Strategies for Using Videoconferencing Technology in the K-12 Classroom:
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The lists of content resource providers on these pages is designed to assist teachers in making connections with videoconferencing resource providers and partners.  The challenge of finding resource connections that fit with curriculum can be a time consuming experience for classroom teachers.  These resources are designed to cut search time and provide links to the people and resources that are appropriate for classroom integration.  

Videoconferencing Resources:

Interactive video communication offers opportunities to enhance curriculum through special one-time events. Expert guests can speak to students and teachers at many sites without having to travel.  Resources all over the country, such as zoos and museums, use video systems and high-speed broadband connections to give kids an opportunity to see, hear, and interact in real time.  Students are using videoconferencing to connect to partners in other schools across the country and the world.

Connections to outside resources can take on many forms: 

  • One time video conferencing events with experts 
  • One time video conferencing events with content providers such as museums, zoos, government sponsored education sites, etc.
  • Connections to video conferencing partners at other schools in the United States and across the world.
  • Long term connections with a distance learning provider

Research is necessary in order to find a videoconferencing partner.  A starting place is to determine which content and curriculum is best suited to a videoconferencing scenario and design the videoconferencing piece to fit the curriculum.  Sites to the right can assist in locating a videoconferencing partnership with an expert, classroom students, other teaching professionals, or distance learning options.

The best resources may be closer than you think.  Local government sites may have links to videoconferencing possibilities.  Listed below is one such site:
Site Lists offering Videoconferencing Connection Services
  • Pacific Bell  - Provider list - searchable database of sites that provide videoconferencing connections - as well as links to other directories
  • Polycom - Education content providers list - a comprehensive list of over 200 contacts for setting up educational videoconferencing sessions.
  • Library of Congress
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