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Katy Cooper

Students Make Their Case in Colorado | Edutopia - 0 views

  • via videoconference
  • Parents, teachers, and interested school board members were able to participate, too, because they streamed the conference live.
  • experience came about because of student initiative:
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  • tracked down the author via email and invited him to chat in real time.
  • This activity was a simulation, but to make the assignment more authentic, school board members agreed to listen to students' arguments and pose questions based on the school district's book-adoption guidelines. On his popular blog the Fischbowl, Fisch recruited more educators from outside the district to take part via videoconference.
  • Smith's class wiki gave teams an online space where they could collaboratively plan their presentations,
  • The live author interview was not a planned part of the project, but it used technology tools Smith and Fisch had previously tapped for other classroom events: Skype (a free videoconferencing application) and a webcam, Ustream for free live streaming and archiving, and Twitter to publicize the chat and to receive questions and comments in real time from remote listeners.
  • development to foster more student-centered learning.
annieyip

Around the World with 80 Schools Project - 0 views

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    Silvia Tolisano was working on connecting 80 schools through Skype to show how small the world has become with technology.
annieyip

Virtual Author Visits in Your Library or Classroom - 0 views

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    This is an amazing project where classrooms are connected to authors through services such as Skype! Students don't need to leave the school to meet their favorite writers!
annieyip

Videoconferencing with Elementary School Students - 0 views

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    A teacher writes about her successful connection with two schools from Peru and Argentina. She shares the activities that they shared together.
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