Last week we had our first Elluminate Live session with the class and Kath, and discuss online the course so far and thoughts on the pending Assignment 1 we have due later this month. Elluminate Live allows for a virtual meeting room over the internet, and we all have our microphones plugged in and also chat in real time as well as chat on messaging boards and share files etc.
My first impression on the session, after I managed to fix my microphone, is that it worked really well and thoroughly enjoyed it. Most importantly, we had a chance to discuss Assignment 1. I had a few ideas as to what software and strategies to try out as part of Assignment 1, but it wasn’t until I heard others’ ideas and tools they were considering using that I began to re-think my choices. For instance, someone mentioned the merits of Microsoft Office OneNote as a virtual notebook and repository of ideas, links, brainstorms, notes, etc etc. I really liked what I heard, and decided to try again. I had in fact installed OneNote once before as part of the Microsoft Office 2007 upgrade, but after some trialling I just could not warm up to OneNote – until I gave it another go with a new perspective.
Very useful session indeed.
