Group 1 Recorded Session
What web conferencing tool did your group use?
For our web conferencing we used a new tool to all of us called Vyew.
What were the advantages to using the web conferencing tool to discuss this project?
Some of the advantages of using this tool is that we were all in "real time" and could discuss and ask/answer questions to each other right away. It was nice to be able to have us all there at once, even though poor Seema had to do it really early in the morning on her time (thank you Seema!)
This allowed us to be able to make our decision of what technology we would be focusing on right away with immediate discussion of any issues we may have. It was nice because we also had the use of the microphone if we did not want to text our thoughts/questions to each other! I like the microphone because you felt like you were having a real conversation hearing others voices!! (although we are still working out our kinks of the echoing :-P)
Angela had set up the bullet points that needed to be discussed, which allowed us all to have access to writing in and editing what our project would be about! What were the disadvantages to using the web conferencing tool to discuss this project?
I think the main disadvantage to this web conferencing tool was the echoing of the microphone! Other than that, I believe the tool was very useful in allowing us to complete our brainstorming session!
How might this be useful in the classroom?
I think this would be a nice aspect to use with group work, or study groups, to work either student to student or teacher to students to help either do group work or show them material they may be confused about. It's nice because it allows for a screen cast to show your group mates or each other, and allows the opportunity to answer and ask questions, share suggestions, etc. However, Sarah is trying another program WizIQ, which is something I would like to look more into specifically for my math classes :-)
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