• 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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University of Southern California uses GS for Software Development Projects

Posted on June 21, 2006 by jimhooton

Here is an interesting case study submitted by USC Hasan Kitapci and his professor, Barry Boehm.  Professor Boehm is highly regarded for his work in the Systems Analysis field.  
A major challenge for system and software development is to understand the group decision-making and negotiation process, and find efficient ways of supporting groups of stakeholders in solving the problem [...]

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