Video-Conferencing It’s Easy, Free and Powerful

I watched a presentation on video conferencing by Brian Crosby, an elementary teacher for 26 years that teaches sixth grade in Sparks, Nevada.  He stats that for technology to be effective it must be used effectively, too often technology is used for the WOW factor to grab the attention of students but once the newness wears of students become bored with technology and technology becomes nothing more than just an expensive dust collector.  Brian gives examples for using video conferencing such as for including a student that cannot attend school due to an illness, Sharing an expert of hard to schedule presenter, practicing oral language skills, to do collaborative projects which analyze, critique and provide feedback. He also gave some basic tools needed to video conference such as skype, web cam  and a mic. I really like his ending quote "remember learning is messy", this is so true when trying new things.  If you would like to see this video or visit Brian's blog they are listed below.

K12 Online Conference 2008 | Getting Started “Video-Conferencing It’s Easy, Free and Powerful”

Brian Crosby Reno, Nevada, USA

Blog: http://learningismessy.com/blog