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Anyzing and Zingthing - Zing Technologies.

Collaborative meeting and learning technologies developed in Sydney, Australia, and used throughout the world in Education, Community, Business and Government. Zing has a patented multi-cursor interface and promotes team formation for faster knowledge creation. Part of a subset of Information and Communications Technologies ( ICT ) called Group Support Systems ( GSS ) or Group Decision Support Systems ( GDSS ), Zing is also referred to as a Team Learning System ( TLS ) or Team Meeting System ( TMS ).

It is useful for a range of learning and meeting activities and can be used easily by children and adults. It has broad application for education, knowledge management, brainstorming, meetings, planning and reporting activities.

Academics have used Zing in their research methods and have also looked at its usage as the basis of their research.

Zing can be used with a range of different titles using the thinking methodologies of people and organisations, including Edward deBono's Six Thinking Hats.

Zing Research

Brian Caldwell - Professorial Fellow in the Department of Education Policy and Management - University of Melbourne

Research into educational transformation and leadership.

Jim Callan - Lecturer in Marketing - Central Queensland University

Research into learning with ICT using GSS and Team approaches to enhance learning outcomes.

Greg Whymark - Associate Professor in Information Systems - Central Queensland University

Research into Zing as a Knowledge Creation Tool.

Disadvantages

Zing relies heavily on keyboard entry, and this disadvantages some people. Although touch-typing is not a required skill, unfamiliarity with a keyboard is a barrier to effective participation.

Originally developed for use in the same location it has recently been extended for network usage. However a fast connection is required, which again raises issues of accessibility.

Links

Zing Technologies - http://www.anyzing.com/

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* http://www.abc.net.au/civics/democracy/schools/s274771.htm
* http://gss.cqu.edu.au/byfield_classroom.htm
* http://cms.curriculum.edu.au/anr2000/index.asp?p=&pg=ch10_case7.htm

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 Anyzing and Zingthing - Zing Technologies.
-Collaborative meeting and learning technologies developed in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], and used throughout the world in Education, Community, Business and Government. Zing has a patented multi-cursor interface and promotes team formation for faster knowledge creation. Part of a subset of Information and communications technologies ( [[ICT]] ) called [[Group Support Systems]] ( GSS ) or Group Decision Support Systems ( GDSS ), Zing is also referred to as a Team Learning System ( TLS ) or Team Meeting System ( TMS ).
+Collaborative meeting and learning technologies developed in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], and used throughout the world in Education, Community, Business and Government. Zing has a patented multi-cursor interface and promotes team formation for faster knowledge creation. Part of a subset of [[Information technology|Information and Communications Technologies]] ( ICT ) called [[Group Support Systems]] ( GSS ) or Group Decision Support Systems ( GDSS ), Zing is also referred to as a Team Learning System ( TLS ) or Team Meeting System ( TMS ).
 It is useful for a range of learning and meeting activities and can be used easily by children and adults.  It has broad application for education, [[knowledge management]], [[brainstorming]], meetings, planning and reporting activities.