This Here CALL deally

So I'm not sold on wikis just because I'm not sure what they do. I like real-time peer editing setups, like googledocs, because I've seen their uses in a professional setting. It seems to me that a good deal of learning hwo to use these applications has to do with personal preference. Obviously ease of use and access should be priorities, and I am partial to podcasts, but I haven't quite made the jump to being able to visualize using a lot of this stuff in class. Hopefully my collaborative mega-project, being assembled this weekend, will open my eyes.

Second Life is interesting, or would be if I ever saw anyone on there. Even when I go to supposedly populated areas, like the massive ESL ho-downs that show up in a search, I can't find anyone--or, if I do, they don't seem interested in talking to me. Maybe it's my avatar--I know he's a little rakish, one might even say dashing, but does that mean he can't be an effective instructor? I should think not.