Podcast 3

At last! we have internet in our new house and I can get on with this course. Here is podcast episode 3 from the series, Voice from Vancouver. it's called 'A tale of 2 cities' and it's all about the differences in living in a rural town in Botswana compared to downtown Vancouver.

Listen to this episode

I'm finally starting to understand how Podbean works and even though it's taken me a long time, I appreciate the assignment to do 3 podcasts - helps to embed the learning.

I won't post any more Voice from Vancouver podcasts on this blog ... but if you want to hear more you can go to voice-from-vancouver.blogspot.com

Podcast 2

I'm sorry if this is confusing (you should try this from my side) but here is podcast number 2!

I've been trying to keep up with current modules as well as catch up with previous ones - so I'm still recording and uploading podcasts as we have to do 3. Actually, it's starting to get a little easier now and I even remember how to do it without the instructions - yay!. We use Podbean to host our podcasts - it's a great free service and anyone can use it.

In this episode, I explain what the Commonwealth of Learning is and a little about my new job there as Education Specialist, Skills Development. Let me know what you think of the podcast - or if you want to ask any questions about COL - you can send an email or even post to this blog.

Listen to this episode

Google not talking

We tried to have a group chat using Google Talk so that we could complete a group task for an assignment. It was hard enough to get three of us online at the same time (!) but then we discovered that we did not have the 'group' facility in GT. So with a quick bit of thinking, we decided to sign the others up for a Skype address and then we could have a 3-way conversation in Skype.

Then we discovered we needed to share a document - you can share files on skype but not one that you can all see synchronously. So we opened a file in Google Docs and discovered you can all edit a document and see each others' contribution. That was how we managed to complete the assignment.

A bit of a long way round - but it worked!

Google Talk

This week we have to use GoogleTalk ... which is a lot like Skype which I have been using for some time to communicate with friends and family.

GoogleTalk allows you to have synchronous communication - both text and/or audio plus you can share files. My son used to use Skype often to send me his university assignments for comment, or photos of his travels.

I'm hoping to catch up with classmates using GoogleTalk this week. My contact details:

a.mead.richardson@gmail.com