Palbee for online Collaboration
I found this site through a blog today.
Palbee allows up to 9 people to simultaneously work in an interactive online environment with video, chat and whiteboard capabilities. Oh and not to forget the recording and sharing features of the output. This product is similar to Yugma but with its own twist.
So go out and take a look at this site to see what it has. You can take the content and embed it into your own webpage after you have recorded your session. You can upload photos, graphics and powerpoints which can then be added to the whiteboard area and changed, modified or drawn over.
This is a free online service which has you to create a username and password. All of your attendees will need to create a username as well to join in your session. But here is a good thing.. you can LOCK down the session so that only you, the owner, and the people you invite can participate. No looky-loos. You can also set it as a widget on your browser.
Looks interesting to me and I am going to play with it some more to figure out what other types of things I can do with it.
Interesting… BUT … hmmm… how are these people going to sustain the service without any revenue. Free sounds cool. But how long will that last for. I actually used Yugma’s free version for a while, and then went to the pro version for 10 bucks a month. That’s less than 50 cents a day. lot less than my cup of java
Jason
April 16, 2008
Hi, I’m Matthew from the PalBee team. Thanks for writing us up in your blog. You might be interested to know that PalBee is getting a new look within the next month. It will become easier to use and more visually appealing while keeping all the functionality that you have detailed here. Form follows function after all, eh?
Matthew
April 17, 2008
I think that teachers would be more receptive to the availability of “Free” online tools, rather than having to pay for a service.
The big thing that I hear most teachers discuss is that they do not have money. They are required to buy all of this stuff for their classes.( now I know that you can take it off on your taxes, but..) It can be an inconvenience to have to purchase a service when it is just as easy to find one that is free. Yes that may not be the case forever but people who are willing to do some searching will find the free services to save themselves money.
eherreid
April 21, 2008