Comments on: Using Instant Messaging in Education – Good or Bad? http://edte.ch/blog/2009/11/14/using-instant-messaging-in-education-good-or-bad/ Inspire Connect Engage Create Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:46:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed http://edte.ch/blog/2009/11/14/using-instant-messaging-in-education-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 Ed Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:51:52 +0000 http://edte.ch/blog/?p=589#comment-2001 Great concept. Anything that engages all the kids and has everyone involved in the discussion, can only be good! I've achieved the same sort of thing with solvr... <a href="http://a.freshbrain.com/solvr/" rel="nofollow">http://a.freshbrain.com/solvr/</a> in which you pose a problem and the kids can all be responding at once to the problem and to each other, with solutions, further problems and comments. Very engaging too! Great concept. Anything that engages all the kids and has everyone involved in the discussion, can only be good! I've achieved the same sort of thing with solvr… http://a.freshbrain.com/solvr/ in which you pose a problem and the kids can all be responding at once to the problem and to each other, with solutions, further problems and comments. Very engaging too!

]]> By: leewin http://edte.ch/blog/2009/11/14/using-instant-messaging-in-education-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-2000 leewin Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:16:12 +0000 http://edte.ch/blog/?p=589#comment-2000 Tom you have made a great point about using any kind of web tool actually. You have to have the objectives in place first for the lesson for the technology to be used properly. When using any type of tech be it twitter, chat, blogs etc., it always has to be linked back to learner outcomes.<br><br>Chat is a great way to engage learners and the examples you provided above are a great way for teachers to use this tool in their program delivery. <br><br>Again thanks for all the great ideas and advice. Tom you have made a great point about using any kind of web tool actually. You have to have the objectives in place first for the lesson for the technology to be used properly. When using any type of tech be it twitter, chat, blogs etc., it always has to be linked back to learner outcomes.

Chat is a great way to engage learners and the examples you provided above are a great way for teachers to use this tool in their program delivery.

Again thanks for all the great ideas and advice.

]]> By: Ed http://edte.ch/blog/2009/11/14/using-instant-messaging-in-education-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 Ed Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:51:52 +0000 http://edte.ch/blog/?p=589#comment-1446 Great concept. Anything that engages all the kids and has everyone involved in the discussion, can only be good! I've achieved the same sort of thing with solvr... <a href="http://a.freshbrain.com/solvr/" rel="nofollow">http://a.freshbrain.com/solvr/</a> in which you pose a problem and the kids can all be responding at once to the problem and to each other, with solutions, further problems and comments. Very engaging too! Great concept. Anything that engages all the kids and has everyone involved in the discussion, can only be good! I've achieved the same sort of thing with solvr… http://a.freshbrain.com/solvr/ in which you pose a problem and the kids can all be responding at once to the problem and to each other, with solutions, further problems and comments. Very engaging too!

]]> By: leewin http://edte.ch/blog/2009/11/14/using-instant-messaging-in-education-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 leewin Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:16:12 +0000 http://edte.ch/blog/?p=589#comment-1444 Tom you have made a great point about using any kind of web tool actually. You have to have the objectives in place first for the lesson for the technology to be used properly. When using any type of tech be it twitter, chat, blogs etc., it always has to be linked back to learner outcomes.<br><br>Chat is a great way to engage learners and the examples you provided above are a great way for teachers to use this tool in their program delivery. <br><br>Again thanks for all the great ideas and advice. Tom you have made a great point about using any kind of web tool actually. You have to have the objectives in place first for the lesson for the technology to be used properly. When using any type of tech be it twitter, chat, blogs etc., it always has to be linked back to learner outcomes.

Chat is a great way to engage learners and the examples you provided above are a great way for teachers to use this tool in their program delivery.

Again thanks for all the great ideas and advice.

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