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In regards to the presentation tomorrow, we had to factor in different ‘what if’ scenarios on things that might happen/not happen during the presentation. For example, one of the interesting things we were going to do in the presentation was demonstrate a video feed in which partipants could show themselves via web cam. Because there would be over 20 people in the classroom whilst we conduct the presentation/ webinar, we didn’t want the video feed segment to consume our time if it did not work properly.

So one way in which we managed to fix this was adding another feature which was the chat feature to surrogate the video feed situation. This was beneficial to the presentation as the chat feature is also a synchrounous technlogy which relates to the overall webinar. The chat feature is also something that everyone within the classroom can relate to as programs such as MSN, ICQ, Facebook chat etc are all synchronous and in most cases, used regularly in their leisure time.

However, everything works out tomorrow. If it does, we may feature both chat and video and this will definiety incite excitement as they will be able to particiapate as well. We will factor in the time of the presentation. It seem that because our presentation is interactive, we may go over the time limit as we will allow participants to try some stuff out during the webinar. But at least everyone will try to learn from this and take out an experience that was fun and enjoyable. We hope to do this tommorrow but we shall see the outcome soon.

Today, I spent  a great deal of time practicing of my speech and my presentation for tomorrow. After yesterday’s meeting, I was able to learn and understand the flow on which we would conduct this webinar. There may be a few problems however, one in particular is when we want to demonstrate the video feed. I’m not really sure how to do it but may ask the teacher for some assistance when it comes for time to present.

I have gone through all the things I need to run through and everythings seems to be in working order. Another thing that I have also done today was browse through a variety of web sites and have noticed that there are a number of organisations who use WebEx to conduct their webinars. So performing this webinar tomorrow via WebEx seems to be a viable decision in which will allow participants in the classroom to learn with both theoretical and practical implications.

Another thing to consider is the group wiki. So far it looks ok, but it does need a few more editing. We have come up with a few good examples from each group member. At this point in time, we need to focus on the quality of the wiki as the presentation and wiki are both worth 15% each.

Today after we had finish class for today, one of my group members Jess and I met up after class to touch up on our presentation on our topic Synchronous Technology. We decided that since the main objective of the presentation was to focus on the technology itself rather than the various organisations who use or implement this piece of technology, that it would be a wise decision that we would solely put great emphasis on webinars.

 In conducting our presentation to the class, we decided that as a group, it would be feasable for two people to conduct the presentation and that we would do this through a webinar. I think that this would be a great opportunity for learners in the classroom to understand and learn more about the technology since not many have experienced being apart of one. Large corporate companies are those that usually conduct these webinars and this may be because they may have some branches in different countries.

Communicating via webinars has seem to be very cost effective and relatively convenient for anybody that uses it. I think that as organisations grow, they need to find different types of technologies they can use to further develop its communication with its various stakeholders. And synchronous (interactive and real time) technology has seem to bring a significant role in achieving this.

Some of the things that we will be discussing are what is a webinar? what are some of the features? advantages and disadvantages? and also some background information on how they can be used as the future piece of technology for organisations. Practicing the presentation today was very tiring and long. We had to fix a few parts of the presenation slides that would be used aliigned with the webinar. Cutting some parts of the presenation was also something we did because it was a long presentation when we timed it.

 At the moment, it looks very promising and I can see that the presenation will lead to a great success. Our presentation is in two days time so it is great to see that my group has stepped up in attempting to finish this earlier so that we can have extra time in practicing our presentation and fixing any parts of our wikis to its final stage.

Today during class, there were two presentations that were conducted in front of the class. The presentations were M-learning which is the ability to learn anywhere at anytime without a permanent physical connection to cable networks. The other is blogs, wikis and e-portfolios. These are self publishing technologies that can be used in an educational setting to assist learners to develop their skills and knowledge.

Both presentations were done very well and thorough. I found these presentation very helpful as it provided me an insight as to how other organsations can use these different types of technologies and implement them into their system. Some organisations focus on certain technologies and this is because they believe it is more beneficial for them in providing continual communication and flow.

 Next two weeks will be mid semester holidays. I don’t think it will be holidays for me as I need a lot of work for assignments and work at my part time job. Maybe I can ask my current workplace on what types of technologies they use to efficiently improve on the flow of the organisation. Technology plays a major part in organisations and I think it will be used a lot in a busy restaurant such as using blogs for reflection on how the day was in regards to money made, problems, accidents etc. This can be used so that it can prevent similar issues arising in the long run.

I need to work more into our technology which is synchronous technology. My group’s presentation is first week back of the semester break so there is quite abit or preparation to do such as fixing up the wikispace and the presentation. Hopefully, everything should be up and running with minor dramas. I am ready for the challenge…