Thing 10 - Live Streaming

What can I say?  - Gutted!  I was all ready for the Rudai 23 Hangout, I'd opened up & checked everything was ok.  I'd looked through the proposed questions & jotted down possible answers, I'd re-read all my blogs.  Everything seemed fine, so I sat & waited & ................ nothing!  I can't work out what I did wrong.  I use Skype a lot, so it's not like I'd never used that type of thing before.  I kept re-reading the Thing 10 about Google hangouts to see if I'd missed something.  In the end all I could do was watch the YouTube live feed.  I was so cross with myself!

Anyway rant over  It was interesting to hear what the others were saying, although the audio feed was quite poor, & it kept freezing a bit.  Although it was the first time I'd "used" Hangouts, I wasn't as inpressed with it as Skype, it was a bit jumpy, & hard to hear, & that can't have been totally my machine, as it's the same one I use with Skype.

However, I can see the usefulness of it for work purposes.  Because of the Feltag Report, we have to deliver some modules on line and if the students have any difficulties, then we could use this for mini workshops, especially with work based learners.

 

Why have a stuck a picture of Daleks in my blog?  I've just re-read it & it's a bit negative, so I thought I'd cheer it up a bit.

 

I'm not going to give up on Hangouts, & if someone can please let me know where I went wrong, I'll be eternally grateful.

 

Onwards and upwards to thing 11 ........