTH OF THESE**

15/8 WS: i agree - have been trying to do ask questions to extend thinking - will keep trying. thanks for the support on the thought discussions. 14/8 NOURAH: Hey Guys, I agree.. my internet has been acting up a bit lately - perfect timing! argghh.. seems sorted now but what I'll do is make sure I'm at uni every day this coming week (and use the computers there) and try to write something at least once daily. It's been a bit messy this week but thanks guys for getting into the TD I think your input is really valuable- especially your posts Gabi are great and I see them as an example of what I'm aiming for as sometimes I feel a little out of my depth to be completely honest. Don't want you to feel you r carrying us through though so I will try to be more proactive this week. 14/08 SUE Hey Gabi yup I agree - we need to dig deep to get them to think deep! (14/08)GB Hi guys! Hey i think we need to be more pro-active in our responses to the discussions. Our role as facilitators is to encourage deeper thinking, and not just thank people for posting. I also think we need to ensure the timeliness of our responses, I feel it's a bit sporadic at the moment. Remember we are being graded as a group. Have a look at the marking rubric for the peer review:


 * ** 3. Visibility and responsiveness of facilitator ** ||
 * Were the facilitators proactive in their presence online? Did they respond to participants in a timely manner? Did you feel welcome? ||
 * ** 4. Moderation skills ** ||
 * How well did the facilitators keep the discussions on track ? Were differences of opinions acknowledged? Did the facilitators unify threads and/or summarise at appropriate points? ||
 * ** 5. Facilitator-peer interactions ** ||
 * Did the facilitators engage directly with participants? Did the approach of the facilitators seem unbiased and accepting of the individual views expressed? Did they encourage/promote peer to peer interactions? ||

I look forward to hearing your thoughts, cheers, Gabi.

WENDY; Hi team - everything seems to be going well. great discussions happening and great comments about the website. looking forward to tomorrow night.

NOURAH: Hey wendy have u managed to subscribe to the forum? I also had to do it when realised I was not getting them! Just click on forums and it will list them all and then next to group 3 there is a 'yes/no' tab and click on it so that it changes to 'yes' and you're good to go! (GB) No worries Wendy. You might need to go in and subscribe yourself to the forum. Thanks WS: i think it will be okay. they will work it out. thanks for answering to the first post on activity 2, Gabi. I am not getting through automatic emails from seminar 3 postings - are you? i like the bling on th website gabi - looks very professional!! NOURAH: see wat u mean now Gabs. No worries, lets stick with the website NOURAH: not sure wat u mean Gabi! I think its all good for them to rely on website to be honest, better than stream but shall i let mark copy n paste in activity 2 just so that the rest dont get confused?! wat do u think (GB) oh crap....I tried to split it off, and only succeeded in putting it out on it's own! I'm not sure that we should jump in and throw the questions in, it was his mistake, not ours. Still want people to rely on website??? I'll go with consensus :-) 10/8 NOURAH: Hey gabi noticed u replied to mark - nice! I noticed however that his Q was from activity 2 not activity 1 altho he posted in TD (activity 1) question 2.. shall i point tht out and ask him to paste into activity 2? just to avoid confusion? This is why I thought to post the Qs up on stream initially so that they see which for which forum... No biggie but thought id check :-) SUE: Hey going well - am keeping an eye on things - and like Wendy looking forward to some more people posting. I suppose it will take them a day or two to crank up no doubt. Checking Skype a couple of times a day too looking for any qs I can help with guys. WS: A great start. looking forward to some more people posting. hope your other assignments/projects are going well too! (GB) I added some 'bling' to the website...take a look :-) (GB): oooh a compliment on our efforts already guys! Looks for you online nourah, and then thought I'd respond, just to have a swift reply to first post. Note new page..."SUMMING UP". (Gb) guys click the link above for the self review we need to complete. Cheers :-) WENDY: a supreme effort Gabi - you're a star. great effort team. everything looks great. i agree with Nourah - you have been fantastic to work with. i ahve appreciated the support and guidance. cheeers team. i send a virtual drink your way!!! (Gb) I'll buy the next round! ;-) SUE: 9/8/10 All good and away we go. WENDY: 027 3099 322. Home 09 473 0357 Work 473 8603. :) SUE: Hey everyone here is my phone numbers in case you need to get me during the seminar:- 021 020 36866 094242856 GABI: 06 323 9017 (WORK) 027 430 9332 (ANYTIME)

NOURAH: in case you dont have my cell already its 021 061 7573 (ANYTIME). Home 03 455 6692 (although best catch me on Skype or cellphone as I'm often at Uni. :-) Gabi the scrolling paragraphs look flaaaaash ;-) wooh! Thanks to all of you (esp you the den mother!) for hard work and Sue I cannot thank you enough for your endless support also! Wendy, thank you for looking up resources for me too! I have learned a lot too and feel privileged to be working with all of you :-)


 * RIGHTO GUYS WE ARE LIVE!**
 * I finally got the resources sorted on WIX. Please check for me, and message me urgently if you spot a problem. It's about 12.30pm and I'm just going to transfer the WIX into stream, and double check everything.**
 * I added a whole heap of scrolling paragraphs...check them out! FLASH! I've been trying to get them to work for a few weeks now, and finally got success the day before we go live..woooohooooo!**
 * Any issues whatsoever in the next two weeks, please don't hesitate to call me :-)**
 * Thanks for all your hard work and effort. I have learned so much from this process.**
 * Please remember to track your discussions, with a view to providing me with a 'wrap-up'. Nighty-night! ;)**

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07/08/10 SUE: Hey Nourah looking good - now you are rocking along well done! Hey here are the articles that I have found for you with a nice ICT focus - will chat with you tonite about them when we Skype you and I at 8pm eh. [] [] [|http://www.up.ac.za/dspace/bitstream/2263/12795/1/Nagel_Supersizing(2010).pdf]

4/8 NOURAH: hey sue ive found some pretty good journal articles for my activity. ill read them properly tonight and get my options down to a couple and wil post a couple here for u to look at and we can make a decision about which one to use? Sound good? Thanks so much for your help by the way you are a champ! Re the LOs do you think they are ok ? We discussed them briefly last night but I'm stil not too sure. I thinnk they align quite wel with our topic and my questions but let me know if u have any suggestions. thank you!! 05/08 (GB): looking forward to seeing the resources :-) 5/8 NOURAH: Hey Gang, I'm stil reali busy with my other assignments but have skimmed through some articles. Sue id really appreciate it if you have time to have a look and let me know what you think... or let me know if you have found other articles thats cool too! If we can decide on one then I can really dissect it although it will be full on for me these next couple days. Oh and Ladies my plans have changed on Sunday so if you want to make our skype meeting early afternoon its fine by me (I'm available anytime). Here are the articles Sue;