Video+Conference

Video conferencing is a great educational resource that allows more than one person or classroom in various locations throughout the world connect using the internet and video cameras. The conferencers will be able to see and hear one another using the video camera, allowing them to carry on a complete conversation. This tool enables classroom not only talk to one another but have guest speakers, go on virtual field trips, learn lessons from guest teachers, or compete in student copetitions with other schools. I feel that it could be very exciting for a student to use video conferencing as a supplementary aid to reinforce what their teacher has taught them. For example, after learning about animals habitats, students could video conference with a zoologist to learn first hand about the animals and possibly take a tour of a habitat.Video conferencing enhances learning because it opens up a world of knowledge and experience that may not have been available to the students or teachers otherwise.

This [|article] provides information as to what video conferencing is and how to use it in a classroom.

This picture clearly shows students engaged in a video conference with two seperate conferencers at the same time. 