Loved the online meeting!

I was unable to attend the online meeting last night (was out playing night tennis - great balmy night for it!) so watched it online this morning. How great is that? I feel as though I was able to get so much more out of being able to listen to the lecturer's take on expectations for the assignments and also learning from the comments and questions of other students. It was SO much better than just reading through the written description. I was somewhat disappointed to see that only 4 of my classmates were in attendance, but I guess it doesn't really matter. Even if Carole was the only one present (which would turn it into a podcast right?) it would be a worthwhile endeavour. I am now a little concerned that the (vague) ideas that I had in mind for the assessment project may not be suitable, since they both require the participation of and interaction with students - which is a bit tricky given we only have 2 weeks of school left for the year. I was thinking of trying to set up a wiki-style book club for different ages/interests at the school that I currently work at. The other thought was to try to invigorate the Literature Circles unit that I do with a Yr 5 teacher at the school. The success of both of these projects would be unknown unless they are actually implemented. Will have to email Carole to discuss. The (minor) negatives regarding the online meeting were that a little time was spent trying to sort out audio issues - it may have been better to have gone with the chat feature only and not worry about voice contributions, but then I guess it was also nice hearing real human voices! I've never been involved in a "Skype" type meeting - which I guess is the next step up from the Adobe online meeting (with video as well as audio) - and although would feel quite nervous, even intimidated by the idea, would be prepared to give it a go. Onwards..... (still not happy about lack of paragraphs)