From the Part Three of the textbook, I chose Instant Messaging and Chat. I am thinking to use it for reading activity in my class. We have not used computer lab room for my students, but I’d like to have some experiments with the tool this year and one of the activities can be with the tool, showing chat between my intern and me. Since showing only text doesn’t look attractive, I learned how to use emoticons both in Western style and Japanese way to add some exiting element. Using this tool in this way will meet the following standards:

InTASC

The teacher intentionally builds learner capacity to collaborate in face to face and virtual environments through applying effective interpersonal communication skills.

Oregon Educational Technology Standards

2C Students engage with learners from other cultures to develop cultural understanding and global awareness.

In choosing this tool using the rubric, cost was the number one reason. I actually think I could do the similar activity with a web conferencing tool, but the two tools introduced in the matrix in the textbook were either expensive or out of service.