It’s hard to not think of Justin Timberlake, but I think synchronous communication is pushing those “anti-social” computer ideas far, far away. I have mostly had experience in chatting using text and a few video sessions last semester for a group project using Elluminate. I wanted to try wimba, as I have signed up for the wimba tests and want to get some experience with it. I was happy about how quickly it was to set-up/download (thank goodness for my fast MacBook) and how quickly I was able to get in and start playing with it. I love that you can have audio, visual and text. I have always been curious about how people don’t talk over each other, especially since in text situations it just puts it in order of who typed last. I can see features, such as the raising of the hand, keeps it very organized. I wish someone else was logged-in at the same time so we could chat (I’m so disappointed I won’t be able to make the Wimba chat on the 14th….I voted for Monday, lol). I just wonder how many students would be the best? (As I have a class of 30, would that work or be chaotic?) I also wonder since Moodle doesn’t have it’s own audio chat and has multiple third parties, will it ever pair up with a third party and use only that program for their audio chats in the future, restricting others? what would that do to current set-ups?

Now, I need to try to figure out how to incorporate Wimba into my Moodle.

Posted: 06|1|11 at 5:24 pm. Filed under: Uncategorized.
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