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Lois Smethurst & her class recently had their first Skype videoconference with students in New Zealand. Lois writes about it on her blog:
Four Australian students interviewed four students in New Zealand about being leaders in their schools. The Aussie students are using the interviews as part of our school’s weekly radio show. We recorded the [...]

This is quite an intersting blog if you want to get the ‘big picture’ view of videoconferencing. The blog is written by Sagee Ben-Zedeff a technology researcher at RADVISION.
Video over Enterprise covers video products and innovations from an enterprise perspective. Sagee Ben-Zedeff, who is maintaining this blog, will present insights on how video is creating [...]

St Thomas’ is a small school in Camp Hill, Brisbane, Australia.
Last year St Thomas’ successfully applied to NASA to host a direct radio link between the school and an astronaut on the International Space Station. This contact is part of a project called “ARISS” which is supported by amateur radio operators and NASA’s education division. [...]

This is not strictly videoconferencing, but there are so many great resources here that I had to share it.
You can explore the Smithsonian American Art Museum through rich media. On their web page they
post slide shows, podcasts, and other resources that present their collection in new and engaging ways.
Some examples of what you can access:
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Here’s a neat little video form TANDBERG showing all types of videoconferencing systems – from handheld to telepresence being used in a variety of situations:

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Earlier this month high school students from Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and Ohio watched an autopsy live via videoconference.

Apparently the students shifted in their seats once in a while, and  averted their eyes at times during the autopsy, but no one left or slid under the table during the videoconference! When the brain was [...]

Global Nomads Group (an international NGO that creates interactive educational programs for students about global issues) have a range of interesting videoconference programs coming up.
Join GNG as they explore the Global Economic Crisis, take a look into the roles of the world’s emerging superpowers – China and India, continue to delve into [...]

This article overviews a number of ways that videoconferencing can be used in schools and colleges to support learning:

Collaborative research
Sharing or informal chats
Reporting news
Virtual field trips
Ask an expert

Read more.

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This is an article from March 2008 that I somehow missed at the time. It’s quite a good overview of telepresence & telerobotics and how they are (and might be) used in education.
Becta is the government agency in the UK leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning.
They [...]

Students at the school inside the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center recently forgot their illnesses to visit with a Eurasian Eagle Owl, a Green Wing Macaw and a Lesser Sulfur Crested Cockatoo. During a recent videoconference with the Downtown Aquarium, instructors used the colorful birds to reinforce Bernoulli’s Principle, which explains the physics [...]

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