Ten good Reasons + One To VideoConference

1. To bring in guest speakers from around the nation and around the world.
2. To include a diverse group of colleagues in appropriate meetings.
3. To team teach with faculty at another university.
4. To conduct classroom observations.
5. To remotely conference with supervising teachers.
6. To remotely conference with K-12 students.
7. To remotely conference with K-12 teachers.
8. To provide distance learning opportunities for dislocated post-baccalaureate students.
9. To connect with politicians in Washington D.C. to engage them on issues of social justice and education.
10. To participate in K-12 special events, i.e. student book clubs.
11. To give students exposure and practice in using this technology for teaching and learning.

Helpful websites:

• Videoconferencing for Learning: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/
• Videoconferencing for Educators: http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow6/nov98/index.html
• Global Schoolhouse Resources: http://www.gsn.org/cu/index.html
  

2/12/03 Sharon Kayne Chaplock and Ellen Eckman

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