TeamSpots All Over the Place

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TeamSpots All Over the Place

• Implementation of a classroom collaboration tool
  in public and residential spaces

Allan Chen Academic Computing Stanford University
Surajit Bose Residential Computing Stanford
University
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GroupSpace
Supporting spaces and technologies for teams and
groups
Allan Chen Academic Computing Stanford University
Surajit Bose Residential Computing Stanford
University
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Outline

• GroupSpace Program
• Traditional Methods of Collaboration
• Benefits of TeamSpot
• History evolution of project
• TeamSpot technology features
• New Paradigm for Collaboration
• Locations
• Technical and programmatic challenges
• Internship program
• Contact information

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GroupSpace The Program

• Identify collaboration technologies and tools
  that have worked in the classroom
• Provide those technologies and facilities in
  public and residential locations

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GroupSpace Expectations

• Why we did it
• Increased use of team projects in classes
• National trend towards collaborative spaces
• Bring advanced technologies with proven needs
  outside the classroom
• GroupSpace Group Time

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GroupSpace Components

• Space and facility
• Furniture
• Whiteboard
• Whiteboard capture
• Presentation equipment
• Large community display(s)
• TeamSpot Collaboration Software

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TeamSpot Collaboration Software

• Most important component of GroupSpace
• Suite of software tools
• Features of note
• Connect laptops to a group session
• Take over a shared display
• Transfer files between machines
• New paradigm for collaboration

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Traditional Methods of Collaboration

• Huddled around a laptop

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Traditional Methods of Collaboration

• E-mailing documents

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Traditional Methods of Collaboration

• Meeting in spaces not designed for teams or
  collaboration
• Computer lab tables
• Coffee shops
• Benches, etc

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Traditional Methods of Collaboration

• Combining various tools manually
• IM
• Email
• Network space

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So Why TeamSpot?

• TeamSpot is a single solution
• Speed and efficiency
• Version control
• As little or as much as you need

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The Beginning iWork

• Interactive Workspace project
• Graduate project in Computer Science
• http//iwork.stanford.edu

iRoom in use
Simulation of iRoom
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Production SCIL

• Stanford Center for Innovation in Learning
• Wallenberg Hall

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Evolution

• Moving out of the classroom
• Allow students to use their own laptops
• Walk up, Connect, Get to Work
• First TeamSpace installed Winter 2004
• Upgraded to TeamSpot software Winter 2005
• Reorganized as GroupSpace Winter 2006

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TeamSpot

• Major components
• Host computer
• PointRight pointer redirection to shared
  display
• CrossWarp transfer files

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PointRight

• Pointer redirection from
• your laptop to community
• screen

Shared TeamSpot screen
Your laptop
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CrossWarp

• Transfer documents, URLs, and other files from
  your laptop to community display via drag and
  drop
• Also transfer between connected laptops

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New Paradigm

• Greater than sum of parts

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GroupSpace Locations
Library Core
East Residences
West Residences
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Meyer Library

• Main technology building
• GroupSpace located on 24-hour lobby
• Installed in Spring 2004

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Meyer Library

• V-shaped tables
• 2 displays

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Residences Toyon Hall

• 200 sophomores
• Moose Room
• Installed Winter 2006

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Residences - FroSoCo

• Freshman Sophomore College
• 200 residents
• Computer cluster

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Technical Problems

• Definition of ease of use
• Ease of use ! Ease of administration
• Laptop required for use
• Stability and upgrades
• Cables, power, networking
• No keyboard mouse
• Lack of on-site, FTE support in residences

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Programmatic Problems

• Marketing
• If we build it, will they come?
• If they dont come, what will we do?
• Threshold to use
• Training issues
• Establishing space identity

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Internship Program

• Winter through Summer 2006
• 3 paid interns
• 10 hours/week each intern
• Learning, Design Technology (LDT) program in
  School of Education

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Internship Programs

• Goals
• Increase usage
• Form relationships with courses programs
• Usage studies
• Recommend programmatic and possibly technical
  changes

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Ongoing Effort

• Continuing to refine and evolve
• Working with other schools

What are you seeing?
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Contact Us

• Surajit Bose
• surajit_at_rescomp.stanford.edu
• Allan Chen
• allan.chen_at_stanford.edu
• http//groupspace.stanford.edu
• groupspace_at_lists.stanford.edu