Face+to+Face+and+Virtual+Meeting+Times


 * Date** ||**Time** || **Venue**||**Purpose** ||
 * Feb. 29, 2012|| 3:30 - 4:30 pm||GROW Cohort House || Initial reactions to proposal.||
 * Mar. 1, 2012 ||7:00 - 7:30 pm ||Online*|| Initial reactions to proposal.||
 * Mar. 5, 2012||3:30 - 4:30 pm ||GROW Cohort House ||Initial reactions to proposal. ||
 * Mar. 7, 2012||6:30 - 7:00 pm ||Online* ||Initial reactions to proposal. ||
 * Mar. 13, 2012||3:30 - 4:30 pm ||GROW Cohort House ||Further structuring of program. ||
 * Mar. 14, 2012||6:30 - 7:00 pm ||Online* ||Further structuring of program. ||


 * Online meetings will be held at http://www.todaysmeet.com/GROWcohort

Steps for logging on to the online discussion:
 * 1) Type this URL into your browser's address bar:  http://www.todaysmeet.com/GROWcohort
 * 2) At the prompt "What's your name?" - type in your name.  First name last initial is fine.
 * 3) At the next screen, type "Hello" in the box marked "Message" and press enter or click "Say" to see your text come up in the "Listen" box.  You will have 140 characters to state your ideas.  If you need more, put "..." at the end of your post and continue in another Message window.

Hints for online discussions:

While chat mode may seem like a natural mode of conversation for some students, they had to learn to do this at one time as well. Here are a few hints for communicating in this type of environment:


 * 1) Allow the moderator to guide the questioning, and when s/he states "Change of topic," try to refocus on the new strain of conversation.
 * 2) When responding to a person's idea, include "@" and the person's name at the start of your post: example "@Paula - I agree, except I dislike the 140 character limit!"  This alerts the person you are responding to that you have joined his/her conversation.
 * 3) Following multiple strains of conversation can be disorienting.  Try to focus on one at a time.  Don't worry about "catching up" - all of the conversation will be recorded in transcript form and made available on the wiki, where you can comment at your leisure later on.