Today a 3rd grade class is connecting to Andy Campbell at LEARNnco for his program on Light Science. Andy always starts off with a great funny routine to break the ice and help students realize they are on camera. Students used flashlights, a highlighter, a black light, glow sticks, and wintergreen lifesavers to learn about [...]
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This morning a group of 4th grade students are connecting to LEARNnco for a lesson on Electricity with Andy Campbell. After a review of electricity terms, students engaged in several hands-on activities to explore and increase students’ understanding of electricity concepts. In one activity, students used tennis balls to represent electrons passing from a power [...]
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Today we have a 1st and 2nd grade class of students connecting to the Cleveland Institute of Music for their program Music in the Movies. They started out by watching a bit of a movie without any sound. Students learned what a composer does. They then discussed the ways that music is used in movies: [...]
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This afternoon I have two classes connected to Whirlidurb for a Community Helpers session with Buckle Bear to learn about car safety. First the students shared some different community helpers, and saw some pictures of community helpers. Then we met Buckle Bear, who taught our students some rules about staying safe in the car seat [...]
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This morning I had a great conversation with Tim Boundy, who coordinates videoconferencing for JANET in the UK. We compared notes on projects we’re running, the trials and challenges of scaling collaborations, and the different ways to partner classes. In the course of the discussion, I realized there are three main ways that I make [...]
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On Friday we had 17 classes participate in a Constitution Day program. It was a smashing success and super busy, so I didn’t get to blog it last week. Here’s a bit of information about what we did. First Some History We’ve tried a few things with Constitution Day. In 2007 we did a program [...]
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We’ve looked at a continuum of equipment/software solutions for videoconferencing, a continuum of interactivity, and a continuum of depth of learning. Today, let’s think about a continuum of collaboration. We can think about it on several levels. Continuum of WHO Collaborates Students may collaborate within the classroom to solve a problem posed by the other [...]
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We’ve looked at a continuum of equipment/software solutions for videoconferencing, and yesterday a continuum of interactivity. Today, let’s think about a continuum of depth of learning… Depth of Learning Continuum Some videoconferences require no preparation at all. Some videoconferences are only 5 minutes long! (see the suggested agenda here for Skype calls) Some content providers [...]
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In addition to a continuum of videoconferencing tools, there are other continuums related to the use of videoconferencing. Today, let’s examine the interactivity continuum… Interactivity Continuum View only isn’t interactive at all! Watching the other class present and not present back is not very interactive! Presenting to each other is a step up. Involving each [...]
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I have a dream! I want to give a login to my (as yet undetermined) desktop videoconferencing solution to an author in her home so she can talk to my students. I want to give a login to a guest speaker my teacher invited to talk to her students (a guest speaker with no access [...]
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