I am delighted to introduce to you another blog about videoconferencing! This one is from Carol Daunt, executive officer of the Australian based Learning Technologies User Group. Her videoconference blog is titled Videoconference Tips & Techniques. She also has another blog, Dial M for Learning, also worth a peek. I'm sure we'll learn some new [...]
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Are you registered for NECC in San Diego this year? If not, hurry & register! Early bird rates end April 28! I'll be presenting a few sessions & workshops and hope to see you there! Workshop: Designing Quality Interactive Classroom Projects for Videoconferencing Design your own IVC projects. Use formats for popular national projects or [...]
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Can you identify a plant’s habitat? Students from North Elementary, Watervliet, are connected to the Center for Puppetry Arts for the Plants program. Students are learning about plants and their various habitats. They learned about the largest flower in the world, the Rafflesia arnoldii. It’s smell, that of rotten meat, can be detected a mile [...]
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Today several of our local Korean War veterans took time out of their schedules to talk to our history students about their experiences. We also had a couple of classes participating from Pennsylvania and Texas. The veterans answered students questions, shared pictures, and showed various artifacts. Mr. Gobert, one of the veterans, showed the standard [...]
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Today I'm bridging three sessions of ASK: Night of the Twisters. Students are interviewing Mr. Ostuno, a NOAA meteorologist. This program is coordinated and funded by TWICE. Students read the book and followed the ASK process to prepare questions for the specialist. Here is a sampling of their questions: What are some signs of a [...]
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Lately I've been facilitating a few project connections between teachers. Here are some tips based on what I've learned. It starts by one of my teachers generating an idea for a videoconference project. Then I submit the idea to various places: the Collaboration Collage listserv, the K12IVC listserv, and the CILC Collaboration Center. Lately I've [...]
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There are three wildly popular content providers who are opening registration before August on a specific date. If you want to connect to one of these providers, plan to schedule soon! The Columbus Zoo is my all time favorite zoo. This last year their programs were booked solid for the 2006-2007 school year by early [...]
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Did you know that squid have three hearts? This afternoon a class from Brandywine Middle School is connecting to the Alaska Sea Life Center for their Cephalopods program. The lesson started with an overview of Alaska and the Sea Life Center. Then after some background information on squids & cephalopods, the students worked in groups [...]
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This morning we’re starting a series of 6 connections with the University of Texas Institute for their Worldwide Forktales program. The presenter is a professional storyteller and she tells the students stories. The teacher can request ahead of time certain stories or areas of the world to be featured during the program. The students and [...]
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Posters in MysteryQuest continue to be a challenge. Here are some more examples that worked today for MysteryQuest USA. Notice how the most important information is the largest on the poster (as opposed to the title or subject of the poster). Even though the camera isn't zoomed completely in on the poster, you can still [...]
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