Online+Communication

**Through Module 8's Online Communication task, my classmate, Sarah, and I quickly learned how easy it can be to chat long distance with Zoho Chat ([|zohochat.com]). Sarah and I chatted on and off for the majority of an entire morning - while we were both at work! The beauty of the chat is that you can join, step away and come back without missing a beat. It's a super-flexible way to communicate for free over long distances without having to devote your undivided attention to the task. Sarah and I learned quite a lot about each other even though we have never met face-to-face. Instant messaging could (and probably has) completely revolutionize the concept of pen-pals. It could also be a huge asset in communications classes - for examples, students in a Spanish class could help develop their language writing skills by chatting with a native speaking student in another country through methods such as Zoho Chat.**