Teryly Magee, a teacher from the Dogwood Elementary School in Knoxville, Tenn., describes the benefits of using Skype and iChat: "Web 2.0 videoconferencing brings fun and learning to the children in my urban classroom. Instead of vicariously learning from textbooks or Web research, my students get firsthand information from the people who actually live in the places they are studying. Using Skype and iChat, my children have experienced locations such as New York, California, Illinois, Oregon, Michigan and Wisconsin," she says.
ziena00 on 17 Aug 23Iona University was established in 1940 (at that time Iona College) with 09 Christian Brothers and 06 lay faculty greeting the first class. At that time, it was an independent Catholic boy's school administered by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
