Comments on: Painting Pictures with Words: Patricia MacLachlan http://www.edlink12.net/vcrox/2008/03/31/painting-pictures-with-words-patricia-maclachlan/ K-12 Videoconferencing in Texas Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:41:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Susan Douglas http://www.edlink12.net/vcrox/2008/03/31/painting-pictures-with-words-patricia-maclachlan/#comment-4652 Susan Douglas Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:06:04 +0000 http://www.edlink12.net/vcrox/2008/03/31/painting-pictures-with-words-patricia-maclachlan/#comment-4652 My class thoroughly enjoyed viewing the conference with Mrs. Machalan! She was so witty which caused my students to pay very close attention so they would know what I was laughing about. She was so informative and reinforced the things I had been hammering home to my students prior to the Writing TAKS. I think some of those things finally soaked all the way in. I could see many, many light bulbs clicking on. The hour went by so very fast. My class thoroughly enjoyed viewing the conference with Mrs. Machalan! She was so witty which caused my students to pay very close attention so they would know what I was laughing about. She was so informative and reinforced the things I had been hammering home to my students prior to the Writing TAKS. I think some of those things finally soaked all the way in. I could see many, many light bulbs clicking on. The hour went by so very fast.

]]> By: Nancy Strickland http://www.edlink12.net/vcrox/2008/03/31/painting-pictures-with-words-patricia-maclachlan/#comment-4650 Nancy Strickland Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:52:26 +0000 http://www.edlink12.net/vcrox/2008/03/31/painting-pictures-with-words-patricia-maclachlan/#comment-4650 Thank you, Roxanne, for your kind remarks. We had a blast! Patricia MacLachlan is a real jewel. This is our fourth guest speaker big multi-point conference and none of the speakers, including Patricia MacLachlan, were familiar with the technology. We had very little time for preparation this morning, but Ms. Maclachlan is a real pro! You should hear her in casual lunch conversation. She is such fun. Even though I had never done a distance learning program with an in-house audience, I suspected that keeping the on-site and remote audiences both engaged might be a little tricky. She and I talked about the need to speak to both groups before we got started. And, we did work to keep the speaker and all viewers (including the camera) at as close to equal eye-level as possible. I didn't want her looking down at students on the floor so we put them in chairs. We wanted to make this program as interactive as possible, so we've added a posting to our blog where students can share their experiences and creative writing. Go to http://www.cartermuseum.org/blog and watch for student responses to the program under the topic Patricia MacLachlan Inspires Young Writers. Thank you, Roxanne, for your kind remarks. We had a blast! Patricia MacLachlan is a real jewel. This is our fourth guest speaker big multi-point conference and none of the speakers, including Patricia MacLachlan, were familiar with the technology. We had very little time for preparation this morning, but Ms. Maclachlan is a real pro! You should hear her in casual lunch conversation. She is such fun.

Even though I had never done a distance learning program with an in-house audience, I suspected that keeping the on-site and remote audiences both engaged might be a little tricky. She and I talked about the need to speak to both groups before we got started. And, we did work to keep the speaker and all viewers (including the camera) at as close to equal eye-level as possible. I didn’t want her looking down at students on the floor so we put them in chairs.

We wanted to make this program as interactive as possible, so we’ve added a posting to our blog where students can share their experiences and creative writing. Go to http://www.cartermuseum.org/blog and watch for student responses to the program under the topic Patricia MacLachlan Inspires Young Writers.

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