Videoconferencing+Collaborations+and+Virtual+Field+Trips

=Session II: Videoconferencing Collaborations and Virtual Field Trips=

NOTE: Sorry that these notes are kind of unfocused! The presenter jumped quickly from one topic to the next and it was difficult to keep up. Definitely be sure to check ou the Celebrate Oklahoma Voices - Digital Storytelling project (below). Also, I thought that this was pretty cool - Wesley Fryer used the term **Digital Witnesses** to describe people capturing their stories through digital video and audio.

Wesley Fryer [|www.speedofcreativity.org]

Check it out! [|Celebrate Oklahoma Voices – Digital Storytelling Project]

Context & Connections

 * 1. Context**
 * SKYPE / iChat
 * H.323 v. desktop
 * Tanberg video conferencing / costs $10,000
 * H.323 video means videoconferencing over the Internet
 * Polycom
 * Skype is a free software program that you can download on your computer
 * Oovo – up to 5 people to video chat together
 * iChat – Apple

Search Portals for content systems/videoconference providers
 * Connections**
 * CILC (Resource)
 * Polycom – Videoconference Program Database (search for $0)
 * NoodleTrip
 * ePals www.epals.com/search/
 * [|K12 Online Conference 2008] – Check out the Brian Crosby video “[|Video Conferencing; It’s easy, Free & Powerful] "