Wimba: The Next Challenge
April 29, 2008 · Print This Article
It could only happen to me surely….and yet I know it dosent…regularly and it frustrates the hell out of teachers trying to make a go of it and I feel for them as they seek innovation only to have really seemingly simple things stop them in their tracks.
Here I am behind the the four-walled firewall and my VoxPopping DJ dropping attempt at trying to make it into Kerry Johnson’s world has yet again been stopped. I’ll try again from the home office.
Repeat attempts x 5 mean it’s a home job…again.
That also rules out my ideas for Wimba ( with ease ) poking it’s head through the Moodle installs out here in the West. I’ve managed to get Scorm compliant tool box things happening inside and that heartens me somewhat.
Luckily also though I’ve had the opportunity to speak with Graham Wegner , Janet Hawtin and last night Kim Cofino. Some things do work and yet…..
I tried using the CallGraph program to record Kim’s great talk last night but it fell over with no recording present at the conclusion of our Skype talk…..so perhaps Kerry you could extract something from the above MP3 recordings and Vox pop it through EDNA.
There are so many challenges for educators simply with navigation through the web inside large organisations that I’m sure this contributes to the perception that ICT’s are just so close and yet so tantalisingly out of reach hence an attitude of….nice…….if only it would work for us. I’ve eluded to this a little in my presentation which will occur this Thursday in Dubbo with the CSHT& R Faculty…just a little.
Without humour it’s hard to see forward. Without the guts the it’s hard to look back proudly and know that you’ve contributed to breaking down some stereotypes and demystifying some of the fear surrounding networked learning.
Beyond delivery.
I think I’ll invest in the PrettyMay pro. audio Skype recorder. Cant afford to have conversations like this with Kim or others just not record.
Graham, Janet and Kim are all looking for the same thing in this debate. Some sensible approachs to the use of digital technologies involving our most precious asset - our children. having the guts to become a networked and global citizen celebrating difference and celebrating unity where possible.
Beautiful day up here in Orange after the snow fall yesterday.
Aw, man, I’m so bummed that the recording didn’t work! After I hung up, I thought to myself that I sounded pretty good for a change! Oh well. The frustrations of technology.
You’re so right about good humor when trying new things. I think that’s one of the biggest hurdles for teachers trying to make technology work for them. Once you get past the fear of trying something new, you really really really want that new thing to work.
Without a good sense of humor, and understanding that failure isn’t the end of the world, tech-related frustrations tend to become a insurmountable challenges.
Hi Kim,
It was such a bummer because you were so articulate and poised and and and…….
I am mortified and all I can now offer is that we do it again and this time I’ll record via my MP3 external so that there is no way it wont record. I can then tidy it up in Audacity and intro it with some music perhaps and then we can distribute it again.
Would that be ok ? I’ll look for you on Skype again and we can try and get a time and date happening
Sure! I’d be happy to! No guarantee it’ll be any better than the first time around, though