Comments on: Reader Participation Experiment–Play Along!

By: arvind s grover

arvind s grover — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:16:40 +0000

sorry I missed the call. hopefully it happened. excited to read about/ hear about it.

By: arvind s grover

arvind s grover — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:18:48 +0000

I just got off a Skype call and posted about it on my blog (http://www.21apples.org). I then headed over here to see what Will was talking about today and found this. Anyway, I am playing in the student-faculty basketball tourney tomorrow at 3:30pm, but may try to jump on the call if I can squeeze it in. I love the idea of Skype conferencing, and unlike Tom think the kids would probably run with it. I have teachers begging from MP3 recorders, because the students love to record voices, and will actually practice over and over to get things just right. The seriousness of sharing live really makes a big difference for students (I think). If I can't make it, will be excited to hear the results. Hopefully someone is able to Skype in...

By: Doug Symington

Doug Symington — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:15:34 +0000

Will — thanks for the opportunity — I’ll look for you tomorrow.
Tom — how does discounting proposals out of hand equate with “focus”? Methinks you need to embrace your inner geek

By: Tom Hoffman

Tom Hoffman — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:16:19 +0000

I just think we should try to stay focused.

By: Alison Gaunt

Alison Gaunt — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:36:13 +0000

Will, would love to take part tomorrow night (9pm here in the UK) but have a school carol concert. Maybe you could arrange this again in the new year at the weekend?
I am using SKYPE lots but have never used outside of the UK or with more than 2 people on at the same time. Hope it goes well and I look forward to hearing it.
Alison Gaunt

By: Will Richardson

Will Richardson — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:04:42 +0000

Oy. Tom…you’re really starting to bring me down. All I’m trying to say is that there are some other options to explore. Expand audiences. Teach reflection. Certainly not something you’d want to do EVERY time. Once a quarter?

Sheesh…

By: Tom Hoffman

Tom Hoffman — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:51:08 +0000

I think the utility goes down and the geek factor goes up once you get past the first option there. #2, for example, has been possible and fairly easy since the early 70′s, but who does it now? Any of this Skype stuff would be insanely time consuming, unless you were just doing a couple to impress your friends. You aren’t going to reach more than a tiny fraction of your community. If you’re talking about occasional special events, that’s cool and probably worth doing, but that’s not transformative.