user groups : educators

[Judy Perry]

Stephen,

I agree; chat can be especially difficult when you've got participants not
in anything like the same time zone.  Still, when it comes to getting
educators to participate, I'm for anything that helps make that happen.

Just my two small monetary units...  still like mailing lists better, but
I guess I'm about to be discovered by a team of archaeologists somewhere
;-)

Judy

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Stephen Barncard wrote:

> I guess I have to register as a chat-hater and non-texter, but I just
> don't see the efficiency of using chat when email and mail-lists work
> better.
>
> Chat requires you to sit there with full attention and wait for
> responses, and encourages one to type hastily, which can lead to
> misinterpretation. It's a complete time suck for me, your mileage may
> vary.
>
> I get all tense and impatient during chat, waiting for people to
> type, and wishing I hadn't joined the chat. One can't really do
> anything else during a chat session.
>
> A whiteboard or video image during chat adds a lot of value to a chat
> session. Otherwise, I don't see the point.
>
> >Hiya,
> >
> >Any educator out there who would be interested in a weekly, biweekly
> >or monthly chat session over skype or AIM? This would be about
> >exchanging information on current projects, funding opportunities,
> >interesting articles or news, eventual organisation of the
> >development of a shared set of resources, etc.
> >
> >Marielle
> >
> >------------------------------------------------
> >Marielle Lange (PhD),  http://widged.com
> >Bite-size Applications for Education
> >
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> stephen barncard
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