Running the workshops: elluminate issues

Six workshops were planned to span from July to September allowing plenty of time in between for participants to develop their stories.

Note: in hindsight this lengthy duration was not conducive to forward momentum as there were many work related distractions that prevented committment to the tasks.

Each workshop required the development of:

1. sets of powerpoint slides for the content of the 'lesson' ready for conversion to the Elluminate whiteboard
2. photo story project files to use as demonstrations for each part of the 'lesson'
3. the desktop sharing function in Elluminate was used for the demonstrations
4. the voice and text tools were used for the communication with the participants
5. the whiteboard was used to note their progress

Each workshop lasted approximately one hour with plenty of time for discussing, reflecting, watching, and learning the techniques of storytelling in Photo Story 3.

Some participants were shown how to 'share' their desktops in workshop 5 in preparation for showcasing their stories in workshop 6.

Note: in hindsight it would have been better to build in a f2f event for sharing their work with me in residence in Elluminate. This would have helped motivate all to have something ready on time and to really view the movies effectively.