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Breakout Rooms in Teams

ByFrank

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Beyond a Webcam: Better Presentation Tools
ByFrank

Our reality today is that we will be working with webcams in our work life. Whether a few days a week of remote work, a meeting that spans geography, or a “face-to-face” interview or discussion – webcams are now a larger part of our work life then ever before. In many ways, the built in…

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Virtualization – extending my classroom
ByFrank

When students begin learning about new technology, there is an assumption that they already possess certain foundational skills: file management, the ability to download resources, Internet skills. While mostly true – this cannot be assumed and I often test to see if they do. Giving them assignments and introductory activities to confirm. However, one skill…

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Breakout Rooms vs. Channels in Teams
ByFrank

Creating groups of students in Teams can be achieved more than one way. We can use Breakout Rooms during a meeting – but they aren’t persistent after the meeting ends. We can also create channels, but this may expose group activity to the entire class. In this video, I demonstrate the use of Private Channels…

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Microsoft Whiteboard – new version has issues
ByFrank

The new version of Microsoft’s Whiteboard was something I was looking forward to. The tool has been an excellent resource for teaching and I was hoping for some changes to make collaboration and management of the content easier. That didn’t happen.

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Microsoft Spaces: Adding 360 environments into MS Teams
ByFrank

The buzz around “Web 3.0” continues to increase – but normally these conversations involve some sort of discussion about Crypto Currencies or NTFs. What is more exciting to me is the advent of immersive Internet environments – currently referred to as “The Metaverse” – although there are many and it should be pluralized at least…

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Going back to the OLD Whiteboard
ByFrank

The new Microsoft Whiteboard is full of challenges – so I’ve been asked many times how to install the old version.

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