What is video conferencing?

Video conferencing is a communications technology that integrates video to voice to connect remote users with each other as if they were in the same room. (www.wisegeek.com/what-is-video-conferencing.htm)

Curriculum Benefits

-Students can gain access to, and provide access of communication to peers, classes and experts around the world.

-Students can gain a face-to-face relationship with people from across the world.

- Students have the opportunity to interact with classes across the world.

- Students with English as a second language have the opportunity to gain help from other students in similar situations from multiple schools.

- Teachers can communicate with students from across the world.

-Teachers can team up to work with opposite classes via video conferencing.

-Students gain communication skills and acquire knowledge through video conferencing.

Purpose of Video Conferencing

-Dialogue between foreign languages

-Sharing of educational resources

-Develop communication skills

- Direct teacher interaction for isolated students

- Enhancing distance learning

Standards met for English as a Second Language Reading and Writing:

-Using available technology to research and produce an end product that is accurately documented

-Using organizational features of electronic information

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Rationale:

In this age of information and technology, people need reading and information retrieval skills that will enable them to access facts, images, and text from many sources (www.cde.state.co.us)

References:

www.wisegeek.com/what-is-video-conferencing.htm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dt3BbsM41g

www.zardec.net.au/keith/vidconf.htm

www.ideamarketers.com/?Efficient_Use_of_Video_Conferencing&articleid=382341

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Created by: Laura Emery and Brianna Donnelly