There are many videoconference glossaries online to assist with learning the technology. All those words that Shane uses like H.239, H.323, ATM, ISDN, routers, gatekeepers, MCUs, and IP.
What we need now is a curriculum videoconferencing glossary. At the CILC Symposium, there was a great deal of conversation related to “collaborative projects” and “collaboration”. Since we [...]

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Do you ask the students if they enjoyed the videoconference? We think about assessing the content and if they learned anything, but did you ask them if it was as cool as you thought it was?
We finished a session recently and our mic was muted and the school mic was open. I had the powerpoint [...]

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As we move into 2008, I am re-evaluating where the learning occurs in videoconference events and how we can continue to grow our program and continue to deliver a product of the highest possible quality. We see a wide variety of configurations of high school classes and student curriculum videoconferencing projects. That got me wondering [...]

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I found an executive briefing in last Sunday’s Dallas Morning news and it discussed how to build an effective team. This applies to why JAZZ works so well. We bring together a collaborative team with different, complimentary skills. I want to remember this when working together to improve the project.
When faced with what looks at [...]

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