Software+7+-+Meebo

= Software #7 – Meebo =

www.meebo.com

__Use in Educational Setting –__ No longer do student’s and teachers need to long into 5 or 6 different social media accounts to communicate with one another. Meebo provides users with quick and concise access to a chat session. Meebo is the perfect tool for a teacher to use to help bridge the gap between in and out of school. Teachers can easily set-up a Meebo account and log in anywhere and be able to open a direct line of communication with student’s nearly anywhere.

__Cost, Registration Issues –__

Meebo is 100% free and has only a few simple registration forms. Meebo also has a variety of functions that can be accessed from other mediums outside of a desktop or laptop. Meebo now has full function through the Andriod, Blackberry and iPhone.

__Useful in what content and value to classroom –__

Meebo provides users with a direct link to one another. This could be a very useful tool within any classroom environment. All that is needed is an Internet connection of nearly any type, not even a computer. Meebo could easily provide a classroom with a piece of communication when outside of the classroom. For classes that attend fieldtrips a meebo connection could provide a virtual check-in for students as they explore their surroundings. Teachers could log into their account and receive and send messages to students to check in as well.

__Meta-cognition and Meebo –__

Directly entrenching the students into the meebo experience helps students learn the program. Although there isn’t too much for students to learn from the program it is still a direct relationship to meta-cognition. Students are given a new program that connects their multiple identities (social profiles) into one universal tool. Meebo was clearly designed for a generation of exploration and it easily provides a learning opportunity for all users.

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