1)Internet Telephony is a type of program that allows people to use the internet as a transmission medium for telephone calls. It is also free to call anyone, as long as you have internet access and it is much cooler and cheaper then phones since you would have no phone service and you can actually see the person on the other end communicating with you. Internet Telephony is basically a way to use your voice to communicate with someone over the internet. It is similar to an internet telephone call. Web Cams are very commonly used for internet telephony. Skype and Bandwidth can also be used yo communicate with others over the internet in this manner.
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I followed the threaded discussion about webcams in the classroom under the internet telepathy tool. I learned is that through webcams in the classroom, which is a type of internet telepathy, one class can actually connect, communicate and collaborate with other classes not only in different states, but across the world. I just thought that was so cool!
I chose to discussion because I know how moodle can be used as a class tool because we use it in this class, but I wanted to learn about how a class can actually be taught virtually thorugh moodle. After doing some reading on this threaded discussion, I found that moodle is basically the beginning point for the virtual classroom, but other online programs are needed in order to make the classroom virtual. Some teachers in this discussion used Ning and WizIQ to make their virtual classroom. This interested me because I have been seeing commercials on public online elementary schools. I bet this is how they do it.
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