Experiences of the 2nd Face to Face Session

The 2nd face to face session was a flood of information.  Many people seem to feel swamped!! I don't think starting at 8:30 was a good idea.  I would have loved to try the Matie mobile clicker system, played around with concept maps etc.  My next though was, "How would I have organised session 3?"

I would have had everyone introduce themselves again and name some of the people they had gotten to know since session 1 (not participants they new prior to session 1!).  The reason for this is that I feel this course is also about community building.  I would also have had a before and after prototype discussion session with Show & Tell in the centre.

How would I make the participants part of Show and Tell?  I would have looked at 8ish areas.  Divided the class up into 8ish groups.  Get each to work on an overview doc and have 1 (random) person present.  I would then follow this up with an 'expert' presenting on what they are doing in that area.  Would have been nice to know about good sites or people to follow for each area.

I would end off with a session on how to manage all this information!!!!!!!!!

This would be a full day!

Am thinking that cellular phones are dominant technology in South Africa yet we have not touched on it much?!!