Support for videoconferencing

Videoconferencing is a great way to open the classroom: to engage students in discussion with students in other classes, other schools and beyond!

Collaboration between schools, presentations of project work and discussions with experts such as scientists and authors are just some of the ways that videoconferencing can enhance and enrich students’ learning.

Ideas

Connected Classrooms Program bulletins (DET intranet) often showcase school videoconference events of interest.

	For ideas for videoconference events, watch the movie, Enhancing student learning using videoconferencing (wmv, 9.2 MB)
	The Distance Education Technologies unit regularly run virtual excursions via videoconference. Check it out on their Connections webpage.

Organising a videoconference

Want to organise a videoconference with an expert?
Evonne Webb (Regional Implementation Coordinator, South West Sydney) has developed a comprehensive guide to coordinating a video conference event with a guest speaker across a number of sites.

Want to organise a videoconference with an expert?
Evonne Webb (Regional Implementation Coordinator) has developed a comprehensive guide to coordinating a video conference event with a guest speaker across a number of sites.

Download or view video conference guide (MS Word 2007 8.5 MB)

Watch the video conference as Evonne describes the guide for organising VCs.

FLV 29.6 MB

Sample videoconferences with authors

These recording will be published during Term 1, 2010.

Chipping Norton Public School hosted a very successful video conference between Morris Gleitzman and Stage 3 students in 12 primary schools. The students discussed the writing process and sought answers to questions about writing.

Morris Gleitzman
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FLV 34 MB

Graeme Base

This event was an interactive conversation by video conference hosted by Stage 3 students at Revesby Public School between Australian children’s picture book author Graeme Base and students and teachers from surrounding schools.

Graeme Base
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FLV 29 MB

Ursula Dubosarsky

The videoconference with Ursula Dubosarsky was hosted by hosted by Cabramatta West Public School
Students were encouraged to ask questions of Ursula Dubosarsky, relating to her work as a writer and/or how she collaborates with the illustrators of her texts.

Ursula Dubosarsky
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FLV 29 MB

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