[AAACE-NLA] Uninterrupted discussion

[David Rosen]

Colleagues,

On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:27 AM, Andrea Wilder wrote:

> This discussion is very helpful to me, and a great learning  
> exercise.  The big problem I see in a face to face discussion  on  
> heated issues like this one is  repeated interruptions where no one  
> gets a chance to say what they mean  nor to be   listened to by  
> others in the conversation.

That's a good observation, and there are some ways to address the  
problem.  If two or three subscribers wanted to have an uninterrupted  
discussion, they could do this asynchronously by email, or in a real- 
time chat, for example using the (free) AIM or other software, or by  
(free) recorded internet telephone, using gizmoproject software.  The  
saved (text or audio) files of their discussion could be posted on  
the ALE Wiki, or other web page, and the Web address could be  
included as a link in a message posted here for others to see/listen  
to. Of course, that would all depend on whether the two or three  
people wanted to do this.

David Rosen
DJRosen at theworld.com