When you first try something out there’s always that uneasy terror that everything’s going to go horribly wrong and you’ll be scratching some body part wondering what to do and what will happen next. I kinda felt like the gents in the above picture as we all scrambled to get onto the Skype conference today. A cacophony of dings and clicks and echos and ironically a land phone in the background helping people get on board.
A sinking ship or voyage to a new land? We should all be congratulated on our Skype conference. We jumped on board to see where this adventure would take us next.
After a little fenegaling there we all were. It was finally good to match voices to alias’s and finally to names although not seeing people when you’ve been communicating with them is still a bit strange. As they say, most cues to communication are non-verbal. Which was why there was often blank air in the conversation before we all got a “visual” of who was in the room.
Overall, it went well. The most important aspect for me was finding a bit about people’s backgrounds and expectations with their own voice. Its a much better way of getting their impression on things, that words cannot not alone express in blogs.
We talked a lot about paper topics. My paper will likely concentrate on inclusion of technologies kids use already (cell phones, Facebook, etc.) into the classroom. Other topics included how to create a community of learners and the impact of ICT in the classroom.
I will continue to share and borrow many of your resources and work on my to do list. Keep on Teching everyone.
