At the last faculty meeting when Michelle talked about her friend in Iraq and his correspondence with her students, it reminded me of something I’ve wanted to do technology-wise. Wouldn’t it be great if Michelle’s students could talk directly with a soldier in Iraq or if any of the classes could talk directly with students in another part of the U.S or in the world for free. All it takes is a webcam, a computer and a reasonable internet provider. Could we also use it with a Smart Board?
Last year, my family and neighbors actually held a virtual baby shower here in Burke for my daughter who was in Juneau, Alaska. In fact, Nancy Moen attended. The presents were sent to her in advance and she opened them up in front of her web cam. We had a projector attached to our laptop here and showed the picture on the living room wall. The people in Juneau could also see us on their monitor.
Could we experiment with webcams? First we need someone in another location to experiment with us. Does anyone have any ideas about how we could do this?
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Yes, Jerry we have the ability to do this and I have tried for several years to get people interested in doing such. You might remember I sent you a few links to classes in oter parts of the world that were interested in doing an online collaborative math project. If you are still interested, we can make this happen. Let me know.
Jerry, I've got a webcam built into my iMac computer at home. I really only use it to chat with my brother, who's got the same iMac. As a result, I'm more than happy to experiment and trouble-shoot as far as web interfacing goes...Just tell me what time you're free, and I'll switch on my webcam!
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