DE Tools of the Trade: 2008 February 6
http://pastelpixels.com/detools_wp/?p=97
Last week, one of our teachers wanted to set up a temporary chatroom for a small group of students working on a collaborative project but without having to endure a lot of technical hassles. Unfortunately, I didn’t have anything to offer. A week later, Chatmaker showed up. It’s exactly what I wanted.
Chatmaker is simplicity itself. There’s no registration needed or account required. Simply give your chatroom a unique name. That generates a unique URL. E-mail the URL to the other participants. That’s all they need to join.
The application’s simplicity is also a glaring weakness for educators. For example, there is no way to make the chatroom private or to control access via username and password. Anyone who has the URL can join. Nevertheless, if a “quick & dirty” chatroom is something you need from time to time, Chatmaker is the best I’ve seen, by far.
Check it out at:
http://www.chatmaker.net
