Mary Hutz set up the framework for the training we delivered today to Addison K-12 teachers. I met with the K-6 teachers and Mary met with the secondary teachers by video conference.
We met with the groups in 50 minute blocks and talked about the resources available on the GST DL website, such as the collaborative projects calendar, list of video conferencing resources, the content we deliver, and our blog.
We also encouraged teachers to sign up for our 2-day Empire State Video Conference Collaborative training on November 4 and 5.
Part of the session was spent connected to a content provider specifically targeted to the grade levels:
K-2 - Lee Richardson Zoo
3-4 - NYS Historical Association & Farmer's Museum
5-6 - Cleveland Museum of Art
7-8 - Pro Football Hall of Fame
9-10 - National Baseball Hall of Fame
11-12 - Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
The session concluded with some information about our Virtual Office Hours and questions from participants.
We thoroughly enjoyed working with the teachers in Addison today and look forward to hearing from them, and other educators in our region who need help with video conferencing!!
One of the other sessions that Addison teachers rotated through today was a district offering that was closely related to our presentation. The Addison district recently adapted a protocol teachers will use to set up video conferences. The district has made it available to teachers on the network, and passed out a hard copy of the materials during that part of the training. They also spent time explaining the district's new procedure for signing up for video conferences.
Would you like us to deliver a similar training to teachers in your district? Let us know! DL@gstboces.org
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OK, IVC friends! How do you share information about video conferencing with your districts? Short trainings? Longer trainings? We're always looking for ideas!
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