Pushing my board out to the Wave
Tuesday, 17. November 2009
I was very curious about Google Wave. When my nephew first offered me an invitation I turned him down. Â Google Wave was in Beta and I had far too many projects to contend with. Last week I acquired one of those invitations from him and jumped into the water. Wave is collaborative software rather than chat software. Someone using it as an alternative to MSN or a chatroom is seriously underutilizing it. It feels more like a wikispace to me. Eventually people will begin linking Waves together and we will have hyperwaves braided together and linked like the multidimensional universe of the web.
I have begun networking through contacts made at Classroom 2.0. Contacts are everything. Sometimes they are slow to take off. A technology mentor, Dean Shareski, here pointed me toward Classroom 2.0 through Twitter. I found a Thread posted there about Google Wave and joined an impromptu learning group. We began with simple editing using random questions in a give and take. As some of us became more comfortable, the Wave took on structure. Perhaps because Google Wave is still in Beta, there are things to work out and refinements to make (I dislike my inability to move blips or minimize blips like the blog embed code.). I was pleased to learn how to embed a test Wave on a new Edustange page. This is all so educationally relevant.
Alan Stange Says:
I see my embedded Wave is misbehaving. It may have something to do with the newness of all these gadgets. We shall see. Sorry to disappoint.
Angus Says:
Alan,
Just want you to know I think your blog and your wiki are true examples of what we can do well with technology! Keep up the great work!