1. A Social Media Collaborative Communication Tool Susan Conrad

2.  Meet Google Wave  Email vs. Wave  Demonstration  Gadgets and Bots  Limitations of Google Wave  Potential Benefits of Google Wave to DAU  Recap  Questions

3. Hosted Online Communication Tool Collaborative Communication Real Time Beta Software Open Source Meet Dr. Wave

4. Developed in 1940s Multiple Copies Static messages Attachments Lack of integration

5. A Hosted conversation Blips Playback to capture history Real Time

6. ElementThe Email WayThe Wave Way People Sender or recipient Participant MessagesCopies Single, hosted conversation Rich Content Attachments, links, HTML Inline gadgets Quoting/Com menting Manual Forum-like threading PrivacyCC, BCC Inline, private threads

7.  Welcome to Wave 101 ◦ Welcome email ◦ Start a Wave ◦ Reply to a Wave ◦ Editing a Wave ◦ Playback ◦ Attachments ◦ Spellchecker

9.  Organizing Events Organizing Events  Meeting Notes Meeting Notes  Group Reports and Writing Reports Group Reports and Writing Reports  Photo Sharing Photo Sharing  Brainstorming Brainstorming

10.  What is a Gadget: ◦ Small application inserted inside any wave to extend the default functionality of the wave  Examples: ◦ Yes/No/Maybe ◦ GoogleMap ◦ Games

14.  What is a Bot? ◦ Participant look-alike that is programmed to automatically perform some function within a wave  Examples: ◦ Polly the Pollster ◦ Bloggey ◦ Twave ◦ Cleantxt

20.  Make a wave read-only  Ctrl+Z (Undo) changes as you're editing a wave  Diff revisions that aren't sequential in playback  Set your status to invisible or away (if you're online you've got the green dot whether you like it or not)  Merge waves or blips  Organize your contacts into groups  Delete waves or remove participants from waves  Preventing someone in the wave from making a private conversation public

21. ◦ Increase learner’s participation in class ◦ Build knowledge waves ◦ Easy to implement technically ◦ Easy to teach to users ◦ Open Source ◦ Low cost ◦ Seamless interoperability with other social media ◦ Compatible with new learners expectations

22.  Collaborative Tool ◦ Email ◦ Document Editing ◦ Gadgets ◦ Bots  Interoperability  Open Source  Limitations/Beta  Future Google Wave Tools Future Google Wave Tools

23.  Education is the best provision for the journey to the old age Questions