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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.
experience came about because of student initiative:
tracked down the author via email and invited him to chat in real time.
Parents, teachers, and interested school board members were able to participate, too, because they streamed the conference live.
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.