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- Subject: Repost: Oct 22nd Telecomm. Videoconf.
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- PBS VIDEOCONFERENCE EXPLORES
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS USE IN SCHOOLS
-
- Alexandria, Virginia, October 11,1992 - Educators and school
- administrators who are striving to change education can learn
- about innovative educational applications of telecommunications
- technology from award-winning classroom teachers, live via
- satellite. Please contact the Education Services Director at your
- local PBS station to see if this will be available in your area.
- (To obtain that contact's name and phone number, simply E-mail:
- TFLAVELL@PBS.ORG).
-
- On Thursday, October 22, 1992, from 2-4 P.M./ET PBS will present
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BRINGING THE WORLD INTO THE CLASSROOM, a two-
- hour videoconference designed to focus discussion of issues in
- telecommunications use in schools from a variety of perspectives-
- from policymaker to practitioner. The videoconference will be
- transmitted live from the INFOMART in Dallas during the 1992
- Technology & Learning Conference. The National School Boards
- Association's (NSBA) Institute for the Transfer of Technology to
- Education, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and The National
- Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) will present
- the videoconference with support from the Regional Bell Operating
- Companies.
-
- The videoconference will feature NFIE's 1992 award-winning
- Christa McAuliffe Educators - Bonnie Bracey, Arlington, VA; Misty
- Brave, Kyle, SD; Carol Gilkinson, Covina, CA; Marilyn Schlief,
- Garden City, MI; Jim Zimmerman, Urbana, IL - who employ some of
- the most innovative applications of technology in schools today,
- such as:
-
- * Connecting Students from Around the Globe Via Lumaphones and
- Slow-Scan-Video: Voice and picture messages are carried over
- telephone lines from Michigan to Japan connecting students and
- teachers in the Garden City Public Schools with their Japanese
- contemporaries.
-
- * Teaching About Cultures Close to Home: Technology is being
- integrated into multicultural curriculum programs in Little Wound
- School in South Dakota to educate and to preserve value of
- traditional Native American culture & customs.
-
- * Achieving Real Life Studies of Our Earth: Students in Arlington,
- Virginia are taking part in the National Geographic Kids Network
- to share current information in an international
- telecommunications-based science and geography curriculum studying
- acid rain.
-
- * Opening Up the World of Science: Students are utilizing a
- variety of technological tools including computers, video disc,
- scanners, telecommunications, and robotics to complete classroom
- assignments and discover the world of science.
-
- * Creating a Global Perspective, Community, and Classroom:
- Students in Covina, California are being introduced to Prodigy and
- E-mail and other educational technology to engage students in
- collaborative efforts to examine worldwide problems, increase
- cultural awareness, and promote a global perspective.
-
- Telecommunications issues for schools, including planning and
- policy issues, governance, curricular issues, technical
- requirements, and financial impact also will be addressed.
-
- The NSBA is a federation of all state school board associations in
- the U.S. and the boards of education of Hawaii, the District of
- Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NSBA represents and helps
- serve American education through school board leadership. The PBS
- Elementary/ Secondary Service is the school television arm of PBS,
- dedicated to serving the instructional needs of students through
- and on behalf of public television stations nationwide. The NFIE
- is an independent affiliate of the National Education Association.
- The Foundation is dedicated to improving education through the
- fostering of teacher innovation and creativity.
-
- In its sixth year, the "1992 Technology & Learning...Making
- Schools More Productive Conference" brings educators together to
- meet experienced technology practitioners and knowledgeable
- industry representatives and to learn about technology tools and
- their practical applications. INFOMART is the world's first
- information processing market center which showcases the
- innovations of the Information Age.
-
- For more information, to register as a downlink site, or to
- determine if a local PBS station or education agency is hosting
- the videoconference, please E-mail Tom Flavell at TFLAVELL@PBS.ORG
- or call (703) 739-5402 or FAX (703) 739-8495.
- The satellite downlink fee per site is $150, including on-site tape
- and print duplication rights. PBS anticipates 200 downlink sites nationwide,
- including many university and corporate sites.
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