I couldn't make the first chat as arranged through web ct so tried to arrange another on Friday night (4 July).
Technology is fantastic until it all comes crashing down on you. 1 of my course-mates was unable to join the chat as she was having computer issues. I also tried (unsuccessfully) over the course of an evening to create and 'bring to (Second) life an avatar to try chat that way.
I thought it would be a quick process to download Yahoo messenger and, well , cut a long story short, we didn't have a group chat on Friday...
I did have a fantastic chat with Mandy though : )
Organising a group chat
I had ‘advertised’ for a group chat on web ct and also our Yahoo grouplist for Monday night (7 July). At one point on the night, (before group chat time) I was chatting with Mandy and also having a separate conversation with Sarah, both over YahooChat.
I was also in Skype (finally got let in!). Gaynor had invited me for a chat on Skype (we had been trying to hook up for a few days but had had technical issues).
Mandy couldn’t get to Skype, so I invited Sarah to join Mandy and I on YahooChat. I conferenced them in to a chat together.
So I was chatting with the large group as well as a smaller group.
The group chat was held together quite well - there were about 8 of us. I found it easy to contribute to both conversations, but had to type frantically!
Skype was good for general ‘q and a’ style conversations, whereas I found the smaller conferences and chats on platforms such as YahooChat are great for getting to know course mates better – Hi girls! ; )
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