Conferences
SIG IVC Twitterfountatin
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 [...]
ISTE Workshop: A Novel Hour
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 [...]
Video Conference Playground at ISTE10
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 [...]
Louisiana DLA
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 [...]
MACUL 2010
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. [...]
IVC Sessions at TxDLA 2010
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 [...]