stickam

__**Description:**__
http://www.stickam.com/

Stickam is an online live community founded in 2004. It is pretty much like a chat room, where people can meet and talk each other instantly and simultaneously online through video, audio and text. People are able to talk in both private and public approaches. The theme of the chatrooms can be varied and can be created by anyone. Viewers can watch the same media at the same time while chatting in the room. On the stickam, regular users can upload videos, photos and audio with up to 2 GB of storage.They can also do Live recordings while in the Live Chat. Also, Stickam allows you to easily place streaming video, slide show, music, and live video chat on your own blog page for sharing information.

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__**Insights:**__
(Our group is reseraching on the learning environment of our campus and one of our goals is to create a unified collective learning system)


 * -I found stickam is a useful tool not only for entertainment but also for academic purposes. For example, the group gathering and discussion in long distance. Sometimes people might not be able to meet in person, in this case they can meet up online and achieve the same real life experience.
 * -The theme of chatrooms can be created by different study groups, and any people who are interested in the theme topic can join the chatting room right away unless the room is set as prviate. People can learn from students from all different faculties.
 * -While students play their media (slideshow, pictures, videsos) in the room, everyone is able to see it at the same time. So it is just like a real experience in class, while some one is presenting his/her work in front of the class/group, and the rest of students will give comments in the discussion.
 * -Students do not have to show their identity if they are not comfortable with. For some anonyms they only want to share their opinions without showing their real identities.
 * -In this way, stickam can enhance student’s community life, making it more interesting and efficient so that more students will be engaged into the community.