1. Integrating Blackboard Solutions and the Google Wave Platform George Kroner

2. Agenda What is it? / What does it look like? How do people use it? How could you use it? Should you decide to use it…

3. What is Google Wave Wiki + IM + e-mail + collaboration + social networking/groups + media sharing + widgets all-in-one, in real time "equal parts conversation and document” Play-back-able stream of thought/activity

6. Other relevant background A tool once limited to a select few now available to everyone Now part of Google Apps for Education Unique offering in that it can be hosted by Google or locally at your institution – and it’s open source

7. What can it be used to do? Real-time collaboration –Text-in-real-time is its top strength Resource sharing –Photos, videos, files Extensions –Video/audio chat communication –Tasks/Scheduling –Ratings/polls –Real-time translation –Maps Bots

8. Use cases Teacher –Ultimate discussion forum –Teacher collaboration –Playback –Polls/surveys Student –Note-taking –Group areas –Real-time collaborative document authoring Search Google: Google Wave in education Google Wave educational use cases

9. Techniques for Making Wave Work for You Embedding Google Wave into Blackboard Wave Widgets & Capabilities Linking to a Wave Bots & Advanced Integration (better get the tech folks!)

13. Demonstration – Blackboard Discussion Forum integration http://bit.ly/bbwave http://bit.ly/waveinedu –https://wave.google.com/wave/#minimized:nav,minimized: contact,minimized:search,restored:wave:googlewave.com %252Fw%252BDefxt6ZiAhttps://wave.google.com/wave/#minimized:nav,minimized: contact,minimized:search,restored:wave:googlewave.com %252Fw%252BDefxt6ZiA

14. Is this the end of the LMS? Have you tried Google Wave? –High barrier to get started Usability quirks –Browser incompatibilities –Glitches and page refreshing –Can’t link directly to a Wave unless logged in first –No grade book or quiz integration Policy incompatibilities –FERPA Technology in search of a purpose?

15. Please provide feedback for this session by emailing BbWorldFeedback@blackboard.com. BbWorldFeedback@blackboard.com The subject of the email should be title of this session: Google Wave and Blackboard