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Singing via Videoconference

June 26, 2008 | |

I’ve been gathering some new resources for my Effective Videoconference Teaching workshop. In a search through YouTube I found a series of videos about ‘Singing with Shane’. Below is one of these - see VC in Schools in my YouTube channel if you’d like to see more. I think this looks like a great use, but I have a few questions that I hope someone from EdLink12 can answer in the comments section.

Does Shane use the ‘character’ for the whole videoconference?

There’s limited interaction in the section shown - little more than could be achieved in a TV broadcast. Does ‘Shane’ interact more with the children in other parts of the lesson?

And just how do you create the characters - they’re fabulous?

Looking forward to more information on this fascinating program - enjoy:


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  1.    Roxanne Glaser on June 26, 2008 11:39 pm

    Hi, Carol,

    This program is highly interactive. We began the program to meet a need from our schools for quality interactive programs for PreK-1st grade students (ages 3-6). He asks the students questions and then has them sing with him. The students have to mute their microphones during the singing due to the echo/delay in the audio.

    Shane will be one of the IVC Showcase sessions at NECC 2008 in San Antonio on Monday, June 30 from 12:30-1:00 PM.

    To see another example, visit http://www.edlink12.net/sws and click Example.

    Enjoy!
    Roxanne

  2.    Carol on June 27, 2008 9:05 am

    Thx Rox - I knew something good would be going on. I’ll post that longer version of Shane.

    Cheers
    Carol

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