Thursday, February 26, 2009

Conference in the Fischbowl

Did anyone else look at the video conference by Karl Fisch? This looks amazing. I have to admit I am overwhelmed with the magnitude of the set up. There were computers connected to Skype, students had laptops for blogging, other computers for blogging, parents were emailed so they could see their children using these tools. This activity looks like a total team effort in order to pull it off. For me, the problem is that I get excited about these big activities and want to do them as well. To be realistic, I do not have the know how or time to do something this exciting. Should this be something we work with our school TILs to bring to our school. On a similar note, our school is going to connect to a worldwide Math initiative and have scheduled times for the entire school to participate. This accomplishes the use of technology and improving math skills as two of our school goals.
Has anyone tried an activity similar to Fisch but to a lesser degree? Please share.

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