the encouragement lounge: Cool tools! My new fave -- Eyejot!

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Cool tools! My new fave -- Eyejot!

My new favorite online tool is Eyejot, a video mailing tool. Eyejot has a free version that allows you to record video messages of up to one minute and then send them via email. I'm already using this to send updates to my students -- seems like a nice change of pace from email, and more personal and fun! You can even create groups and do group mailings. So I'm mostly using this to update students... and for the occasional birthday message to friends! I can imagine it might be useful for those of you doing group projects. Thoughts? Let me know if you try it out.

By the way, I have no affiliation with eyejot and only promote it here because there is a free version. Also, the photo above has nothing to do with eyejot, it's just fun.

More soon!

Harriet

photo by hls

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Working adult students, on my mind...

I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

With that in mind, I hope the encouragement lounge provides brief moments of respite and energizing connection. This does not at all replace valuable face-to-face contact. Many aspects of the academic journey can only be addressed via in-depth conversations with colleagues and teachers. And I would always rather sit down and talk with someone than to communicate online. Nonetheless, my aim is to give you one more channel for quick hits of support.