Creating an online real-time classroom
A VoIP tool is great for distance education but it doesn't let you, for example, share your desktop or present a slideshow to all of the students at the same time. Dimdim (http://www.dimdim.com), an online tool for web meetings, has all of this and more, in addition to the audio and video communication possibilities, and it's free for up to 20 meeting attendants. With a tool like this we can:
Demonstrate how to use a particular software
Make online presentations to the entire class, with real-time annotations, using Microsoft Powerpoint, PDF files, or by sharing our entire desktop
Draw and comment on a collaborative whiteboard
In our course, we could use this in several modules, but it would fit well in Module 4 - Music is a language. In this module, students have to create basic rhythms, harmonies, and melodies using free software, so that as a teacher we can discuss some of the basic music theory and use of applications to create music, sharing our...
