Last week when Team KYM met after class, Yu-Fen gave us a preview of her Skype presentation. It's nifty and I think I would be more inclined to use it if I had more international calling- the rates were so inexpensive! Using Skype in the educational context is still a stretch for me. After all, isn't it really just a different type of 'phone'?
Actually...since our class has had issues with the voice component in Elluminate, perhaps we try using Skype for the voice and the screen share /collaboration functions in Elluminate? Just a thought.
The WizIQ product was quite impressive. A free application that allows students and teachers to connect online! More importantly, it appears a learning community is beginning to build on their site. This tool can be quite useful for students and teachers- enabling sick students get the lecture and notes; enabling teachers an opportunity to further extend the 'learning experience' past the physical classroom. I can see many applications for this tool.
And finally, we viewed our 'teens and technology' movies this week. The greatest thing about interpretive art is that there are no mistakes. It's all good. We all did great jobs. I get the sense that so long as we are allowed to continue to tap into our creativity, we will continue to stretch ourselves in ways we haven't been able to in a long time. How refreshing is that?
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