Elluminate Live

Ed tool Elluminate live is a way for people to chat, and interact from different computers. You can log on and be able to chat with others through typing or talking with a headset and microphone. The activity with the guest speakers was from my understanding being able to listen to guest speakers, and be able to respond or ask questions from the comfort of your home. Some positives of using elluminate live is that you do not have to be in the same room as them, you can be at home and still feel like you are in the room with every one else. The biggest negative part is that in order to log on to the class you must first get an invite. And if you do not recieve the invite then you are not able to be included with the class or to interact in all, which is what happened in my case. In the classroom I may use this for class discussions or presentations in the computer lab, just so the students can get a feel of how they can use this later on. I think Elluminate Live is a pretty good tool but has some kinks that need to be worked out. Also I noticed once when I was on before the timing of the speaking was way off. The words would come through like 5-10 minutes after the person had spoke.