Videoconferencing Engages the

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Videoconferencing Engages the 21st Century
Learner April 28, 2009 330 PM
Anna DeConti, Dean Carole Stern, Outreach
Specialist North Carolina School of Science and
Mathematics Durham, NC
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Anna DeConti, NCSSM Dean, Distance Education and
Extended Programs
Carole Stern, NCSSM Outreach Specialist
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• How much experience do you have with
  videoconferencing?
• I have never participated in a videoconference.
• I have participated in a few videoconference
  sessions.
• I have participated in many videoconferencing
  sessions.

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Please introduce yourselves let us know where
you work and why you decided to attend this
session. Please let us know if you have a
particular concern or question about
videoconferencing that you want us to discuss.
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Desktop videoconferencing
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Classroom Videoconferencing
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NCSSM Course Offerings 2008-2009
Honors African American Studies Honors
Calculus/AP Calculus AB Honors U.S. History /
AP U.S. History Honors Introduction to
Psychology Discrete Mathematics Honors
Genetics and Biotechnology Honors
Forensics Honors Mandarin Chinese I II
Honors Precalculus Honors
Physics
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What does classroom videoconferencing look
like at NCSSM?
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Demonstrations of an NCSSM programming video
clip of Calculus class hands on activity
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The Miles Dont Matter handout for this session
includes links to programming opportunities
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Sample of NCSSM enrichment programs Dice and
Randomness Waiting for Heads The Box Problem
The Lemurs of Madagascar Anger Management
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NC Museum of History
History Mystery Grades 3-5 Dont You Know
Theres a War On? Grades 6-12
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NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Wildlife Habitats
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NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Migrate, Hibernate, Pupate
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National Content Providers
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Global Nomads
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www.cilc.org
Enter a search term like president
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Inter-school projects
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Fourth graders share information about their
region with students in other parts of the state
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Rural Hall Elementary celebrates Constitution
Day with schools in 50 states
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MegaConference Jr.
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www.twice.cc/projects.html
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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
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Professional Development
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Advanced Functions and Modeling Workshop
Sampson County
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Instruction can be accessed from content
providers across the nation
Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership
professional development for chemistry and
biology teachers
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What about equipment
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Polycom PVX software loaded on laptop
Southeast Middle School Forsyth County
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The instructor appears on the flat panel display
in the middle school classroom.
Notice the small camera that relays the picture
of the classroom audience.
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mobile unit at NCSSM
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Fixed Classroom at Perquimans County HS
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Fixed room at James Sprunt Community College
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Point to Point is ready to go Multipoint
requires bridging service
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NC Information Technology Services Video
Network Services (NC ITS VNS) www.ncih.net
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• ITS VNS services include
• multipoint bridging
• use of the online scheduler
• listserve access
• troubleshooting support

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www.ncih.net
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Funding for NC ITS VNS service charges for K-12
public schools has been eliminated from the
governors budget. Support is being sought
through the School Connectivity Project For
more information on funding contact Ed Chase
echase_at_dpi.state.nc.us
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If you would like to look at a 2 minute video
that describes how video-conferencing is used in
NC K-12 classrooms, please go to www.dlt.ncssm.e
du/distance_learning/Presentations.htm
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Thank you for attending our presentation Anna
DeConti deconti_at_ncssm.edu Carole
Stern stern_at_ncssm.edu www.dlt.ncssm.edu