I only went to one talk today, but I was going to be speaking and I didn't want to get overwhelmed. Again the sun is shining but it's still quite chilly.
I, again, put on coat, hat, and gloves, got my tall non-fat latte and headed over to the convention center. I got there around 8 and got the tail end of a talk about Second Life. Second Life is a virtual world where people live, work, interact, and pretty much do what they do in really life. People have been experimenting with it for learning, including second languages. I have fiddled with it, but it takes a lot of patience to learn to use, not to mention extremely fast internet service, so I didn't find it practical.
Anyway, the talk I was waiting for started, and it was great! It's about using voicethread. Check it out at www.voicethread.com. It allows you to make slide shows using images or powerpoint slides and add written or spoken comments to it. I think it would be great for student final projects or things like that. It's really easy to use, too, with minimal equipment.
My talk went really well, I started out with three people, two of them my buddies, but finished with about twenty, all of them very interested and with lots of questions, comments and suggestions. It was pretty great.
After the talk, I left the convention center to pick up my stuff and head over to the airport.
Right now I'm at Denver airport waiting for my flight,which has been delayed due to strong winds in Dallas. There's no guarantee that I will make my connect ingflight to London, so stayed tuned for the next episode.
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