Discussion Boards
In our first Key Survey, 64% responded that they had used a discussion board, but I am guessing that we will still have a learning curve on this technology and I hope that those of you that have used one before will be mentors to others.
I looked at a couple of discussion boards including Tapped In which is an online community for educators. (Review of Tapped In from Education World). I noticed another Iowa school librarian had registered, but for our first attempt at an IASL discussion board, I suggest we start with something a little simpler.
We've acquired access to a discussion board through Southern Prairie as our own group, IASL.
Logistics:
1) Creating an account for each IASL member
In the next couple of days, you will have an account set up for you which requires account activation.
An activation key is then sent to your e-mail address with the subject "Welcome to the Southern Prairie AEA 15 Discussion Board Forums". Click on the link to activate your account. It also contains your username and password which you can change once you login the first time.
A second e-mail will appear with the subject "You have been added to this usergroup". It is just informational.
2) Using the Discussion Board - IASL .
When you first login, you can change your Profile if you want to change your password or edit any of the preferences. You will be notified when there are posts to the discussion board unless you check the "off" button.
PM stands for Private Message and would go to the e-mail you provided instead of to the Discussion Board.
There are two topics at this time.
1) Good Books
2) Relationship with School Administration
Please Post a Reply to either of these, or perhaps you would like to start a New Topic.
A good article on discussion suggests that "Good questions require higher level answers and unique answers; demand evidence and can be followed up by why: and finally, are interesting". I think the success of our discussion board depends on those criteria.
The website designers of phpBB can be found here http://www.phpbb.com/
Who knows where our learning will go with this tech tool?
