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Last Friday I participated in one of the online workshops for “Mobilise-this!” (See 2 posts ago). I sat in on “Podcasting in Education” through Breeze an online meeting room. It took me some time to get the hang of what was happening by sitting in on an earlier session. I was really aware of the need to multi-task. There was a jumping video, related audio that occassionally dropped out, a screen dump of the convenors computer, 2 different chat rooms and the ability for participants to talk via microphones. I hooked my mic up but was never game to talk. The chat room was difficult enough and the second chat room I never worked out what it was doing. I am pleased to say I knew most of the stuff presented and it was great when the convenor got down to some brass-tacks about posting a podcast.

The process became difficult as I was doing it from home and the kids walked in from school but I don’t think work would have been any better. In fact I’m sure it wouldn’t have been. So I am almost at the point with e-learning about podcasts where I need to physically sit with someone to fill in my gaps in knowledge. I suspect this need  is based on my impatience to get this skill going!