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Distance Learning

Distance Learning. Distance Learning Oh, the places you will go! . Goals for Videoconferencing. Collaborate with other teachers, students and administrators Enrich lessons with outside resources Engage in professional development . Advantages of Video Conferencing

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Distance Learning

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  1. Distance Learning

  2. Distance Learning Oh, the places you will go!

  3. Goals for Videoconferencing • Collaborate with other teachers, students and administrators • Enrich lessons with outside resources • Engage in professional development

  4. Advantages of • Video Conferencing • To have teachers and students work together with other teachers and students • To knock down the walls of the classroom and invite the world in.

  5. More… • Appeals to students’ different learning styles • Increases many students’ motivation to learn • Provides practice on improving presentation and communication skills.

  6. While videoconferencing is not new to educational settings, it can still be considered a novelty by those who have not experienced its power.

  7. Teachers who have used the technology successfully are quick to extol the benefits to their students…

  8. because videoconferencing stimulates knowledge sharing and information gathering.

  9. Richland One students have been able to videoconference with each other, authors, astronauts, congressmen, scientists, animators, newscasters, toy designers, engineers, actors, musicians, artists and museum curators to name a few examples.

  10. These are the learning opportunities that we can provide for our students…

  11. Other Examples: Museums, corporations, & institutions of higher learning can give students the opportunity to interact with experts without leaving the classroom.

  12. enabling us to teach the student as a whole… intellectual and emotional human beings.

  13. Through the use of video conferencing, teachers have been able to coordinate experiences for their students that would not be possible otherwise.

  14. Availability Each Richland One high school and middle school has a video conferencing lab available to teachers as well as a few elementary schools. There is also a portable unit available for use. Many districts are also providing videoconferencing capabilities for their students.

  15. Recent Opportunities Financial Forum Free Videoconferencing opportunity on the topic of Financial InvestmentsGrade Level: 6-12

  16. Primary Source Documents Library of Congress - Free Research: Using primary sources - Locating, examining, and critiquing content and perspectives… culminating in products and/or performance with real-world application.

  17. NASA NASA’s Digital Learning Network presents a series of videoconferences on NASA education Hubble Space Telescope: With the completion of the recent shuttle mission to the International Space Station, the Mission to Hubble is next in line. Find out more at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

  18. For Help With Video Conferencing Contact: MadellDobrushin – mdobrushin@richlandone.org Dale Bosworth – dbosworth@richlandone.org Dayle Lytle - dlytle@richlandone.org

  19. Distance Learning Oh, the places you will go!

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