Video Mail in a Blink!
It's fun, it's easy and there's nothing to install
Flash-based so no download and for Mac and PC.
Free account allows for one-minute messages.
Message receivers don't have to sign up to watch the message it seems. That's good.
Teachers can send message to students and encourage them to continue and reply. This is especially nice for online learners and teachers. Students can send each other messages to practise speaking and listening. Speaking for a minute is probably not that scary :)
I agree and have used eyejot quite a bit.
They've made it more friendly in the past year. But the friendliest way to encourage students is to use Bubblejoy. http://www.bubblejoy.com/intro.php Pick an interesting ecard/frame your students will love!
David
http://eflclassroom.com