Webroom
Webroom is a free, easy-to-use, web-based collaborative meeting space. It can be a handy alternative to Skype or Facetime.
You can schedule a Webroom meeting in advance or choose to begin one immediately. With Webroom, participants are invited to join a meeting via email- it does not support joining by link. Webroom does supports video and audio chat, and allows you to share links, whiteboards, and uploaded files with other participants in a meeting.
Visit webroom.net to register, create an account and set up your first meeting.
In Your Classroom
- Webroom is a great way to “meet” with colleagues or students while in your pajamas at home.
- Students can use webroom to collaborate and work together without relying on their parents to drive them somewhere– a nice touch for religious schools where students often don’t live near one another.
This is a “Technology Tuesday” post via Behrman House, edited by Ann D. Koffsky . You can find more Behrman House Technology Tuesdays here.
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About
Debbie Harris is the director of educational technology at the Sager Solomon Schechter Day School in Northbrook, IL. Involved in Jewish education for over thirty years, she has an education degree from Northwestern University with a concentration in instructional media and a master’s degree in professional Jewish studies from Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. She is skilled in using and teaching desktop publishing, video editing, presentation and animation software; and consults and presents regularly on integrating technology into Judaic studies. Her students podcast, blog, edit video and create claymations. She co-chaired the technology track for CAJE 33 in Vermont, is a SMART Certified Trainer for SMART Notebook, and a 2011 recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education.
When not learning, teaching or writing about technology, Debbie likes to sketchnote and craft. She likes to knit, do calligraphy, sew, watercolor, paint fabric and just generally play with fun toys like scrapbooking supplies and anything with texture. Debbie travels to California every summer to paint tallitot with high school aged campers. Finally, she is incredibly proud of her two daughters; Lori, who teaches English at a community college; and Allie, who is the director of the URJ’s Camp Newman in California.
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