Interactive Videoconferencing introduces IVC and its advantages and challenges.    

Break down the walls of your classroom! Build interdisciplinary collaborations by integrating interactive videoconferencing (IVC) into your standards-based lessons. This book focuses on a blend of interactive technologies that increase learning by building virtual classrooms. IVC allows for visual and voice interaction beyond the walls of the classroom, while the Internet connects students to current information and provides a shared location for data. Interactive Videoconferencing shows you how to use these two technologies to develop Web 2.0 lessons that are guaranteed to increase interaction and enthusiasm in your classroom.

Features:

• Lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school
• Lesson plans for reading/language arts, math, science, and social studies
• A discussion of instructional resources for IVC lessons