I have been a semi-fan of instant messaging for a few years. However, I don't use it a great deal due to problems receiving some messages in our buildings. On our Mac computers we have iChat and it is managed by our district so that we can chat with other teachers/administators in our district during the day and it has been very useful in that I can send quick messages to teachers about concerns or with questions; however, it seems that many of them prefer using email to stay in touch during the day and we are told that using iChat uses up a lot of our bandwidth so we really haven't been encouraged to use it. I have tried out Yahoo Instant Messaging but was not happy with it. My family and I are using Google Chat because it is one of the few instant messaging programs that I can access at school. I tried the 23 Things Kansas extra credit link but only one other person was on and apparently they were away from the screen. I'll keep trying this because I think it could be very helpful.
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Sorry we weren't in the IRC channel when you visited! I'm always a little sad when I show up and see people who have popped in and out while we were away from the room. The chat channel will stay up for the remainder of 23 things, at least I'll be there when I can. I didn't realize iChat was bandwidth intensive. We use Google chat in the office and with other libraries in NEKLS. Works great.
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