New Discussion Forums Are Here!

After pressure from several readers and conference-goers (you know who you are--and thanks for the nudge), I have added Discussion Forums to learninginhand! Different from a blog, discussion forums are a public place where users can post messages and where they can reply to messages. That means you can start the topic--you don't have to wait for me to blog about it!

What kinds of things can we expect in the discussion forums? I'm hoping to see things like:

• success stories
• software recommendations
• implementation questions and answers
• podcast reviews
• conference session summaries
• software wish lists
• veteran users coaching less experienced ones
• sharing of online resources
• connections among educators in different school buildings
• lesson and activity suggestions
• conference and workshop annoucements
• posts relating to material discussed in the Soft Reset podcast

Click here to visit the new Discussion Forums! Since we're just starting out, there aren't many posts...yet. So take some time to register and post. You'll be glad you did.

Comments

[Marc Alan]

Tony, this FORUM is great! It will be a well organized way to share and exchange information as a community (in addition to the information you send down the pipeline via LearningInHand.com). Are there any "chat" features for people to communicate realtime if they are both logged on at the same time? (Or, is that what the AIM and MSN options are for?)

[Tony Vincent]

I have been pleased with the response to the forums! In fact, after 3 days (two of which were Satuday and Sunday), the forums have nearly 50 posts!

There is a chat feature in these forums, but I can't seem to get it to work. I agree, Marc, that chatting is an excellent way to exchange info. I'd encourage members of the learninginhand forums to add their AIM or MSN information in their profiles.