1. Optimizing use of Videoconferencing Technology Craig Bullett & Christie Huff Provincial Resource Team Community Learning Centre Initiative DEEN Committee 31 October 2012

2. Welcome Introductions (local) Introductions (remote) How will this training will be different? Best Practice audio/video check Etiquette

3. Outline VC and Meetings VC and Curriculum Lunch VC and Professional Development

4. Problem: Student field trips (F2F PD for teachers too) have become too expensive because transportation budgets have been cut. Solution: Use Videoconference Technology. NO!!!!! Move from traditional F2F, paper-based instruction Go to Distance Education principles which foster… Learner interaction with peers and electronic mediums Synchronous/Asynchronous learning VC is only a tool!

5. Can a teleconference call do? Telephone more spontaneous than VC. (VC may require several phone calls/emails etc). Do you need to “talk” to someone or do you need to host a conference? Conference requires an agenda, participants are tied to a calendar/dates/times. Why VC?

6. Ideal = 1 to 1 for less than 1hr. More sites = More planning and better moderation. Purpose Share/provide info Exchange info VC site location? Where will you go? How many sites will connect? (more than 3 sites = Bridge). Have an agenda & stick to it. *Understood: F2F= 80%, VC= 60%, Phone= 40% Meetings by VC

7. VC Possibilities for the classroom Content Providers/Virtual Field Trip: CILC (Centre for Interactive Learning & Collaboration) Collaborations: CAP (Collaborations Around the Planet) TakingITGlobal *CVRHS & McMillen Centre for Education VC Sample (1m8s-3m25s) *RBG Content Provider Sample (1m0s-2m0s) *Centre for Global Education (0m15s-2m30s) *McGill percussion clinic (1h12m40s-1h13m30s)

8. Content Provider -vs- Collaboration Cost $$$Free (usually) Easier for the TeacherA little more work Class resources (worksheets)Make your own Content tailored to your classYou need to tailor it Animator interacts with studentsYou do the animation Students are PassiveStudents are Active Novelty wears offDeeper Learning Great for VC newbiesMay need experience

9. VC Possibilities for the classroom Share & Celebrate! (media students) o Open House/Curriculum Night o Leverage for more $$$!

10. Try the VC with a Content Provider! Reserve a Content Provider Have Content Provider invoice… LEARN Quebec – CLC initiative Complete an evaluation to share with other Teachers in Quebec. * Notify cbullett@learnquebec.ca prior to your event*cbullett@learnquebec.ca

11. VCs reviewed by Teachers Age of Exploration -The Mariner's Museum Butterflies Program-Centre for Puppetry Arts Chocolate-Royal Botanical Gardens Cleveland Institute of Music Clever Beatrice-Margaret Willey Creatures with wings and crawly things- Royal Botanical Gardens Fraction Interactions-Ann Arbor Museum Geology Rocks-Springfield Discovery Center International Wolf Centre Journey through the Solar System-Space Center Houston- NASA Knights Kings & Castles-Cleveland Museum of Art Wired & Routed: Cyber Bullying -McMillen Centre for Education Penguins-Columbus Zoo and Aquarium PIQ-Test Your Palaeo Intelligence-Royal Tyrell Museum PIQ-Test Your Palaeo Intelligence Polar Bears- Indianapolis Zoo Sheffield Museum Species at Risk-Royal Botanical Gardens Species at Risk The Mysteries of the Great Lakes- The Bathyspere Underwater Biological Laboratory Up Close and Palaeo Jr- Royal Tyrell Museum Virtual Museum Visit- Royal Tyrell Museum

12. What do you want to achieve? Ice breaker o Launch a theme or topic. Enrichment o Go beyond the curriculum. o Add to the LES Synthesis o Connect the dots of a unit/lesson o Conclude/wrap-up a topic.

13. Planning Create your VC team Checklists (handout) Etiquette (handout) Classroom management/Prep students Talk to Content Provider Check-in Before & Follow-up After

14. Before & After the program… Vocabulary development Activate prior knowledge o Reading selection/Discussion/Writing prompt Content Providers have activities post videoconference (some do this). Evaluate what worked and what didn’t Discuss the experience with students 9/12/2015

15. (N)Etiquette ….As applied to any/all VC events

16. Audio (keep mic away from…)

17. Video (Lighting)

19. Video (Seating) 2learn.ca

20. Videoconferencing & Professional Development Craig Bullett & Christie Huff Provincial Resource Team Community Learning Centre Initiative DEEN Committee 31 October 2012

21. Shorter sessions (1 hr chunks) More interactivity and discussion of learning. Story-telling and questioning as teaching strategy. Learners must have done some preparation prior to joining the VC session. Read prerequisite docs, Preview video clips, etc. Expect that participants may not be prepared! Build this into the VC session. @9:00 remote site previews video together prior to VC connection. @9:15 Sites begin connections @9:30 VC event begins. PD & VC….Thoughts

22. VC Planner Template

23. LEARN/CLC Website www.learnquebec.ca/clc

24. The Centre for Global Education Explore global issues and the potential youth have to shape a better common future. Middle East In Transition (Live Palestine and Egypt) Tread lightly: Climate Change Conference (Live United Nations) World Aids Day Video Conference (Africa) Global Dignity Day (Parliament in Ottawa) International Day of the Girl Child

25. Centre for Global Education…con’t This just in October!!!!! International Day of the Girl Child Conference - Gr 6-12 Mental Health: Awareness and Action Gr 9-12 Global Dignity Day International Video Conference Gr 6-12 Middle East in Transition: Peace and Conflict Part I Gr 9-12 Video Conference for Hope, LIVE from Nicaragua Gr 7-12 Middle East in Transition: Peace and Conflict Part II Gr 9-12 Body Systems: Heart/Circulation System II - Gr 9-12 Body Systems: Digestion System - All Grades Learn at Lunch: New Brain Research and Education -

26. Percussion Clinic with McGill University

27. Writing Workshop with Author