Collaborative Collaborative Technologies 1 Day Accelerator
The COVID-19 crisis has placed many businesses at risk. Staff are overwhelmed with parents' very understandable concerns, all in a high-pressure economic environment.
This business accelerator is designed to ease this burden.
Fizzics Education has partnered with Cool Runnings, a business solutions and digital technologies specialist company. A comprehensive intensive course has been designed for senior executives and line managers looking for solutions to remote working as well as to pivot core business in an online world.
Cool Runnings has experience in rapid deployment of technology solutions and iterative design of business workflows. Fizzics Education has run education technology accelerators and professional development for years in the school system and has deep experience with distance education learning and how to mesh technology together in multiple environments.
This accelerator is designed to cover multiple outcomes in an intensive day that is both flexible and geared towards the business environment using digital technologies.
Use of Online Platforms Training
Training on the use of the Zoom platform to deliver live online video content, with a consideration of technical requirements, child protection as well as an ideation session on how analysing which products you have or need to be developed given the new economic environment.
Steps to be taken before, during and after the accelerator are carefully discussed and tailored for your centre. These include (but are not limited to):
- Child protection issues and solutions in a digital world.
- Engagement tools and their application to early learning environment.
- Hardware and software considerations (not just what does and doesn’t work, but how to get the most out of everything under a tight budget)
- How to create interactivity for your customers that works.
- Training in the use of collaborative tools for staff communication, project planning, document storage, task management, and more. Remote teamwork with stakeholders is very easy to do once you unite these platforms (and many apps available are free).
Why Ben Newsome & his team at Fizzics Education?
Ben Newsome is someone with experience at a global level in collaborative technologies. He can distil information, make quick recommendations and can run collaborative technologies training without traditional restraints at this current point in time.
Ben’s current roles on a global stage:
- He completed a 2013 Churchill Fellowship on Best Practice in Science Education by Video Conference which has knowledge applicable to everyone today
- He is on the leadership team and past president of the International Society for Technology in Education Interactive Video Conferencing Professional Learning Network. ISTE is a hub of renowned international excellence in digital technologies and research backed practices in technology education.
- He is the co-founder of Virtual Excursions Australia, an aggregator of trusted organisations within Australia that are experienced in virtual excursions and collaborative technologies. This portal will need to showcase Churchill Trust events applicable to the education community as well as to parents. This is the heart of the Australian public events and will work in conjunction with the Churchill Trust
- He is a board adviser for the Centre for Interactive Learning & Collaboration in the USA. CILC is the largest content aggregator, booking platform and researcher on best practice on the planet for virtual programming, showcasing highly experienced presenters from over 200 organisations from across the world.
- He is a co-founder of the Pinnacle Education Collaborative distance learning group in North America
- He is a founder of Fizzics Education, a science outreach company with 15 science educators who are experienced distance educators and whose knowledge and networks can be leveraged to help Fellows should this be appropriate.
- He is a 3 time Australian Small Business Champion Education Services winner and 2019 Blacktown Local Business Awards Entrepreneur of the year.
Ben Newsome has collaboratively worked with other organisations for years on rapidly adapting digital solutions to suit organisations needs without warning and within a few minutes of hearing the issue. This is due to his intimate knowledge of the relevant technologies - the strengths as well as the drawbacks - as well as their connections to multiple organisations and ability to quickly connect teams to work on bigger picture ideas.
FORMAT
Morning Session
- Child protection. The reality of what needs to be put in place to ensure a safe learning environment for all children. This even if you think only adults are involved in your connections.
- How to engage customers using remote education. Techniques for engagement will be highlighted and solutions addressed.
- Learn how to use various software technologies for collaboration between any user.
- What to do if things go wrong. Examples of lessons learned and what is realistic in terms of what will be able to be fixed and what can’t be fixed.
Afternoon Session
- How should you market your product? Is there even a product there? Having a great product does not mean someone will either find your content nor appreciate its use or relevance without strong marketing and calls to action throughout the customer journey.
- How to present quality, well designed materials developed for on-screen viewing. Time will be spent workshopping ideas amongst your staff.
- Expectation management. Good intentions do not mean good outcomes. This also includes customers accessing your content. Elaborate presentations are not recommended until the basics are understood thoroughly first.
