How Are You Using Video Conferencing With Upper Elementary Students?

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Permalink Reply by Ken Kellner on February 10, 2009 at 8:03am

Hi,
I am an educator in Virginia who developed the Edu-Skyper's Phone book: an international database of educators who want to connect.
Please register with us. Our goal is to connect educators up via Skype.
http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com/
Thank you,
Ken Kellner
ken.kellner@stewardschool.org
skype username: kenkellner

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Permalink Reply by Mary Boguhn on January 26, 2009 at 10:36am

Hello! I came across this page in search of information on Video Conferencing. My medically fragile daughter will be attending Kindergarten this coming fall and I would like to find out how we can Video Conference the classroom from home due to immune/respiratory concerns for me daughter. A simple cold can put her in the hospital, so I am trying to figure out the best way for her to get her education and still interact with other students. I am looking for info on set up for both home and the classroom and possible costs involved. Any information you can share would be greatly appreciated. Thank You!

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Permalink Reply by Ken Kellner on February 10, 2009 at 8:05am

Hi,
I am an educator in Virginia who developed the Edu-Skyper's Phone book: an international database of educators who want to connect.
Please register with us. Our goal is to connect educators up via Skype.
http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com/
Thank you,
Ken Kellner
ken.kellner@stewardschool.org
skype username: kenkellner

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Permalink Reply by Zachary Flanagan on January 13, 2012 at 3:44pm

Hi Mary,  I work for a video conferencing company call Perfect Video Conferencing.  We sell Lifesize, I would love to help you find the right fit.  Give me a call 516-282-2822

 

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Permalink Reply by Jodie on January 26, 2009 at 12:46pm

Hi Tanya,

I have used video conferencing from k to 12 and we have had our ups and downs. The Kid2Kid book is full of information but I can see where it might seem too abstract. For upper elementary, I have done many of the activities listed in the book. My favorite is the Mystery Quest. The kids are SOOOO engaged. It takes some time before the conference to develop the clues and you are connected up to 2 hrs. But the kids learn so much and are actually using skills that they developed in class. The ones that I have done are multi-point with 4 or 5 school connecting at once, but it could be done on a smaller scale. The neat thing is that you can adapt this format to almost anything. I have done Mystery Quests baseed on USA and Texas History, but I can see this being used with science elements, animals, etc. It really is fun to let your kids show what they have learned and see if they can get the answer to the other clues.

I could go on and on. I get very excited about VC in grades 3-8. They seem to really GET IT. I will also recommend that you join CAPspace. http://projects.twice.cc It is a great place to "meet" others who are using VC and there are lots of people who are looking for collaboration partners.

If you have any questions or want to discuss a project, please let me know. Have a great day.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Kellner on February 10, 2009 at 8:06am

Hi,
I am an educator in Virginia who developed the Edu-Skyper's Phone book: an international database of educators who want to connect.
Please register with us. Our goal is to connect educators up via Skype.
http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com/
Thank you,
Ken Kellner
ken.kellner@stewardschool.org
skype username: kenkellner

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Permalink Reply by Tanya Travis on January 26, 2009 at 2:19pm

My school system just blocked Skype. Due to budget cuts we also have no funds to purchase a program to video conference. Does anyone know any alternatives to Skype that won't cost too much?

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Permalink Reply by Lorraine on January 26, 2009 at 2:49pm

You might consider Google Talk. I've used it with small meetings and it seems to work fine.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on January 26, 2009 at 2:50pm

We use Marratech, I have no idea if it's free or not.

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Permalink Reply by J on February 6, 2009 at 11:45am

We had that problem in my district too. I think they wanted to block the students from the chat feature in Skype. You can run Skype off a USB drive. Look for one of these: SanDisk Cruzer USB with U3 technology. You can run all kinds of software directly off these USB drives (including skype) regardless of the blocks on your network. As a matter of fact, watch for your students using these to get around you're school's network.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Kellner on February 10, 2009 at 8:08am

Hi,
I am an educator in Virginia who developed the Edu-Skyper's Phone book: an international database of educators who want to connect.
Please register with us. Our goal is to connect educators up via Skype.
http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com/
Thank you,
Ken Kellner
ken.kellner@stewardschool.org
skype username: kenkellner

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Permalink Reply by Rob Letcher - www.21stcenturyed.com on February 6, 2009 at 7:21pm

The company I work for uses the Elluminate Live! product with kids from K through 12. For the youngest kids, it allows us to assess what they are learning from a distance and to run them through some simple activities. We have a virtual phonics tile set that kids can move around and re-arrange on the whiteboard. Neat stuff. The Upper Elementary students may do individual or group directed reading activities, sotry creation, fill in the blank assessments, etc. We've had guest speakers from all over present to the students as well as allow students to present to each other. We've even used the audio capabilities to put on an old fashioned "radio play".

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