Comments on: PBwiki and YackPack give wikis a voice for education http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/ Comments, reflections and occasional brainstorms Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:56:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.4-bleeding By: Facilitating Communication for Online Collaborations | IndiaKnows.com http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-72797 Facilitating Communication for Online Collaborations | IndiaKnows.com Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:12:49 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-72797 [...] YackPack I am fascinated with the facility that YackPack provides for group collaboration. Recently Anne Davis blogged about the new free WalkieTalkie widget provided for instant communication between people viewing the same webpage. In fact PBWiki have included this YackPack widget as a feature. This is excellent news. This is what CNET’s webware had to say about it. I was fortunate to try it out the other day and spoke to Diane Hammond from Canada via Anne’s Voices wiki page. I could hear Diane clearly but my own voice was rebounding with lots of echo. This is the ongoing problem we have from Bangladesh where our bandwidth I think is affecting the quality. Kim Cofino in her recent post Yakking it up on YackPack gives an excellent overview of the pros and cons of using this online software in a classroom and collaborative situation. [...] […] YackPack I am fascinated with the facility that YackPack provides for group collaboration. Recently Anne Davis blogged about the new free WalkieTalkie widget provided for instant communication between people viewing the same webpage. In fact PBWiki have included this YackPack widget as a feature. This is excellent news. This is what CNET’s webware had to say about it. I was fortunate to try it out the other day and spoke to Diane Hammond from Canada via Anne’s Voices wiki page. I could hear Diane clearly but my own voice was rebounding with lots of echo. This is the ongoing problem we have from Bangladesh where our bandwidth I think is affecting the quality. Kim Cofino in her recent post Yakking it up on YackPack gives an excellent overview of the pros and cons of using this online software in a classroom and collaborative situation. […]

]]> By: Kim Cofino http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-43147 Kim Cofino Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:49:28 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-43147 We've been using the "Private Pack" feature over on wikispaces and it's amazing! Basically you join the "pack" and can leave "audio e-mail" for anyone else in the group. It's totally private, so only those in the group can communicate. We have students from New Zealand to Malaysia to the United States chatting. Totally different time zones? Not a problem anymore! We’ve been using the “Private Pack” feature over on wikispaces and it’s amazing! Basically you join the “pack” and can leave “audio e-mail” for anyone else in the group. It’s totally private, so only those in the group can communicate.

We have students from New Zealand to Malaysia to the United States chatting. Totally different time zones? Not a problem anymore!

]]> By: Not So Distant Future » New tool for pbwiki http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-42273 Not So Distant Future » New tool for pbwiki Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:31:09 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-42273 [...] Pbwiki has a new tool–a voice-chat box you can install within the wiki.   Vicki Davis explains that Yackpack and Pbwiki have combined forces to create this handy tool. [...] […] Pbwiki has a new tool–a voice-chat box you can install within the wiki.   Vicki Davis explains that Yackpack and Pbwiki have combined forces to create this handy tool. […]

]]> By: Anne Davis http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41983 Anne Davis Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:53:26 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41983 Hi Diane and Julie, Glad you had a nice chat! Wish I could have joined in! Yes that number at the bottom right hand indicates how many are visiting the page and they could have joined in at any time. I am not sure about the echo but I am sure that they will try to fix it if at all possible. I'm learning as I go and I encourage anybody reading this to join the press conference tonight if at all possible. Hi Diane and Julie,
Glad you had a nice chat! Wish I could have joined in! Yes that number at the bottom right hand indicates how many are visiting the page and they could have joined in at any time. I am not sure about the echo but I am sure that they will try to fix it if at all possible. I’m learning as I go and I encourage anybody reading this to join the press conference tonight if at all possible.

]]> By: Julie Lindsay http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41982 Julie Lindsay Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:03:28 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41982 Diane, sorry I forgot your name! what an interesting online life we lead ;-) I agree, typing slows me down, however echo is also very disturbing. Julie Diane, sorry I forgot your name!
what an interesting online life we lead ;-) I agree, typing slows me down, however echo is also very disturbing.
Julie

]]> By: Julie Lindsay http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41981 Julie Lindsay Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:01:43 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41981 Hi Anne Just tried this on your wiki with a wonderful person from Canada. It works but from Bangladesh I was getting a LOT of echo. I do love PBWiki, but also use Wikispaces and Evoca for audio as well. Julie Hi Anne
Just tried this on your wiki with a wonderful person from Canada. It works but from Bangladesh I was getting a LOT of echo. I do love PBWiki, but also use Wikispaces and Evoca for audio as well.
Julie

]]> By: Diane Hammond http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41980 Diane Hammond Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:58:20 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41980 Anne, I just tried out the voice chat on the Voices blog. Very cool! I had the chance to chat with Julie Lindsay (she's just starting her weekend in Bangledesh). I think this is a great wiki enhancement. Sometimes you just get tired of typing ;-), so being able to chat with your collaborators will be very useful. The number displayed in the bottom-right corner of the logo was 5 and I think that means there were five people visiting the page at the time. Could all five have heard our conversation and joined in if they chose to do so? Anne, I just tried out the voice chat on the Voices blog. Very cool! I had the chance to chat with Julie Lindsay (she’s just starting her weekend in Bangledesh). I think this is a great wiki enhancement. Sometimes you just get tired of typing ;-), so being able to chat with your collaborators will be very useful. The number displayed in the bottom-right corner of the logo was 5 and I think that means there were five people visiting the page at the time. Could all five have heard our conversation and joined in if they chose to do so?

]]> By: Anne Davis http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41929 Anne Davis Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:38:37 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41929 Yes!! This is awesome! ! Thanks so much for making this available for us!!! Yes!! This is awesome! ! Thanks so much for making this available for us!!!

]]> By: Curt http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41925 Curt Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:27:38 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41925 Anne: The video walkthrough's up on our blog now too: http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-announces-voice-chat-and-it-is-awesome/. Anne: The video walkthrough’s up on our blog now too: http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-announces-voice-chat-and-it-is-awesome/.

]]> By: Anne Davis http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41917 Anne Davis Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:27:46 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/04/11/pbwiki-and-yackpack-give-wikis-a-voice-for-education/#comment-41917 Glad you were able to test it! It is so cool! I continue to be amazed and want all our kids to have the opportunity to be amazed too! Glad you were able to test it! It is so cool! I continue to be amazed and want all our kids to have the opportunity to be amazed too!

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