This is my last post for 2006. It’s been a great year and thanks to everyone who has read and commented, and especially thanks to those of you who have started blogging about VC too. I appreciate the opportunity to learn from you! Polycom RSS 2000 If you missed the ASK: Jim Stovall streaming today, [...]
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Here’s an interesting model for finding partners. If you’ve been reading my blog, you know I’ve been working on finding partners for our 6th grade classes studying Canada. This week I found the last set in an interesting way. In August at the Alberta Broadband Summer Institute I collected business cards of several schools willing [...]
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This morning we are excited to be connecting to the St. Louis County Courthouse in St. Louis, MO. Students from our Niles High School and Ottawa ISD Careerline Tech Center are learning about the career of court reporter. The program began with a simulation of a guilty plea, showing what each role is and what [...]
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Just found this on the Megaconference Listserv. JANET, the UK’s education and research network, has done very specific tests and evaluations of various codecs. What a wealth of information for those making decisions on purchasing equipment!
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If you’ve been wanting to see an ASK program, Thursday is your chance! December 14, several classes across the country are connecting to blind author Jim Stovall to discuss his book, The Ultimate Gift. You can read about last year’s session here. To access the live streaming (or a recording after the event), visit streaming.bcisd.org [...]
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I just ran across a community site for interactive videoconferencing in Ontario. It looks like a Moodle site with RSS feeds from several VC blogs including mine. Neat site. Seems like they are just getting started. Check it out!
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This afternoon Lighthouse Education Center is connecting to the Cleveland Institute of Music for the program Dalcroze Eurhythmics. We already love programs from CIM, but hadn’t seen this program yet. The program began with clearing the floor of tables and chairs. Students learned about opposites in music (high/low, sound/no sound) while practicing following instructions. Stopping [...]
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Today we had a full day of interviewing our World War II Veterans in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day. Several local history classes, as well as classes from Illinois and New Hampshire participated in the sessions. You can read more about the questions in my blog entry about last year’s VC. This time I want [...]
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We all know that more research needs to be done on videoconferencing. So, help that get done by completing two surveys today! These are two direct quotes from emails. The first is from the UK: Dear Colleagues, I hope you can take a few minutes to help with a survey that my daughter Tamsin has [...]
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Thanks to CESA #7, we have several classes this year connecting to Mrs. Claus in the North Pole. The session starts with questions from the students such as: What’s your favorite cookie? What’s the weather like in the North Pole? What do you like to cook for Santa? What is your favorite color? Next the [...]
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