Monster Mayhem and More Video Conference Collaborations Thursday, March 17, 2011 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Learn about a unique collaborative videoconference project. Two classrooms pair up and create a monster. Each class writes a description of their monster. Each class recreates the other class’ monster and then via video conference they compare the monsters. Other examples [...]

Work has begun on the Video Conference Playground at ISTE 2011. Last year, I led a band of pirates as we shared our passion for video conferencing with others in Denver. Here are some of the pictures from last summer. This year, in Philly, the playground will be even bigger with more connections and equipment [...]

Be patient. This little widget is working hard to grab all the tweets and pics from our first IVC Playground. We had a great time sharing our enthusiasm and passion for video conferencing. Many thanks to all the helping hands and staff from zoos, museums, and other organizations that made this a smashing success. We [...]

I began ISTE on Sunday teaching a 3-hour workshop on our “Novel in an Hour” project. Christina and Rich Hum from Kigluait Educational Adventures in Talkeetna, Alaska co-taught the session with me. The goals of the session were for participants to experience Skype and H.323 video conferencing and learn how to use a wiki and [...]

This year, I had the opportunity to lead the team to develop and manage the Interactive Video Conference Playground at ISTE10 in Denver. It was a great honor for me. The Pirate Crew was Janine Lim, Audra May, Lori Colwill, and Anne Marie Millar with the superb technical support from Paul Heironymus, Shane Howard, and [...]

Thank you for joining me today for our “Teaching Teachers Through Student Projects” session. Here are all the links that I referenced today. Project Links Shane Sings Monster Mayhem Read Around the Planet Mystery Quest USA Resource Sites Whirlidurb Video Conference Projects Memberships available for schools with IP-based H.323 systems Blog: VC Rox Blog: VC [...]

This afternoon, I presented a session at MACUL 2010 about the classic matching project used by so many in videoconferencing. It goes by many names: Monster Exchange, Monster Trade, Monster Match. Thank you to Janine Lim for being an excellent facilitator. The basics of the project. Find a partner. Create a monster. Write a description. [...]

There is still time to make your plans to join us in Houston at the Texas Distance Learning Association conference March 21-24. The program is posted online and here is a list of the video conference sessions that I found. Many sessions are being presented by our JAZZ participants! Remember these are dates and times [...]