What is it like to be an educator working at a zoo or museum or other organization and providing content to schools via videoconference? Well, now you can see what it’s like from the provider’s perspective and even give feedback; thanks to the power of blogging. I think great content providers have always had partnerships [...]
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Are you going to NECC this year? If so, you should volunteer to help with the distance learning sessions. This is a great opportunity to network with other videoconferencing colleagues. Here’s the announcement and details from Kecia: Greetings all! This year’s NECC is going to be wonderful for Distance Learning enthusiasts. We have an entire [...]
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We’ve just added a couple new features to our VC Program Database linked on TWICE and Polycom. Now under the special searches on the left green bar, you can find all the programs that were reviewed by a blogging educator – , or all the programs that we can find video clips for – . [...]
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Today we have a special videoconference between two construction trades classes in Michigan. New Buffalo High School and Wayne-Westland High School are reporting to each other on their construction house project. Thanks to Steven Michael from Wayne RESA, a webcam, Polycom PVX, and a cable modem, the Wayne-Westland class is presenting from their construction site! [...]
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In my Planning Interactive Curriculum Connections online class, a discussion ensued on how to get teachers to look for and select programs. One of my local teachers, Shellie Jaques, from Watervliet North Elementary, shared these suggestions for staff training. (Shared here with permission.) Tell your staff they should be looking for programs that are interactive [...]
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Inspired by Arnie, Roxanne and Sandy, I thought I would write about a day of videoconferencing. So I picked a pretty busy day to record. If you are blogging too, pick a day yet this school year and tell us what it’s really like! 7:30 a.m. River Valley participates in the first ever Literature Quest. [...]
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One of the challenges of coordinating videoconferencing is what to do when teachers cancel or change their minds on doing a videoconference. While it can be very frustrating for those who have put in time scheduling, doing test calls, and all the preparation necessary, I think we have to step back and look at it [...]
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If you’re going to NECC, don’t miss this SIG IVC Event! This sounds really fun! It’s SIGIVC’s First Forum And we need YOUR participation. We are looking for 15 successful programs/projects to highlight in a fun and informative format called Speed Networking. Here’s how it works: First: 15 people have 2 minutes each to share [...]
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I was wandering across the Internet recently and found this link to YouTube videos about videoconferencing linked from the AT&T (SBC / Pacbell) Videoconferencing site. These links probably won’t work at school (they don’t for me), so try them at home. (Issues with YouTube include inappropriate comments on the page featuring the clip and that’s [...]
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Today we have four sessions of ASK: Train to Midnight with Janie Panagopoulos, sponsored by TWICE. Fourth grade students from around Michigan have prepared questions based on their reading of Janie’s books. Tomorrow we have four sessions on the book Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp. I’ve written about ASK programs with Janie before if you [...]
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