Week 1 Blog

I've checked and used a lot of tools to develop teaching before taking this course, while I still find a bunch of great websites and applications for educational purposes.

I like ZOOM because I had a bad experience using Skype and JoinMe. Skype is so unstable that I could barely share my screen and chat online at the same time. I used to share my screen on Skype to watch movie with my friend while the connection quality is awful and they kept asking me to rate the quality every single time but they still got no development at all. I used JoinMe several times to chat with colleagues and show them some projects while it disconnected all the time. I have to type in my colleague's phone number to make sure he is in the discussion. Therefore, ZOOM comes into my sight and shows great stability and resolution even when I use it with seven people. I think ZOOM is fabulous for online course and group chatting because it also provides steady connections on smart phones. Less lagging and fewer disconnecting problems will impress more customers to use this tool in varied areas, such as business talk. To use ZOOM in future classroom setting, I would like to provide more virtual tours by inviting guest speakers from different countries. They could easily get into the ZOOM anytime and anywhere to share their findings to expand student's knowledge.