I’m on a mission today to get all my materials ready for the Elevate 2008 conference. Nothing like a conference presentation to motivate a person to get a few extra things done! For a while I’ve wanted to post these notes online about how to run your own ASK program. And now it’s done! So [...]
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What kind of videoconference professional development opportunities are you giving to the teachers and schools you support this year? I just got my forms and options listed online for my schools, so thought I’d share what I’m up to. RUS Grant We’re in the third year of our RUS grant implementation, and some schools are [...]
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I’m cleaning up the announcements section of my blog, so I thought I’d include my NECC 08 handouts link here in a post so you (and I) can find it again if needed. All NECC 2008 VC Sessions List of VC related sessions at NECC NECC 2008 Handouts CAPspace BYOL Session PPT CAPspace Ning Discussion [...]
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Next time you take your students on a videoconference, you could call it a digital airplane ride! PangeAir is a new company installing telepresence systems across North America. They are targeting executives, of course, with these high end systems. But isn’t it an interesting use of the technology? “It’s definitely not videoconferencing”, they say. It’s [...]
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This afternoon our Blossomland Learning Center summer school special education students are connecting to the Alaska Sea Life Center. Laurie, the presenter, did a great job working with the students, who live with several different challenges. The students put stickers on a picture of the ocean, tidepool, and shore to show where the different animals [...]
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So, how is your summer going? Going, gone? Feels like that to me. Last week we participated in the second successful Jazz workshop of the summer. If you’re not familiar with this workshop, visit the website. As you can see in the picture, the participants and facilitators really enjoy the process of immersion into videoconferencing [...]
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