We are using a platform called Adobe Connect for our virtual classrooms. One of the discussions we had was about our opinion on the program. The following was what I wrote.
In my opinion, for amateur bloggers both options are great. Only looking at WordPress a few times, it definitely looks better if you want to be more creative with your blog. It seems to have a lot more options and it is much more customizable. However, for the purposes that I use blogs, I lean towards using Blogger as it very simple thus easy for me to navigate. I also like that it is a part of Google so it is connected to all the Google features I am already using. I think WordPress might lean towards more experience users and Blogger caters a bit more to the “newbs.” Being a “Newb”, Blogger is the way to go for me. However, I could be persuaded to jump ship if someone walked me through the WordPress features.
This was after our second session on the platform. The first session we met the founder Emily and got a overview of the program. She opened up the forum to questions which we could all in in a live video chat. Pretty cool.
The second session was much more interactive. As we got a walk through of the platform and we give short 5 minute sample class using the features that are available. ex. polls, whiteboard, share files like presentations, mp3', images etc.
As of right now, there isn't an option to directly link Youtube but there is share desktop option which would allow you to do this anyways, so no biggie.
So far, great first week in the program!PS. If you are interested in taking a teacher certification then drop me a line at cshears@teach-now.com
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