Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, August 30, 2011,
In :
Chat
Communication Channels are important for Learning Providers - 99
Chats is an easy to use chat service that lets practitioners create chat
rooms that can be added to a website, VLE or blog etc.
99 Chats
is highly customizable and can be a great way to expand the learning
experience. An ideal way to offer extra help for learners when they need
it or perhaps even to communicate with employers and/or other
stakeholders. Easy and free with lots of possibilities to improve
communication in t...
Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, June 27, 2010,
In :
Chat
There are more ways than one for Learning Providers to keep visitors to
their website/blog/wiki/VLE etc., engaged, and one that has always
proven to do well is adding a chat.
Many practitioners feel that chat rooms have become obsolete now that IM applications are so widespread but, chat rooms can still pack quite a punch if implemented correctly, and that is what plugChat.in will enable users to do.
Just copy and paste three lines of code and a chat bar is added into
the chosen 's...
Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, June 20, 2010,
In :
Chat
Teenagers, and some older
learners, use (and abuse) acronyms when they are chatting and
understanding what they are actually saying can be tricky.
Teen Chat Decoder
has come up with a service that aims to shed some light onto the
subject. It is comparable to an online translation tool that will let
you input any acronym and have it expanded into 'Plain English'.
The ones that will benefit the
most from something like this, apart from parents (who are
understandably baffled by the things ...
Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, February 21, 2010,
In :
Chat
If managers, administrators, mentors, practitioners,
assessors etc., ever need a quick way to chat with someone without
registering or giving away any personal information, then NeatChat offers a solution.
Neat Chat is a free browser-based chat website that lets users create chat rooms quickly.
Neat Chat is the easiest and fastest way to have an online conversation
with a group of friends or colleagues. No signups or software installs
are required. You simply use a web browser to commun...
Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, October 28, 2009,
In :
Chat
ShopTalk is an application that aims to make professional collaboration an easier task.
ShopTalk lets different members of a team chat with each other in a setting which is both private and secure.
One of the best aspects of the whole service is that it enables users to employ tabbed chat rooms.
i.e. a person who is in more than one department/curriculum
area/faculty etc., within the same organisation will be able to take
part in different chat rooms at the same time should that be neces...