During this busy semester, it was merely
impossible to meet with my classmates to do some of the assigned work. So we resort in scheduling times and making
conference calls, making sure everybody was literally on the same page by getting
in front of our computers and try to follow up the parts of the documents that
we were working on, it was challenging but moreover a tedious task because it
was difficult to get points across in a feasible time.
That issue was solved thanks to one of my
classmates, “Melissa Shea” I got introduced to a website called join me as
of this year this tool has been one of the most efficient tools I had ever got
in contact with. What join me is all
about consists on a platform which allows you to share your screen with up to
ten users, all of the users have the power to control the mouse and type in the
same document.
I got worried
about other users filtering into our computer as hackers would do, but the
website also provides safety, and this is because when you want to share your
screen you become the host, the host gets provided with a code and your hostess
need to get that code in order to get there (at least thats all it takes to make me feel safer).
It is wonderful! The first thing I did was to tell my sister
about it because she travels plenty, when I told her about it she said that her
company uses a similar platform at least three times a week.
And then talking
to people I was told that Google also provides a screen sharing service.
In what ways
could I apply this technology into education would be essentially to work on
art design programs, for example I could teach a student how to use each tool
in Photoshop demonstrate and expect my student to follow through step by step.
A more
traditional way of using joinme.com or any other program with screen sharing
services would then be to evaluate my student’s work, such as drawings and
paintings (of course I would need photographs of their progress)…. I could
point out how to manipulate formal elements such as line, shape, color, etc.
Monica,
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Join me but it sounds like a really useful tool for not only students but for teachers as well. When I was reading your post I thought that teachers either in the same discipline or in different disciplines. They can use this tool to communicate with each other and possibly create lesson plans among each other. Like our remixed canvas', this will allow teachers to create units or lessons together that combine different disciplines that can enhance the students learning experience. I think this is a great way for teachers to be able to work on documents together but to also keep in touch whenever possible. As a student I understand when you say it is so hard to make scheduling work among all group members so this is great to keep in mind for my next group project. In the social studies classroom, this could be a great way for my own students to keep in touch and work together on group projects. I think group projects are a great way for students to interact with each other and share ideas so if they are able to keep in touch both in the classroom and outside of the classroom I think group projects can be successfully completed with help from every member. Thanks for sharing this tool!
I have never heard of Join Me, and will look into it. I have used the one Googel has, and it is great. I never thought to use it as a teaching tool. It would be great to use with students in teaching something complicated, like Photoshop.
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