[Technical] Using IRC for student development collaboration

[James Poulos]

Hi all,
A few comments. 

> Imagine a situation where you have twenty five employees, who from 9 
> to 5, would prefer to socialize and share fun stuff instead of work 
> for Cybersource. Well, that's a scenario a teacher can face five times

> a day.  :-)

>With all activity logged and with interested users, this isn't a
problem.

The problem is that who has time to go through the logs. Also, you have
to have sanctions for those who break the rules. All of this creates
more work for the teacher/tech. 

Whilst the theory is great, in practice, my experience (with moodle
chat) is that it just gave more ways for students to waste time rather
than be a constructive tool. I wish it was otherwise :-(

James

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James Poulos
IT Coordinator
Cranbourne Christian College
jpoulos at crancc.vic.edu.au
Ph: 03 5995 2188
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