Judy Bornstein, jsbornrci.rutgers.edu

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Videoconferencing Collaboration Summer
Institute
Rutgers University Center for Mathematics,
Science and Computer Education July 7-11, 2008

• Judy Bornstein, jsborn_at_rci.rutgers.edu
• 732.445.0670
• http//cmsce.rutgers.edu

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Rutgers CMSCE Summer Institute is a unique
opportunity for teachers and content providers to
work together to create a collaborative community
to enhance teaching and learning.

• Overview of Videoconferecing
• Daily E-trips
• Introduction to collaboration tools
• Exploration of classroom resources that enhance
  collaboration
• Creation of a database of lessons and activities

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Content Provider Partners

• Middlesex County Cultural Commission
• Liberty Science Center
• Newark Museum
• New Jersey State Museum

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Why Focus on Videoconferencing?

• Allows teachers to bring in experts in all
  subject areas to enhance their lessons
• Schools can offer varied courses and content to
  their students
• Students can work with and learn from their peers
  in distant locations, college professors,
  museums, zoos
• Equity of opportunity for all students
• Offers enrichment without cost of school bus, or
  taking too much time from the rest of the school
  day

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Ways You Use VC?
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Why Combine Videoconferencing with Collaboration?

• An electronic videoconferencing field trip is a
  virtual visit to a site such as a museum or zoo
  or a with a content expert or other classroom.
• A collaboration extends this virtual visit to
  sharing with the content provider or classroom to
  create an end product. (examples can include
  cookbook, poetry collection, ppt slide show,
  quilt, newletter)

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Roadblocks to Collaboration
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Videoconferencing Tools

• Room-sized equipment
• Point to point
• Multi-point (bridged)
• IP or ISDN
• Webcams attached to a computer
• Software
• Internet connection

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Which is betterroom-sized or desktop vc?

• Room-sized Videoconferencing
• Pros Generally higher quality video and audio.
  Lends itself better to larger audience
  participation.
• Cons Too costly to have in each room. Need to
  reserve room. Scheduling may be limiting.

Desktop Videoconferencing Pros Requires only a
classroom computer with Internet connection and a
webcam. Flexible scheduling. Easier to integrate
into lessons when it is in the classroom. Cons
Lower quality video and audio. Need a projector
and external speakers for class use. Audio echo
unless mic is muted.
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Collaboration Tools

• Wikis (CMSCE wiki)
• eBoards (CMSCE collaboration eBoard)
• BLOGS (Sample BLOG)
• VoiceThreads (Collaboration voicethread)
• Del.icio.us (My Del.icio.us)
• Curricuplan (CMSCE Plans)
• ooVoo, Marratech
• Email
• Videoconferencing

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Sample Projects

• Design challenges
• Robotics challenge
• Sample collaborations
• Hospital (HS)
• Ocean life in the Pacific and Atlantic (3rd gr)
• Lakeview School (middle school)
• Puerto Rico-Perth Amboy
• Liberty Science Center (Betty the Bug Lady)
• RANJ
• Collaboration convention
• Tales of the Teddy Bear
• The Skys the Limit
• Science in the Cinema
• Professional development
• Science Test Prep

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What weve learned about collaboration

• Stay in close contact with partner
• Set expectations so all partners are on the same
  page

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Collaborative Lesson

• Focus on Learning
• Learning objectives
• Design lessons and activities
• Set definite beginning and ending dates
• Provide support materials for pre- and post-
  activities

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Classroom Hints

• Engage students with variety and interactivity
• Discuss behavior with students before vc
• Make sure students and parents have signed
  necessary waivers

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Where Can You Get Ideas

• Go to http//cmsce.rutgers.edu and click on
  eBoards.
• Select the eBoard called Videoconferencing
  Collaborations.
• Look for the note that says Collaboration
  Resources
• New Jersey Videoconferencing Resource Guide and
  Peer Directory
• http//cmsce.pbwiki.com/

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Final Group Projects

• On Friday, July 11th we will have our
• Show and Tell Day.
• Use Curricuplan to input a curricular unit with
  at least 2 lessons and activities.
• Plan a collaborative activity that utilizes
  videoconferencing to be completed during the
  2008-09 school year.
• Demonstrate the integration of the collaborative
  tools introduced.
• October-June
• Attend follow-up sessions via vc designed to
  provide support for collaborative projects.

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Thank You

• Verizon
• Logitech
• Seacliff
• VoiceThread

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Contacts

• Judy Bornstein, jsborn_at_rci.rutgers.edu,
  732-445-0670
• Harriet Schweitzer, harriets_at_rci.rutgers.edu,
  732-445-0670
• Access New Jersey
• Eric Kulmala, eric.kulmala_at_verizon.com,
  973-497-9765
• Steve Antonucci, stephen.antonucci_at_verizon.com,
  973-497-9765