Monday Lynda and I talked on both WebEx and Google Talk, mainly for practice. We used a webcam and microphone for both sessions.
First I logged into WebEx using the link that was sent to me....I also was sent a phone number to call for the audio, but I was able to simply use the audio on my computer. Lynda showed me some of the main features of WebEx. They included a chat, sharing of desktops, passing of "a ball" to give control to a different presenter, and even a Whiteboard. I'm still not sure how I'd access WebEx for Century, though--it's not a public site.
After trying WebEx, we tried Google Talk. It took a bit longer for me to get into Google Talk because I downloaded both the Google Talk software AND its video app to my computer. Turned out, all I really needed was the video plug-in for Google Chat. I learned that Google Chat could be used in either iGoogle or Gmail--we tried to use it in Gmail. On the left hand side of the Gmail options, I noiced a "Chat" option. Once Lynda was logged on, I could "call" her by clicking on her name and then the video screen option.
Then we started working with GoogleDocs. I found my file about the Teaching Circle Announcement that we were working on and uploaded it to Google Docs. Lynda pointed out that I should have opened it as a "Google Docs" file by checking the necessary button when uploading it, and I did that the next time. Opening a .docx file as a Google Docs file enables shared editing....so both she and I could talk about the document and edit it. In doing so, Google marked who had done what, which was good. But we sort of forgot about the video aspect in the meantime.
Lynda and I will meet at the CTL at 2 pm Thursday to discuss the teaching circle announcement further.
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