Applications/Use of Collaborative Tools in Victorian Schools

Web conferencing and virtual classrooms have being used quite regularly as a tool for delivering and co-creating curriculum, for holding meetings with participants who cannot commute to the presentation, or for accessing expert presenters on location. 

Here are some recorded sessions of web conferencing presentations held in 2008.  Please note: You will need to install elluminate on your computer to view these sessions, For information on installing elluminate (free) see: Support Portal

• Introducing Web 2.0
• Inside the Giant Squid (Dr Mark Norman, Museum Victoria)
• Tradition and Transformation (Jean Pierre Chabrol, National Gallery of Victoria) – The National Gallery takes indigeous art into Victorian schools
• Teaching and Learning in an Online World (Stephen Heppel)

A range of seminars and conferences have been by and for schools. Information on upcoming seminars and past (recorded) sessions are available at: Virtual Conference Centre