Videoconferencing is:
| Conducting a conference between two
or more participants at different sites by using computer
networks to transmit audio and video data. |
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Curriculum Benefits:
Communication is a key learning skill and
students using videoconferencing can gain opportunities for
higher level thinking via live face-to-face interaction with
peers, tutors or experts from around the world.
Possible Uses:
- professional development of staff
- collaborating effectively in real
time
- mentoring individual students
- creating dialogue between foreign
language students
- holding a global 'show-and-tell'
- talking to international experts
- sharing experiences with students
from different cultures
- enhancing travel buddy projects
- discovering alternative views about
the news
- learning about remote environments
- enhancing distance learning
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Getting
Started:
- Classroom
Conferencing
Global SchoolNet USA
Provides a contact point for teachers
using videoconferencing software such as CU-SeeMe
and NetMeeting to connect communities, cultures, and
classrooms so that students around the world can learn
and collaborate together.
- Global
Leap
Director: Mike Griffith
UK
Global Leap aims to provide an initial videoconferencing
experience for teachers and their classes then facilitate,
coordinate and link videoconference users throughout
the world.
- Moose
on the Loose
Donna Smith, Maine USA
Donna uses videoconferencing to extend her yearly
travel buddy projects in her Grade 1 class.
- Videoconferencing
in the Classroom:
Communications technology across the curriculum
Arnold, Tim; Cayley, Steve and
Griffith, Mike (2002) Devon County Council, UK
This book suggests that videoconferencing offers enormous
potential for enriching children's learning and offers
practical suggestions for classroom teachers with
minimal technical knowledge to get started with videoconferencing.
Videoconferencing in the Early Years: Try It, You’ll
Like It [82KB PDF File]
Donna Smith, Maine USA
Donna's experiences with videoconferencing based on
an article first published in Technology Focus, Vol.
4, No. 2, 2002 pp. 19-20. |
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