Video+Conferencing

__**Easy to use**__
 * __Reasons for use__**
 * Bring the outside world IN & break down the walls of your classroom
 * Listen to and interact with real world experts
 * Collaborate and communicate with people from all over the world
 * Virtually visit museums, universities, NASA, and many more places without having to leave school
 * Fairly easy to search the databases and find video conferences for your class or subject
 * We will be there to test the connection and hook up the equipment for the conference

__**Resources**__

__**Content Providers**__
 * [[file:hdx_quick_tips.pdf]]
 * [|Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC)] -- Content provder for Video Conferences. Search by keyword or subject area.
 * [|Magpi] -- Content provider for FREE video conferences. Browse by subject area
 * [|Twice.cc] -- Two way interactive Connections in education. Search for class-to-class collaborations.

__**Video Conferences resources**__


 * [|5 ways Classrooms can Use Video Conferencing]
 * [|Video Conference Resources]
 * [|Video Conference Programs and Field Trips]
 * [|VC Content Providers Database]
 * [|Met Any Good Authors Lately? Classrooms visits can happen using Skype]
 * [|CAPSpace]
 * [|TWICE:Two Way Interactive Connections in Education. Your one stop source for k12 video conferences]
 * [|NASA - Digital Learning Network]
 * [|Pro Football Hall of Fame]
 * [|Library of Congress]
 * [|Ann Arbor Hands -On]
 * [|Carnegie Museum and National History]