Just spent a fascinating hour with a group of students on a games design course. The students (from Chalfonts CC) were at their homes as were their teachers and I. The course leader (Roxana) was in Chicago and another presenter Greg Trefry was speaking from New York. All done using webconferencing with simple webcams and domestic broadband - worked easily. The system used was Adobe Connect and is free for all Bucks schools (talk to Ian Usher). Afterwards it was intriguing to discuss pedagogy with the presenters. For instance, how you can work through the lack of feedback through body language and expression which you get in a classroom but not in a webconference. And I learned so much about games and the principles of designing them. Really interesting evening - yes evening, it was all done between 7.30 and 8.30pm.
