Free Web Conferencing Tools for Teachers – Guest Blog Post « Kim. Free Web Conferencing Tools for Teachers Awhile back Karen Schweitzer contacted me about an opportunity to guest post on my blog. The topic of web conferencing is one that is near and dear to my heart and I have a wiki devoted to the topic of web conferencing/video conferencing in the classroom. Here is Karen’s post on web conferencing tools – thanks Karen! Web conferencing is a great way for teachers to integrate technology into their classrooms and their daily lives. There are many free web conferencing tools that can be used to schedule meetings, host parent-teacher conferences and webinars, broadcast videos, collaborate, and share computer screens online.
Here are a few free web conferencing tools that work well particularly well for teachers: Phonevite – Phonevite is a free broadcasting service that can be used to invite people to a web conference via telephone. SAM – SAM is a free online meeting scheduler. Mikogo – Mikogo is a free cross-platform tool for desktop sharing. Like this: Team Apart - Real simple. Real-time. Dimdim: Web conferencing that just works. Dimdim provides easy, Vyew - FREE Anytime Collaboration and Live Conferencing™