In one of my other lives, I train dogs, and we are trying to come up with an online solution. In fact, I do a subset of training called clicker training.
So far, we’ve tried ooVoo, which has worked the best.
Today, we have been trying Skype on the laptop, which just like at TCEA today, proved not to be an ideal solution. Between the laptop and the wifi, Skpe wasn’t happy.
Worst yet, it won’t close! The only way I could get rid of it, was to close the application in task manager.
We want to be able to watch either and give hints. We really need video for that – and in fact, what has actually worked the best is the Kinnect. You can use Kinnect with Live Messager the other person doesn’t have to have the Kinnect.
The nice thing about the Kinnect is that it has a very wide angle view and can be aimed at the floor so people can see the dogs and their behaviors.
Technology and teaching can be so much fun.
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