Example Workspace

Workspaces can be used for a variety of activities before, during, and after a workshop. They are powerful collaborative tools that allow for recording of discussions and ideas in real-time during a workshop, and with well-scaffolded, clear, and well-timed-out sessions, they can be a vehicle for producing workshop products following a workshop. This Example Workspace contains three examples for common uses of these workspace pages. More on Workspace Utility

Activities

Most activities on SERC-hosted sites are presented in a standard one-page format. This format was expressly designed to encompass the key information that will enable fellow educators successfully implement or build on an activity.

Annotated Template: Develop an Activity Example: Goldenrod Gall Flies Activity

Brain Storming and Discussion

Your project, group, leadership, or community may require a place to share ideas and examples in a central location that allows for real time editing. A workspace is designed to fulfill this need and help organize information to facilitate discussions that can lead to a final publishable deliverable.

Annotated Template: Discussion Example: Facilitate Brainstorming and Discussion

Workshops

Workshops will have a number of moving parts and people to organize. A workspace can be used for pre-workshop organizational purposes, recording group work as it happens, and synthesizing sessions.

Workspace for Workshop Session Synthesis

Related links for understanding workspaces

Using SERC Tools Effectively >> List and descriptions of different tools offered by SERC

Using Serckit Workspaces >> Instructional information on using a workspace