1.) Describe the distance Ed tool Elluminate Live.
** Elluminate Live is a distance education tool (software) that allows for students and people from around the world to participate in a class online. It enables people from all around the world to come together in one online space to conduct a class or lesson through the means of a headset. When you are on the program you cannot see the other people who are participating in the class but you can talk, hear, and chat with them.
2.) Explain the activity re listening and interacting with guest speakers world-wide?
** We had the chance to use elluminate live in our ed480 class to meet online with out two guest speakers. i found the experience to be very rewarding and informational. I got to attend a presentation from the comfort of my own bedroom. in the beginning i experienced some problems because the head set that i had was not working properly and i could not talk, but at least i could hear all that was happening during the presentation so i guess it was ok. The other things that are cool about elluminate live is that there is a chat where the participants can chat while in the session so even if you cant talk you can still chat and everyone can see what you are saying. There is also a white board that you can add pictures to, type larger, basically use it as a white board as if you were in a regular class. You can also add powerpoint and even show websites to the rest of the participants.
3.) What were the positives and the negatives of elluminate?
** I think some of the negatives might be that if the connection sucks then the whole experience sucks, and if your headset is not working then you would not be able to talk during the presentation. the positive is that people from all around the world can get together and talk or even have class online.
4.) How might you see yourself using that in the classroom?
** it would be a good thing to try. maybe in the classroom if you know any teachers off island or in other schools you can have your classes meet online for a presentation.