• Group Collaboration in Education

    ThinkTank is group collaboration software by GroupSystems. It's used to help groups solve problems, provide input, build consensus and make decisions.

    This blog is devoted to how ThinkTank by GroupSystems is used in universities, community colleges and school districts.

    We welcome your comments and suggestions. We're always looking for new posts! For more on ThinkTank or GroupSystems, visit www.groupsystems.com

  • Contact Me

    My name is Jim Hooton and I'm the Education Sector Leader at GroupSystems. Our technology originated at the University of Arizona and I'm dedicated to helping other universities, community colleges and school districts benefit from it.

    Have questions or ideas you want to kick around? You can reach me at (303) 468-8680 x173 or email jim.hooton@groupsystems.com

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Mobile Lab teaches students, assists community

Posted on September 14, 2007 by jimhooton

Professors Minh Hunh and Barbara Schuldt from Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Management have created a unique service learning opportunity thanks to ThinkTank. 
As part of their Systems Analysis and Design course, they are teaching students how to gather software requirements using GroupSystems collaboration technology.  To add even more impact to the course, the student-run project is [...]

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San Francisco State University’s Collaborative Classroom

Posted on September 25, 2006 by jimhooton

Professors at San Francisco State University have a unique resource for encouraging classroom participation and they’re taking advantage of it in interesting ways.  The University’s Academic Technologies group has created a “Collaboratory” 
that provides the most modern classroom environment on the SF State campus for students and teachers to experience real-time collaborative learning with GroupSystems.  Examples [...]

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Wired class lets everyone talk at once

Posted on November 15, 2005 by jimhooton

Mohawk College software study intended to speed idea exchange
The Hamilton Spectator newspaper featured a story about how Professor Rocco DiGiovanni uses GroupSystems software to encourage classroom participation.  From the article: “Would you raise your hand more often in class if no one knew it
was you? It’s an idea being explored in a wired Mohawk College [...]

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Using Groupware Software to Support Collaborative Learning in Economics

Posted on September 21, 2000 by jimhooton

Here is research that leveraged GroupSystem from Linda M. Manning, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The article was published in The Journal of Economic Education (2000), 31(3)Summer.
Pedagogical research and practice show collaborative instructional methods can be effective ways to promote student learning and [...]

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