It’s the first day of another session of 123 VC: Jazzing Up Your Curriculum with Videoconferencing. I have 8 participants for this session: two high school teachers and six 1st and 2nd grade teachers. Today I am just amazed at the eagerness and sharpness of my group! They are so excited!! In one day they [...]
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Preparing Questions for Your Videoconference Some videoconferences are student question directed, such as the ASK programs, COSI Columbus’ Expert Interviews, interviewing your senator or representative, and other similar activities. Other content providers offer programming that includes a 5-10 minute question and answer period. The type of program may determine the number of questions your students [...]
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I’m working on moving our old distance learning website into my videoconferencing section in new Berrien RESA content management system. It’s a great opportunity to clean up old files. So you’ll see some of these resources get posted here over the next few days as I do some cleaning. This page was from the collaborative [...]
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Here are some strategies for evaluating your videoconferences. Evaluation with Students Discuss the following questions after the videoconference. What did we learn from the other school (content, process, and culture)? What did we do well in the videoconference? What can we improve next time? What did we learn about videoconferencing from the partner school? Content [...]
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Are you subscribed to Roxanne Glaser’s blog? If not, you missed a great write-up of her workshop on Sunday morning of the ISTE 10 conference. Unfortunately I was flying, so I missed it! Roxanne is a master at using collaborative asynchronous tools to support the videoconference project. Here’s the description of her workshop to convince [...]
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SIG IVC Showcase: Elaine Shuck, Polycom, Inc. Elaine started with a cute video clip about a student waking up in the morning to get engaged. Polycom Special Events She described the Polycom Special Event with blind author Jim Stovall, as well as other events: Dr. Ben Carson, Evelyn Coleman, Laurie Keller, Sarah Miller, Elizabeth Raum, [...]
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Global Poster Session: Diane Midness, iEARN-USA with Tonya Muro Phillips, Global Nomads Group. Last night in the poster sessions, Diane and Tonya explained how GNG and iEARN partnered to extend the learning in the GNG videoconferences. Global Nomads does amazing programs by taking videoconferencing equipment onsite to remote locations throughout the world. Featured programs included [...]
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Sunday ISTE Global Poster Session: Presenter: Carol Scott, Mustang Public Schools with Lynn Tilley Videoconference ideas, examples, and success that empower students to become integrated 21st-century learners with global travel and collaborative projects. Carol Scott had a sweet poster session last night with lots of interested people attending. Her online resources and links should be [...]
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June has been crazy for me – hence the quietness on this blog! I sure have a list of things to post though. Maybe in July you’ll get to hear about them! June 123 VC: Jazzing Up Your Curriculum with Videoconferencing. The June session of Jazz was again an amazingly stellar experience! Take a few [...]
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This morning I opened up early bird registration for my schools for next year’s videoconferences. I always offer to give advice on selecting programs. My first request came from a 7th grade science teacher who loves videoconferencing, and is moving to fourth grade. I thought I’d share here what I told her. Preview Calendar I [...]
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