Technology Session Guidelines
From Harambee Wiki
Tool: ___________________
Facilitator: __________________
Based on comments and feedback from the first workshop, we have identified 5 technologies used to support networks that are of interest to participants, each of which will be discussed in it’s own breakout group. You have graciously agreed to lead one of these groups! This is an important role and, even though you have been asked to do this because of your knowledge of the technology to be discussed, the most important thing is to use your skills as a facilitator to encourage the others in the group to actively discuss.
The idea is for you to facilitate your breakout group in designing a presentation or description of the technology by thinking of the following questions and how they might be answered:
- What is the technology about?
- Describe how this technology is being used to support network communication and collaboration in a real-life situation.
- What are the strengths and weaknesses associated with using this technology?
- How do I find out more about using this technology (e.g., where do I go, who do I contact, how do I set something up)?
In addition to facilitating the discussion, we ask you to find a volunteer (or two!) to help put the resulting presentation into the Harambee wiki.
After the breakout groups have each constructed their presentations, we will have a follow-up round of 'speek geek' discussions, where people will have an opportunity to hear the descriptions/presentations of the other technologies and participate in dialogues around, and perhaps refine, the presentations. Each round will take 10 minutes. We will describe the process to everyone of how these discussions will work.
However, we ask that you remain in the group discussing your technology because you have that knowledge of the first discussion and of the technology itself. We also advise you (during the first session when the presentation is created) to find a couple of volunteers to take over for a couple of the ‘speek geek’ discussions because otherwise you will end up repeating the same presentation over and over. Plus, if you don’t have someone to take over, you won’t be able to see any of the other presentations first-hand.
