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Some of the Available Facilities in this Conference
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Screen Shot 3: Geoffery projected a PPt. slide that
includes a voice file, too. The interesting thing was that when I
clicked on the blue speaker icon shown on the slide above, I was able
to listen clearly to both Geoffery and the voice on the sound file
at the same time. (Please notice that I was using a DSL modem).
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Some of the Available Facilities in this Conference Room
Screen Shot 4: While Geoffrey was webcasting, I
was also able to move easily backward and forward to check out previous
and next pages, by clicking the back button shown on the left side below.
This room also allows participants to save a text chat, a sound file
including voices of all participants is still underdevelopment, however.
This was indictaed by another CompuEd facilitator, Henry, who joined
the room from London, in England.
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Screen Shot 5 shows a European project, currently, preparing to
use this tool, in six Language Centers throught Europe.
To conclude, this tool is good, simple and can be used easily
by students.As an EFL teacher , I believe tools like this one, provides
EFL/ESL learners with the opportunity to practice the four language skills,
including speaking, listening, writing, and reading.they are learning
verbally, and hear other voices of other teachers or learners with different
accents. I believe, this and other similar voice or webcasting tools;
such as, vClass of Elluminate.net, Alado.net, Voice Group board, and Yahoo
Messenger Voice Conference are effective tools in the Language Classroom.
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