VIDEOCONFERENCING

- Video conferencing is a communications technology that integrates video and voice to connect remote users with each other as if they were in the same room. Users see and hear each other in real time, allowing natural conversations not possible with voice only communications. It brings people face to face virtually.
 * What is it? **

media type="custom" key="3649869" Judith Plant discusses how she aligns the use of videoconferencing with student learning in her classroom.

- It will allow you to connect with other classrooms and other schools within your community. - Students who may not have been able to meet with one another can get in touch face to face virtually to complete a project, help each other or any other problems that may arise. - It opens doors globally for interaction with other cultures which otherwise may not have been possible. - It can connect students to professions and places around the world to allow for a more interesting lesson. - Students today are becoming digital learners, born into a world where they expect to be able to create, consume, and share material with one another.
 * How can we use it in education? **

- [|Skype]- Allows capability to see and speak with a person in any location around the world for free using your computer and a webcam.
 * What are some online tools? **

- [|Webex]- makes it possible to share anything on your desktop AND use video to talk face-to-face. Free trial available on the website.

- [|Cool Conference] - was created to provide free conferencing, meeting, training, and conversation opportunities to everyone from teenagers to senior citizens in every industry, social setting, and community.

- [|Nortel] - Specifically created to enhance K-12 education that helps solve educational challenges.

How to links: [|Setting it up in the classroom] [|Teacher Tube's Tip]



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