Teachers in Howard County can use this program and my school, Longfellow, was actually the first school to use it with students! Our 5th graders were learning about the government, and we thought it was important for them to know about our local government too. The technology teacher at my school, Michelle Baker, arranged for another school to participate along with us. We set up a date to talk to County Executive, Ken Ulman and spent several weeks training our students on the program. We developed a script so that it was structured and had our students develop the necessary components. Another feature of Elluminate is that you can record your web conferences. Click on the following link to watch and listen to our Elluminate session!
Longfellow Elementary's Government Elluminate Session
Another way that Elluminate can be used is for Professional Development. We decided that not enough staff members were attending our technology professional development sessions after school, so we decided to do a professional development session from home with Elluminate. We did the session on podcasting and the staff seemed to really enjoy it! We had a pretty good turnout and got great feedback. Click on the following link to watch and listen our Elluminate session!
Longfellow Elementary's Podcasting PD Elluminate Session
This looks like a great resource for tele-collaboration in the classroom- especially because it provides so many different visuals for students. It easily meets the needs of students who learn through reading, seeing, and interacting. I'll have to look at this myself and discuss the use of the site with the technology teacher at my school for use next year. Thanks!
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