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I’ve seen some videoconference interviews conducted very badly. The panel do not know how to behave in a videoconference interview and the interviewee is often ill-prepared for the videoconference environment.
Below are 2 tips sheets that will help both the interviewer and the interviewee in a videoconference interview.
Download is pdf 84KB each file: vc-tips-interviewees.pdf vc-tips-interviewers.pdf [...]

This is a nice little video about how videoconferencing is being used to provide highly specialised real-time care, from a distance, to high risk mothers in Hawaii.
Real-time videoconferencing coupled with teleultrasound is used to provide highly specialized medical care. High-risk mothers-to-be no longer fly in from neighbor islands for routine exams and emergent care for [...]

I had good intentions with ‘Question of the Week’ but just didn’t get enough questions for one a week. So…. Question of the Week has become Question of the Month - and here’s the first:
What’s the best videoconference system?
I get asked this question a lot. Naturally it’s not a simple answer. There are a number [...]

This is a great article by Jennifer Hagendorf Follett on the Telepresence Options website.
It gives a good overview of the telepresence options currently available and a view of the future. There are pictures of a number of telepresence systems throughout the article - a good chance to see them all on one page.
An interesting statement [...]

I’ve just added some blogs to the Resources page. Some of these are new & some I’ve just discovered. New additions are:
BlankenBlogger
El Paso ISD
Learning is Messy - Blog
The Wired Classroom
TWICE News & Views
Enjoy…..and check dozens of great websites & blog links about (or closely related to) educational videoconferencing on the Resources page.

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Click here to go to the website with video clips of expert panel responses to driving questions about the use of videoconferencing in relationship to: Practical Applications, Issues and Challenges, and Emerging Trends. These were recorded at the CILC Symposium 2007. Here are just a few of the topics covered - there are 20 in [...]

We’ve just passed the 2000 reader mark - excellent
Next target 2500 - tell your colleagues to drop by!

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As a follow on from the post & discussion about the use of interactive whiteboards with videoconferencing, you might find this blog useful. It has hints, tips, news and discussion about the use of Interactive Whiteboards and other technologies in the classroom.
It’s written by Danny Nicholson from the UK who is an Educator, ICT Consultant, [...]

I’ve started a swicki to track all things telepresence. The main aim of it is for me to collect information on the topic for my doctorate. It looks like this:

Feel free to pop along - you can:

Click on any of the tags (Hot Searches) & you’ll get a list of hundreds of links for that [...]

This is a 5-minute video which gives an easy to understand overview of videoconferencing - its components, setting up & using:
Download Video: Posted by gnageyj at TeacherTube.com.

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