Roxanne’s post on the Face Time article in THE Journal reminded me that I wanted to blog about it. The article covers collaborative videoconferences such as Read Around the Planet and Monster Match, as well as the new Collaborations Around the Planet site. Overall it’s a great article, and you should read it. I, however, [...]
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This evening I did an ASK workshop for my local teachers. I had two high school English teachers in attendance. They’ve come to other workshops on videoconferencing. One of them has done a couple ASK programs; the other wants to but hasn’t found the right fit yet. After the workshop, we talked for quite a [...]
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It’s time to sign up for MysteryQuest World Geography. I have less openings this year, so hurry! If you want to see examples of past MysteryQuest presentations, browse through the MysteryQuest category on my blog. Hope you can join us this year!
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When I used to teach Word, Excel, email, etc. workshops, I had a PowerPoint of technology jokes that I’d run before the session started. I’ve wished for a while that I had a set of videoconference jokes to do the same. But there aren’t that many online that are appropriate for educational use. Here’s one [...]
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Do any of your schools struggle with managing bandwidth so that videoconferences can happen? Mine do. I was reading Doug Johnson’s blog, and realized that his post Problem or Dilemma may assist with this issue: [Dilemmas are] conditions that can only be managed, not solved because they involve conflicts in values. Because of individual priorities [...]
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This afternoon I called one of my schools that hadn’t signed up yet for RAP and I thought they should have. The media specialist had a teacher staff meeting focusing on tech planned for this evening. She hadn’t asked me to present yet and thought I couldn’t fit it in. Luckily I could. So on [...]
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Do you wish you had a better background for your students when they present for collaborative projects? Are you reading Roxanne’s blog? Check out her low-cost idea for a background. Thanks for sharing that great idea, Roxanne!
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Lit Review: This is a post in a series focusing on the research studies on videoconferencing. Wakefield, C. K. (1999). Site facilitator roles in videoconferencing: Implications for training. Unpublished Ed.D., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Author: Wakefield, Carman Kay Title of dissertation: Site facilitator roles in videoconferencing: Implications for training. Publication year: 1999 Database source: [...]
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It’s time to think about signing up for my online classes if you want to participate in the next couple months. Interested in using videoconferencing to enhance your curriculum? Want to do more classroom to classroom connections with ideas & support? Interested in research supporting curriculum-based videoconferencing? Try one of these classes. All classes are [...]
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