What are the advantages of using video conferencing over the Internet in the K-12 classroom?
Sherri Griffin Blyth 11/3/97 It appears that there are several advantages of using video-conferencing over the Internet in the K-12 classroom. Yvonne Andres, a teacher involved in the Global SchoolNet Foundation, found that video-conferencing over the Internet fosters relationships between students, educators, and scientists who participate. In the March 1995 article, “Scientist on Tap: Video-Conferencing over the Internet”, Andres documented experiences she had with a class on this subject. Andres Global Schoolhouse classroom used a tool CU-SeeMe, developed by Cornell University, to do video-conferencing over the Internet. One day, Larry a scientist from Jet Propulsion Labs(JPL) , appeared in the classroom via CU-SeeMe. Larry was using CU-SeeMe for the first time and was having some difficulties. He promised to teach the students about rockets and space exploration if they told him how to configure and use CU-SeeMe. As a result of this incident, a long term relationship was formed bet
