We used Vyew (www.vyew.com) to try a video conference with the web cam feature. This is the second time using the Vyew site- the first time we used the text tool. While the web cam seemed like a great tool to use for working with people across long distance, it was rather unrealistic for our group because finding a time that we could all communicate at once was nearly impossible. It was awesome the first time when we could all do the work simultaneously, but it is rather unrealistic. Between school work, after school meetings, after school classes, etc, using Vyew is just not practical. For us, communicating via email and text messaging or talking on the phone worked best because we were "on the go" so much and never sat down to actually do the work until all different times. While Vyew has offered some great tools, it simply didn't work for us.
On another note, I could see where this tool would fit in to communicate across schools and classrooms whether within the district, across the state, or on the other side of the world. I think it would be very interesting to see what students could collaborate on given a specific topic. What a great learning experience it would be for them!
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