Comments on: Web Conferencing – Can We Chat?

By: Jenny Davey

Jenny Davey — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:32:42 +0000

Having earned a webcam from the district last year, I have only put it to use a handful of times so far. This gave the push needed to get me motivated again. Thank you!

By: Candace Garcia

Candace Garcia — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:41:20 +0000

Web conferencing is a great way to meet and connect with other classrooms in your school district or around the world. The one activity that I would like to implement into my classroom is the online jeopardy competitions. This is an engaging way to check for understanding. Having all students participating and helping out their teammate keeps all the students accountable. I also enjoyed learning about the electronic field trips. The pre and post activities that support the field trip are great additional resources.

By: Thia Lutich

Thia Lutich — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:43:50 +0000

This was the first time that I was introduced to the concept of two classrooms conferencing together. I thought this was really impressive because they were doing an actual lesson that allowed them to compete with each other and each student was engaged.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 04 May 2011 02:30:18 +0000

This has my mind thinking about all kinds of possibilities. I’m looking forward to learning more about skype in schools and the virtual field trips.

By: KB

KB — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:06:58 +0000

would love to work w/another classroom/ I teach preschool (age 3) but as the song says I need to prepare them for the future! Also can’t wait to check out virtual Field trips.

By: Ashley B

Ashley B — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:33:00 +0000

This presentation has given me a lot of ideas! I am especially interested in checking out the Around the World in 80 days site- I think it would be so eye-opening to kids here who have never left the state. I also think that the Jeopardy between classes is a great idea. I was thinking about ways to make test prep for standardized testing more fun and engaging, and this looks like a great way to do it. The virtual field trips also seem to be a great way to introduce different non-fiction topics to the class. I’m looking forward to exploring the resources.

By: Lisa B

Lisa B — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:11:39 +0000

I like the idea of web conferencing. I believe that my children will like doing this especially being able to conference with other students in other classrooms.

By: Pam Tucker

Pam Tucker — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:56:31 +0000

Going over the equipment needed was helpful. Seeing how skype may be useful in different ways was fun for the students and I will try this in the future. The electronic field trips looked like a success. I will try this site. Student interviews with experts on specific subjects was very interesting.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:55:22 +0000

I liked the pre and post activites. Loved sharing work with other grade levels. Also liked the virtual field trips. I could dig that!

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:53:47 +0000

What I liked about this video was that the students went on virtual field trips. I would like to use this for my class because with the budget the students could go on more field trips and not have to pay. I also liked how they had split screens.