Ken (the SOE tech guy) sent me the link to Tokbox. I won't have a chance to play with it before class, but wanted to pass it on because it's pretty intriguing looking. From their website:
Tokbox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. Here's how it works: you sign up and we give you a link. When you want to talk with anyone, just give them the link - they click and you chat.
Here are a few things that excite me about this so far:
- no chat client needed. For example, we'll be looking at Skype in our next class which is VoIP and also just added video conferencing. But when we do this in class, you'll see that we all have to sign up, then the PC people will need to use the macs or download the SKype client on their computers, etc. This sounds SO much easier (although Skype does allow 4-way video conferencing which is pretty dang cool!)
- Apparently you can add Tokboxes to your social networking sites, websites, and BLOGS! (if we combine this with ideas of informal, non-classroom-based learning...the mind boggles!)
- It's free
So if you get a chance to try it before I do (and I hope you do!) I'd love to see a demo in our next class.
(by the way...macintoshes need USB headset/mics, but PCs can use either headset/mics with either USB or the "stereo" plug connections--like where you plug speakers in to your PC. I have some non-USB headset/mics I can loan out if you want to explore.)
No comments:
Post a Comment