Comments on: Lit Review: Videoconferencing exposes students to new worlds http://vcoutonalim.org/2008/02/17/lit-review-videoconferencing-exposes-students-to-new-worlds/ Experiences, curriculum thoughts, and technology rants related to educational videoconferencing. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:08:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: R. Starr http://vcoutonalim.org/2008/02/17/lit-review-videoconferencing-exposes-students-to-new-worlds/#comment-22558 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:09:32 +0000 http://bcisdvcs.wordpress.com/?p=775#comment-22558 Thank you for pointing out this article. It reminded me of when I was a junior high school student in New Jersey, not so long ago. Every year the eighth grade would be bused out to the northern part of the state for an overnight field trip in the Appalachian wilderness. (Believe it or not, some parts of Jersey are still wild!) There, we learned about wetland conservation, ecology, the history of the area’s Native Americans, etc.

I wonder if they still do that trip every year. As this article demonstrates, videoconferencing allows today’s students to have much of the experience without setting foot outside the classroom.

One thing I’m curious about but didn’t see mentioned in the article, though, was who provided WMHO with the wireless-camera-equipped eyeglasses. I can’t imagine who would make something like that. My firm works with a company called LifeSize, which I’d highly recommend for their videoconferencing. I don’t know if they make equipment like that, though.

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