+ Live Cameras in Education By Susie Sebastian
+ History Invented at Cambridge in 1991 Connected to the Internet in 1993
+ Uses Connecting with people Authors Experts Virtual Field Trips No budget for travel Far away places (like out of the country) Keeping up with students who have to be home Suspension Illness
+ Potential Problems Privacy Should schools be able to access webcams without students’ knowledge? New Technology No policies written yet Malfunctioning Is the technology reliable?
+ Cost
+ Sources The Associated Press. (2007, April 7). Webcams posing policy conundrum. Education Week, 29(28), 24.History of Webcams (2010).retrieved on February 13, 2011 from Langhorst, E. (2009). You are there: no budget for travel? Try video chat. School Library Journal, 55(6), Retrieved from Scholastic. Virtual Field Trips. (2009, September/October). Girls Life. (2007 Apr/May) Smile for the Camera Vol 10 Issue 5 p fs.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/detail?hid=17&sid=9543cfed-a b58- 54e9bd4b2490%40sessionmgr14&vid=1&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d %3d#db=prh&AN= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcam fs.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/detail?hid=17&sid=9543cfed-a b58- 54e9bd4b2490%40sessionmgr14&vid=1&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d %3d#db=prh&AN= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcam PICTURES: