Today, students from Ms. Ditzell and Mr. Burd's 8th grade English and Social Studies classes interacted with teachers by video conference during a session of the TxDLA 2010 Conference.
According to their website, the "TxDLA is a nonprofit association formed to promote the development and application of all forms of distance learning and to implement effective distance learning strategies for Texans and other distance learning practitioners of the global community." The TxDLA Conference is a national conference held in Houston, TX for educators and distance learning professionals.
Listen to Ken Conn teach the breakout session at the conference in which the Prattsburgh students participated.
Despite the fact that we tested the call shortly before the session, we experienced some technical difficulties. The students waited patiently and finally we were able to connect with the educators in Texas.
In February, the students participated in a session with Cleveland Museum of Art about the Harlem Renaissance. They had a chance to share that and then the students played a game of Win, Lose or Draw with the participants in Texas.
I think the Win, Lose or Draw game would be an excellent game to play in a collaborative video conference with content-related vocabulary words, phrases, historic locations, parts of speech, etc.
Thanks to Ken Conn for inviting me to share educational video conference opportunities happening at GST BOCES and around New York State, and for giving students in our region a chance to interact with educators at a national conference. It was a great experience and it is very much appreciated!
2 comments:
What a great write-up! You are AMAZING Cheryl. Thank you so much for all of your efforts in helping share with the TxDLA attendees. They learned a lot, especially about staying calm and flexible in a "bad connection" experience.
We meant to do that, right? (Good demo of how NOT to panic!)
Thanks again, Ken! I am always happy to lend a hand! :-)
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