Google has been creating multiple apps that have all been not only innovative, but useful in the classroom. For example, in our music tech class we have been using google reader to blog for assignments.
This time though, google has really outdone themself. They have combined email, im, twitter, facebook, and skype. Not only that, but it is all drag and drop easy, live updated, and being constantly redesigned to be improved.
Google wave is not only applicable to social needs, but its also very applicable in the classroom. It can function as a wiki, can be used to playback things that have happened in the past, collaboratively work with other students on projects, and publish sites by embedding them.
Overall, google wave will be able to be used for all kinds of applications once it is released!
I am just as excited to see this in action as you and many of your peers. There are certainly a lot of potential applications for education with this program. It will be interesting to see how many teachers find ways to take advantage.
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ReplyDeleteA lot of cool stuff, but I'm not sure I like being able to see what other people are typing, and not just because I have no skill and make tons of typos. It's just kind of weird, as the statement isn't finished. It works better in live convos because the time it takes to say a few sentences is very short, but for most people, it takes time to type, and it's odd to have all that reaction time to an unfinished statement, at least to me.
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