Synchronous Interaction

One of the topics we looked at this week was synchronous interaction. I found a website that lists a bunch of free tools for this purpose: http://topfreedownloads.brothersoft.com/chat-tools/index.html. I enjoy synchronous chats myself; they're part and parcel of the MMORPG, Lord of the Rings, that I enjoy playing. You are able to meet and chat with people from all over the world. I think that an online chat would also be useful in terms of asking questions in the university scene. One semester, I used Yahoo chat and gave all students my Yahoo name. Not many people took advantage of it, but those who did seemed to find it very useful. They were able to shoot a question at me and get an immediate response. This is something I need to think about trying again.