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Videoconferencing Program Opportunities

Carole Stern

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

March 16, 2009

http://skypeinschools.pbwiki.com/

Enrichment Sessions

Dice and Randomness

Waiting for “Heads”

The Box Problem

The Lemurs of Madagascar

Anger Management

Thinking Creatively

The Role of the Conductor

NCSSM - Waiting for Heads

Toss a fair coin into the air how many times will it take for the first “heads” to appear? Each student will repeat this experiment several times and display the results in a histogram.

Frances Dowell – author interview

NCSSM

NC Museum of History

History Mystery

Grades 3-5

Don’t You Know There’s

a War On? Grades 6-12

NC Wildlife Resources Commission

Wildlife Habitats

NC Museum of Natural Sciences

Migrate, Hibernate, Pupate

National Content Providers

Global Nomads www.gng.org

Animals Down Under G'day mate! Animals that are found in Australia are some of the most distinctive animals on Earth. Travel down under with me as we peer into a pouch, leap over lizards, and discover other facts about animals found on this humungous island.

This project is for middle school students studying world geography. Through video conferencing students meet other students to learn about cities and countries in the world.

A Middle School World Geography Videoconference Project

www.magpi.net

www.cilc.org

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Inter-school projects

Fourth graders share information about their region with students in other parts of the state

Rural Hall Elementary celebrates Constitution Day with schools in 50 states

www.twice.cc/projects.html

Listserves…Mound builders --I have an 8th grade social studies interested in collaborating on the topic of mound building Indians.Audience: Education: Grade(s): 8

French connection --I would like to find an advanced English classroom in France to do a conference with my French I students. I am most interested in doing a cultural comparison.Audience: Education: Grade(s): 9, 10

MegaConference Jr.

Professional Development

Advanced Functions and Modeling Workshop

Sampson County

Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership

Instruction can be accessed

from presenters across the nation

Polycom PVX software loaded on laptop

Southeast Middle School, Forsyth County

mobile unit

Perquimans County HS

James Sprunt Community College

Point to Point … is ready to go

Multipoint … requires a network service

NC Information Technology

Services (NC ITS VNS)

www.ncih.net

ITS VNS services include:

•multipoint bridging

•use of the online scheduler

•listserve access

•troubleshooting support

The NC Department of Public Instruction will fund NC ITS VNS

service charges for video-conferencing in K-12 public schools

as long as funding is available.

Ed Chase

echase@dpi.state.nc.us

Carole Stern

stern@ncssm.edu

www.dlt.ncssm.edu