Meebo me

What is Meebo Me?

            Meebo Me is a widget that you can embed in a blog or web to allow visitors to IM you via your Meebo ID. With the Meebo Me widget you can:

    * Chat with a visitor to your site anywhere you can access your Meebo account, such as Meebo Messenger, or the iPhone/iPod touch or Android apps.

    * Let visitors know if you are available to chat. The widget will reflect your Meebo status and presence, allowing visitors to see whether you are available and whether you have left a status message.

    * Provide real-time customer and technical support. Visitors can chat with you live or leave messages without needing to log in.

    * Chat with multiple visitors at once. Each visitor who interacts with the widget will create a separate chat with you.

Importance

          It offers time-management because Meebo me lets users to access buddies from all of them simultaneously.

How to use?

           Getting Started with Meebo

       Getting started with Meebo is easy, beginning with the account set-up and Meebo sign in. Once that's accomplished, you're ready to IM or visit one of the Meebo rooms.

Setting Up a Meebo Account

 1. Go to Meebo, and click on the Meebo box at the far right.

   2. Click "Sign up" to open the registration window. You must be at least 13 years old to use Meebo. If Meebo hears from a reliable source that you're younger, your account will be terminated.

   3. Type in an ID name and password. Type the same password again after "Confirm," and click "Next."

   4. On the next screen, type your full name (which will not be shared) and e-mail address (used only to send lost passwords). Provide gender and age, if you want, and click "Create Meebo Account."

   5. In the New Connection box, choose your IM network (for example, AIM or Yahoo), give your screen name and password for that network, and hit "Sign On." Friends from that network will be added to your Meebo list. You can add your IM networks and access buddies from all of them simultaneously. You can use Meebo without creating an account by signing into one of the listed IM networks, but you won't be able to IM with friends using other networks.

Go to Meebo and sign on. You can check "Sign in as invisible" to be online but appear offline to your buddies.

To sign off, click "Sign Off" at the bottom of the buddy list.

How to apply as an educational web tools?

         Meebo me as a widget lets users IM (instant messaging) friends , or even their teacher. With that it could be applied as an educational web tool because it gives real-time chat with them. Thus it makes communication fast which could also be used in distance-learning.