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Possible topics for Chat
- Instant Messaging via Internet
- SMS messaging via mobile devices, cellphones and the Internet
- Anytime, anywhere learning
[edit] Resources
- IM Online RU?
- Instant Messaging: Collaborative Tool or Educator's Nightmare?
- Instant Messaging is There Validity?
- Edu Tech Wiki - Instant Messaging
- Educational Technology Innovation and Impact/Blogs, Wikis and Online Interaction
- The Six Biggest New Ideas in Chat (Nov 2006)
- Text Message Abbreviations
[edit] IM Applications
- AIM (America Online Instant Messenger)
- iChat (Mac)
- Google Talk
- Skype
- Trillian
- Gaim
Check out the following by Mark Wagner... http://edtechlife.com/?cat=46
I’m a big advocate of Instant Messaging in Education. My reasons can be summarized by these points:
- It can be used to provide on-demand just-in-time support for students.
- Mutliple conversations can be occuring between students or between students and the teacher without any of them being interupted or disturbed.
- More students can participate than in a traditional class.
- It’s a great way to get to know, and then stay in touch, with students.
- It helps students prepare for a 21st century muti-tasking work environment. (Including the social use of IM while working.)
- It is a better way to contact teachers than calling or appearing in their room.
- It can be asynchronous, or synchronous.
- Reasons 1-4 (and 5 even) apply to tech coordinators’ (and administrators’) work with their teachers, too.
- It can provide a sense of connection for teachers issolated in their rooms.
- It is a great way to stay in touch with others in your life, too. (Since we know that “and Life” is important to Education.)
Here’s a link to some of the posts I’ve written about IM in Education: http://edtechlife.com/?s=Instant+Message
