Video Conferencing K-12: The State of the Art

31 Scott Merrick 2005 Video Conferencing K-12: The State of the Art Interactive videoconferencing (IVC) is gaining support among a growing number of teachers, administrators, and technologists. IVC provides educators with access to a rich array of supplemental resources, enables students to interact with experts to whom they would normally have no access, and gives parents a novel opportunity to become involved in their children's' learning through archived video clips on the school Web site. In this article from "Innovate: Journal of Online Learning," teacher/tech coordinator Scott Merrick examines the benefits and potential uses of IVC in the K-12 classroom and provides links to several examples. Merrick, S. (2005). Video-conferencing K-12: The state of the art. Innovate journal of online education (Vol. 2, Iss. 1, Oct/Nov 2005). Retrieved from Innovate Online 9 May 2008. http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=24 http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=24