Sunday, November 14, 2010

VoIP Extra Credit

What a pleasant surprise! My sister has lived all over the country for the past few years and I've never used skype. My best friend's husband is in the military and told me how much she loved it but trying it out never interested me. My favorite thing about this class has been stepping out of my comfort zone and trying new things. Technology is useful and fun.


Skype is wonderful. I'm glad that the basic service is free. It is user friendly and if one overlooks the ocasional service interuptions due to faulty internet connections, it can be a useful personally and professionally. I definately see my self continuing my use to communicate with me sister who recently moved from Florida to New Hampshire. I'm excited! I currently work for a small nonprofit and I can see our staff of four using skype for informal meetings when we shift from having a physical location to home offices.


For this extra credit project I recorded a chat with my sister in New Hampshire. The Jing application stopped working a couple of times but I think I finally recorded a segment of our conversation successfully. I had the most trouble attaching the video to my blog. I tried so many different options because the blogger site said it kept having trouble uploading my video.

file:///C:/Users/Jasmine/Desktop/Lane_Jasmine_Skype_Extra_Credit.swf


http://portal.sliderocket.com/AILKL/Skype





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