One of my pet peeves this summer has been the absolute confusion around videoconferencing definitions. Even I am struggling with the right terms to use to explain what I mean! Comments I heard at the ISTE 2010 conference We use Skype because it’s IP. Huh?! People using “standards-based videoconferencing” use “IP” to mean “H.323″ as [...]
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Do you know any techs who insist on being “onsite” for every videoconference? I’m coming to the conclusion that hovering makes it look hard. If the tech has to come out for every videoconference, how can the teacher or media aide feel that they can do it themselves? The fact is, teachers can use the [...]
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I love it when Google Alerts sends me interesting Read Around the Planet notifications. Here are a few little tidbits to tantalize you as the last moments of summer slip away and you start to think about videoconferences for the 2010-2011 school year. Read Around the Planet inspires Reader’s Coffeehouse This little clip is from [...]
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I have an email alert set up with ProQuest Dissertations and Theses on the word “videoconference”, so I can get an alert when any new studies are published about videoconferencing. I was pleasantly surprised to get an alert for my dissertation in July! It’s published with “open access” which means that you can download the [...]
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Today is the facilitator debrief session for the 123 VC: Jazzing Up Your Curriculum with Videoconferencing workshop. We review the summer sessions and decide on changes for next year. With that in mind, I thought I’d share a couple things: Learning and Leading with Technology just published an article about the Jazz Workshop. Check it [...]
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