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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Videoconferencing

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how video conferencing has grown from the 1900s prediction.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Family Group Conferencing and Juvenile Justice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the use of Family Group Conferencing in juvenile justice systems.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Conferencing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Editing is a step that can often be overlooked in Kindergarten; however, it is crucial that our students understand how and why to go back and fix their writing! In this lesson, students will take suggestions from the teacher and their...
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Lesson Plan
Education.com

Education.com: Peer Conferencing 101

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] At the completion of this activity, students will be able to use the peer conference format to provide feedback to a peer.
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Article
Other

Training Virtual Teams Using Desktop Video Conferencing

For Students 9th - 10th
Technology does improve team communication and this article tells how.
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Website
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Videoconferencing for Educators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this site to explore resources for using desktop videoconferencing in the classroom. This guide from The Franklin Institute offers tips for planning and preparing for a videoconference, ways in which the technology can be used in the...
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Whiteboard
San Diego State University

Show Me Videoconferencing 2.0 Whiteboard

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of whiteboards, and an opportunity to use one.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: How Ict Has Changed Communication and Collaboration

For Students 6th - 8th
Computers and the internet have changed how people work, communicate, and share information, but we need to understand the advantages and disadvantages of sharing online. This tutorial looks at email, video conferencing, online document...
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Website
Other

Honey Software: Personal Video Telecommunications

For Students 9th - 10th
Honey Q is a conferencing program that allow users to combine instant snapshots with instant messaging-style communication.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Baseball Rocks!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Through videoconferencing, two classes battle out their knowledge of rocks and minerals and the rock cycle by playing baseball. Each class completes a unit on rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle which includes gathering facts from print...
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Online Course
Other

Montana State University: Extended University

For Students 9th - 10th
Located at Montana State University-Bozeman, find professional development, non-credit courses, video conferencing, and outreach to extend learning.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Reading, Writing, and Sounder

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The activities included in this lesson plan require the reading of William Armstrong's Sounder. This technology-based lesson fosters critical thinking and includes journal writing, student-led discussions with another class via video...
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Professional Doc
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Conference Tips [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Six steps followed by nine tips to successful teacher-student writing conferences. Also includes a list of possible questions in both English and Spanish to ask students while conferencing.
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Website
Other

Pare Lorentz Film Center

For Students 9th - 10th
A media source for information on the life and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The film center is named after Pare Lorentz, a renowned documentary filmmaker who created government-sponsored films during Roosevelt's era, as well as...
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Website
Columbia University

Columbia University: Session Initiation Protocol (Sip)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very complete, academic site covering the SIP protocol. Find out an overview of the topic, news, features, grammar, implementations, service providers and more.
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Website
University of Virginia

The Electronic Labyrinth: Douglas Engelbart

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about Douglas Engelbart's slogan of "augmentation not automation," and the key technology tools he helped provide.
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Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Workshop 6: Responding to Writing: Teacher to Student

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
"Responding to Writing: Teacher to Student" [58:21] demonstrates how five teachers Jenny Beasley, Vivian Johnson, Mary Cathryn Ricker, Laurie Swistak, and Jack Wildea use student-teacher conferences to help their students improve as...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Universal Translator for Surgeons

For Students 9th - 10th
Laparoscopic surgery uses minimally invasive incisions- which means less pain and shorter recovery times for patients. But Steven Schwaitzberg has run into two problems teaching these techniques to surgeons around the world- language and...
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Unit Plan
San Diego State University

San Diego State University: Researching Research

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This comprehensive unit site from the San Diego State University is geared towards seventh grade math and science students. "Students will chose a research project currently in progress and research it using traditional techniques, the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Expressing Yourself With Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Two classes at different schools or across the hall share dramatic poetry presentations as part of a poetry unit. Students listen to poetry, practice reading poetry, and (if practical) participate in a distance learning program on...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Whose Voice Guides Your Choice?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this one-two week unit, students explore the role media has in influencing public opinion. Students analyze advertising in print, video, and online formats. An optional visit to the Museum of Television and Radio via distance learning...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The American Spy in Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a fun and innovative instructional activity that will allow students to travel through history in a most unique fashion. Through Internet research and video conferencing students will get a real blast from the past. Students will...
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Lesson Plan
Microsoft

Microsoft Education Virtual Tour: Batter Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This downloadable (2.7 MB Microsoft PowerPoint file) project helps students apply their knowledge of fractions and decimals to the game of baseball. They compute batting averages and hitting percentages and participate in a simulated...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Tea With Grandma

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Ravi who loved listening to his grandmother tell stories about growing up in a village called Tambaram. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...

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