Effective Communications and Collaboration “The effectiveness of communities depends on the ease with which they communicate and collaborate” Ferdi Serim From Computers to Community: Unlocking the Potential of the Wired Classroom
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Effective Communications and Collaboration
“The effectiveness of communities depends on the ease with which they communicate and collaborate”
Ferdi SerimFrom Computers to Community: Unlocking the Potential of
the Wired Classroom
Effective Communications and Collaboration
http://indexed.blogspot.com/2008/08/this-is-what-20-means.html
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The Swiss Army Knife of Communications Products
Powerful Calendaring Services
Contact Management
Instant Messaging
FirstClass File Storage
Smart Containers:- Support for files, videos, and pictures- Application icons for all popular file formats- Support for image thumb-nailing
Collaboration - Conferences
Sharing Curriculum Development
Content Management
FirstClass Workspaces
Workspace application- Designed to facilitate online team projects - Integrates many existing FirstClass components- Wizard-approach to choosing from various Workspace styles
Application Development
Personal Web Publishing
Support for:Support for:- Web pagesWeb pages- Personal dataPersonal data- PhotosPhotos- BlogsBlogs- PodcastsPodcasts- CalendarsCalendars- FilesFiles- ListsLists- SkinsSkins
Rapid Web Designer
Simply fill in the form...
… and get a professional web site
Rich School and Class Web Pages
Powerful Theme Controls
Voice Messaging
Customizable Student Experience
Make it fun!
Make it easy!
Make it relevant!
Make it engaging!
FirstClass Synchronization Services
SynchronizationServices
FirstClassCore Server
FCP
SyncML
Advanced Mobile Device Access
Hi-fidelity access on advanced mobile devices iPhone, Blackberry, etc. Make it feel like a “Native App” on
each platform
FirstClass Archive Services
FirstClass Archive Services- New FirstClass Services module- Connects via network to a specific FirstClass Core Server- Optimized for searching and storage of large numbers of items per
user Archives many different data types:
E-mail Voice Mail Fax Instant Messaging Calendar Events Conference Content
Very simple Administration- Policy is configurable on a per group basis- Retention period is configurable on a per group basis- No end user involvement is required
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BlueField – an Integrated Suite
A true integrated collaboration suite that includes:DiscussionsWorkspacesProfilesSearchingNotificationScanningPresenceBlogsWikisTaggingRatingPodcastingShared Bookmarks
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A User’s Personal Homepage
Your digital dashboard into your online community:
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Integrated User Profiles and Blogs
Extensible, Searchable, Auto-tagged
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A Zero-click User Interface
Pop-up mini profiles as an example
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Multiple Views of Persistent Objects
Spaces: The Feed tab shows all activity
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Multiple Views of Persistent Objects
The Discussions tab shows threaded discussions
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Multiple Views of Persistent Objects
The Document Tab shows just the files in the space
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Multiple Formats for Wikis
Permission-based for corporate publishing
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Powerful Instant Indexed Search
Relevancy ranked; organized by Content, People, and Community
Advanced Mobile Device Access
Hi-fidelity access on advanced mobile devices iPhone, Blackberry, etc. Make it feel like a “Native App” on each platform
FirstClass and ESAs
Revenue OpportunitiesHosted email, professional learning communities, unified
messaging, archiving and school and teacher websitesHosting partners available
Regionalize with FirstClassBring together distributed staff in a collaborative online
environment for school improvement planning, professional learning, online resources, etc.
E-rate EligibilityEmail, web hosting, voice messaging,
ISTE pricing - volume discount ( 20000) users carry purchase order for 2 %
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