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Helpful Blogs about DL
VC Out on a Lim from Janine Lim
VC Rox from Roxanne Glaser
Video Conferencing Tips & Tricks from Carol Skyring
Search for Content Providers & DL Projects
Berrien RESA
A great place to search for and locate content providers and other video conference resources (check out the link to the 2-page list of content providers near the bottom of the page!)
CAPSpace
Locate others who want to collaborate with your class by video conference (How to create a login)
Center for Interactive Learning & Collaboration (CILC)
Database where you can search for interactive video conference content providers. Learn how to create a Custom Catalog in CILC.
Muse: A Project of the Internet K20 Initiative
Learn about Internet2 and the possibilities
New York Institute of Technology: Content Provider Members
A list of Content Providers with links to contacts and information about each program
TWICE (Two-Way Interactive Connections in Education)
Another resource for locating virtual learning experiences, collaborative projects, shared classes, and other helpful information about interactive video conferences
Valuable Content Providers
Check back - these will change periodically
Alaska's Kigluait Education Adventures (Science)
NYS - Albany Institute of History and Art (History, Art)
NYS - Broadway Speakers Bureau (Careers)
NYS - Bronx Zoo (Science, Environment, Animals)
Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center (Science, Space)
NYS - Buffalo Museum of Science (Science)
NYS - Buffalo Zoo (Science, Environment, Animals)
Center for Puppetry Arts (Fine Arts, Social Studies, Literature, Science)
NYS - Challenger Learning Center: BUBL (Science)
Cleveland Institute of Music (Science, Math, Language Arts, Social Studies)
Cleveland Museum of Art (Art, Science, Math, Language, Social Studies...)
Cleveland Museum of Natual History (Health, Science, History)
NYS - Ellis Island (Immigration)
NYS - FASNY - Museum of Firefighting
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History (Science, History, Math)
NYS - Frederic Remington Art Museum (History, Art)
Global Education Motivators (Social Studies, Current Events)
NYS - Global Nomads Group (Social Studies, Current Events)
NYS - Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Museum of Nassau County (History)
NYS - Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo (History)
LearnNCO with Andy Campbell (Physical Science, Life Science, Earth Science, Math Modules)
Lee Richardson Zoo (Science)
Liberty Science Center (Science)
NYS - Lower Eastside Tenement Museum (Immigration)
NYS - Manhattan School of Music (Music)
Mariner's Museum (Science, Language Arts, History)
MOTE Marine Lab (Science, Language Arts)
Museum of Tolerance (History: Holocaust Studies)
NASA Space Center Houston (Science, Space)
NYS - National Baseball Hall of Fame (Math, Science, Technology...)
National Park Service (Social Studies, History)
NYS - NY Hall of Science (Science)
NYS - New York State Historical Association & Farmer's Museum (History, Language Arts, Art)
NYS - Old Fort Niagara (History)
NYS - Paley Center for Media (Media Literacy, ELA, Social Studies, DBQ Skills)
NYS - Paul Stillman: Historically Speaking (Social Studies, History)
Pro Football Hall of Fame (Social Studies, Careers)
Royal Botanical Gardens (Science, Language Arts)
San Diego Zoo (Science, Environment, Animals)
NYS - Seward House Museum (American History)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
NYS - Ward Melville Heritage Organization (Coastal Ecology, Literacy, History)
Other Resources
Polycom User Guide v1.0.1
Polycom User Guide v2.5
Bush Campus Distance Learning Room Instructions (PDF)
Web Safety:
Parent Tips Handout
Keep Personal Info Private Handout
Primary Students: Using the web with primary students is sometimes a tricky situation because there are so many inappropriate sites that little ones do not yet know how to avoid. For 3-7 year olds, there are some excellent web browsers for children that give small children access to the web in a safer online environment than IE and other commonly used web browsers.
Parents must still be vigilant and monitor their children online, but these kid-friendly web browsers offer an added layer of protection for little ones discovering the web. Here is a video about one kid-friendly web browser called "Kid-Surf" (www.kid-surf.com) explaining how to download and use it with kids: