Introduction

The program commences on Tuesday 22nd April 2008 at a face-to-face training day for our Talking Visuals facilitators.

Toni will begin with a session on Communication and how people communicate.

Next we will look at the web 2.0 tools we'll be using during the project. We will begin with several small exercises that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge. Additional exercises or activities will be added every few days, along with tips and tricks. Our aim is to help you feel comfortable with this technology and we encourage you to PLAY and have some FUN with it.
Don't forget to let us know your email address so we can alert you to the new material being added.

There will be two blogs operating for the project each will have a direct link to the other.

The first one, hosted on edublogs will be the home site for information, resources and forums.
It's address is http://talkingvisuals.edublogs.org/

The second is hosted on Blogger. It forms part of our Virtual Classroom and can be found at http://tvclassroom.blogspot.com/
The focus of this site is to provide an opportunity for self-paced learning and exploration of the tools. You use the tools to learn the tools.

When activating podcasts, slideshare or videos on these sites, please be patient as they may take some time to begin.

The third part of the session will be an introduction to Live Classroom, an online interactive tool where we can communicate with print, images and voice in real time. There will be some follow up sessions with this software before we go live with the public.

While we are all still learning to use this new technology, experimenting and feeling our way , we are excited by the prospect of jumping in and creating a support network for our community that we hope will overcome some of the difficulties of distance and limited access to professional assistance.

We thank you for taking up the challenge and for your support of this project.
Good Luck!

The Talking Visuals Team
mailto:TalkingVisuals@gmail.com