1.D.+Knowledge+and+Skills

Students will know...


 * What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
 * What should they eventually be able to do as a result of such knowledge and skills?

[Students in this case refers to our target audience -- other technology teachers.]

Students will know:
 * That each collaboration technology has implications for the quality of collaboration that it is intended to support
 * That the best choice of technology for any given task must be appropriate to the learning goals, fit with the available resources, and be manageable by the students and teachers who will be using it.

Students will be able to:
 * Explain the implications of iChat in particular and videoconferencing in general for middle school student collaboration.
 * Explain the strengths and weaknesses of using iChat for middle school student collaboration.
 * Create the classroom conditions (including technical as well as social conditions) for a successful iChat conference.
 * Establish an iChat conference and successfully manage an iChat conference (again, both technically and socially).