Social media, Web 2.0 & language teaching (Foresite, Sèvres, July 2011)
Drf book
1. DRF INTRANET
“DRFBOOK”
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2. DRF INTRANET
“DRFBOOK”
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3. PLAN
1. What is an Intranet?
2. Well known examples
3. Our open source alternative
4. Features
5. Calendar Sharing
6. Document Sharing
7. Discussion Sharing
8. Email
9. Demo
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4. WHAT IS AN INTRANET?
•A better way to communicate and collaborate with coworkers
• What is the difference between this and a website?
• What do I need? a web browser
• Use Firefox
• write down and store password in a safe place
• http://drfbook.developdigitally.com (maybe drfbook.com one day)
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5. EXAMPLES
• SHAREPOINT (Market Leader)
• IBM Lotus
• Pros: Great features, Well Supported
• Cons: Cost (Setup + Licensing Fees)
• Open Atrium (built on Drupal and is used by World Bank)
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6. OPENATRIUM.COM
by developmentseed (works with many big NGOs)
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7. We are customizing a version for
the DRF
to be used as a central point of reference
DRFBOOK
Tools to connect coworkers
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8. FEATURES
• Calendar Sharing
• Document Sharing
• Discussion Sharing
• Staff Directory
• Messaging
• Link to DRF email
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10. CALENDAR SHARING
• Central Calendars for each group
• i.e. each group has its own calendar, eg. “DRF Jamaica” group is
islandwide calendar, documents, etc
• Import ICAL feeds (eg. from Outlook, Google Calendar)
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12. DOCUMENT SHARING
eg. Email instructions in “DRF Jamaica” group accessed by all.
A powerpoint slideshow(.ppt) file is attached to page
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13. DOCUMENT SHARING
Here, the content(text) is stored on the page and not in an
attachment. Notice we can use a hierarchical structure.
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14. DOCUMENT SHARING
We can track changes or revert to old versions by clicking the
“Revisions” tab.
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15. DISCUSSION SHARING
“Shoutbox” and “Private Messages” add easy communication
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16. SHOUTBOX
like twitter, can broadcast messages to select groups or
islandwide
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17. PRIVATE MESSAGING
like with facebook, notifications are sent to email. Eg. I want to
send message to Noreth and Karen and have them reply.
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18. WEBMAIL
DRF Email access (first.last@drfja.org)
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19. QUESTIONS?
I will now login to DRFBOOK to demonstrate some of this.
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