The Scavenger’s Hunt

Choose one or all of these links to learn what others are doing with videoconferencing and other synchronous communication technologies.

What Others are Doing
Our City Podcast & Collaboration
By Tony Vincent(Tony Vincent)
This creative pre-connection brought increased meaning to a videoconference between classrooms.
Be sure to read all the way down this article.

LCDLC Update for January 21st 2008
By LCDLC
What a unique way to engage teachers in the potential of videoconferencing events.
Way to go, Paul!
Video Podcast of videoconferencing opportunities for the week of January 21, 2008. Want to see more? Visit us on the web at lcdlc.podomatic.com

Video conferencing on steroids' a giant leap for research
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
While K-12 schools won’t likely have this kind of access for a long time, it is interesting to see what may come to us in the future. This was a ‘wow’ for me.
A $600000 "video conferencing on steroids" set-up at Melbourne University proved its usefulness almost immediately at its launch yesterday...

Meet Tech-Savvy Indian Farmers!
EFYTimes (press release) - New Delhi,India
This certainly brings relevance of IVC to our rural schools.
The farmers are now using video conferencing to procure good quality seeds, fertilizers and for others inputs. These systems also help them access ...

International Travel Opportunity: A way to meet new IVC Collaboration Partners?
The Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is offering Tours for Teachers to help educators travel internationally during the summer and earn graduate school and professional development credit in the process. GEEO’s mission is to help and encourage educators to bring their foreign experiences back to the classroom and create a more outward-looking generation of Americans. The hope is that by spending time overseas and forming international relationships, teachers will gain fresh perspectives that should deeply enrich their students' learning and global awareness.

Videoconferencing That Teaches
Lost boy of Sudan featured in video conference at St. Joe's
The Hammonton News - NJ, USA
Social Studies that sticks.
... at St. Joseph High School here Thursday had the opportunity to hear first hand, through distance video conferencing, the plight of Michael Majok Kuch, ...