Students Make Their Case in Colorado | Edutopia - 0 views
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via videoconference
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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.
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Parents, teachers, and interested school board members were able to participate, too, because they streamed the conference live.
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Smith's class wiki gave teams an online space where they could collaboratively plan their presentations,
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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.