Videoconferencing
Content Providers Spotlight
California
State Parks
The Parks Online Resource
for Teachers and Students (PORTS) project enables school with a Digital
California Project connection access to high quality videoconference
connections with a variety of locations and resources through the
California State Parks. PORTS is a collaborative effort between public
schools and California State Parks. By using the Digital California
Project (a high speed network connecting California’s public
schools) PORTS is able to deliver live presentations to classrooms
from parks throughout the state. PORTS also provides fully developed
units of study that furnish support, structure, preparation, and follow-up
for these live presentations.
PORTS allows rangers to
look directly into the eyes of children and engage them in conversation
as the students sit in their classrooms and study science, history,
language arts and other academic content standards. This program allows
students access to park experts regardless of their geographic location
or economic status. Never before in the history of public education
has such a diverse array of students had such equal access to the
vast and inspiring resources of the California State Parks.
For more information on
the PORTS program visit their web site at http://www.ports.parks.ca.gov/
Baseball Hall
of Fame
Baseball Hall of Fame nestled
in historic Cooperstown, New York, is known throughout the world.
The famed museum began collecting its first artifact in 1937 and currently
contains over 25,000 artifacts representing "all facets of the
game from inception to present times." The next best thing to
visiting the Hall of Fame is participating in a videoconference. The
EBBETS Field Trip Series (Electronically Bringing Baseball Education
To Students) transports the wonders of Cooperstown to your very own
classroom. Choose from 10 thematic units and participate in a live,
interactive lesson with a Museum educator. Learning objectives and
artifacts abound in this hour long visit to one of America's premier
education destinations.
For more information visit
their web site
Where: http://baseballhalloffame.org
Who: Jeff Arnett
How: jarnett@baseballhalloffame.org
For a complete listing
of videoconference content providers visit SBC's Videoconferencing
Adventures.
