List Of Videoconferences - 2009/2008
  • CITVC
  • GEM
  • MAGPI
  • GNG
  • Flash Kennels/KEA
  • CILC
  • Vanderbilt UVS
Yes, our own class does research and organizes several of the videoconferences that we do over the school year, during every school year.
GEM is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) in association with the United Nations Department of Public Information.  GEM was one of the first educational organizations to focus on developing global education programs for both schools and the local community. GEM was founded by educators and is directed today by educators, servicing schools and communities throughout the United States and abroad. Click here to go to their website.

(Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2) MAGPI delivers regional infrastructure in a cost-effective manner and promotes applications for the region's research and education communities through high performance network technology.
Click here to go to their website.

Global Nomads Group creates education programs and media about global issues for youth. Using interactive technologies in the classroom, such as live videoconferencing and multi-media videos, young people from around the world learn about and discuss the global issues that affect their lives. In its 10-year history, GNG has conducted programs with schools in more than 40 countries and has reached more than 1 million people. Click here to go to their website
"Adventure, Discovery, Learning: Education for Life" This is Kigulait Education Adventures motto.We are a participant in Kigluait Adventures Videoconference Special Event: Virtually Adopt a Sled Dog! Participating classrooms adopt their very own sled dog, collect data on the current health of the dog and then track them through the web for the remaining for the school year.
Click here to go to their website
Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) supports videoconferencing and the use of other educational technologies to enhance teacher and student learning and results. Transforming learning through collaborative technologies
Vanderbilt University Virtual School develops videoconferencing programs for the purpose of integrating technology and learning. Working with K-12, universities, the community and educators, this virtual school connects students and teachers to experts in the field and facilitates collaborative leaning by connecting schools on various curriculum topics.
Click here to go their website
  • 2008 Videoconference
  • 2009 Videoconferences
Our 2008 Videoconferences
Darfur: Never, Ever Again? September 16 and 18, 2008
Microcredit: Exploring the Fight against Poverty
September 30, October 2, 2008
The Sweet Trade: Chocolate, Fair Trade, and the Global Economy
October 7 and 9, 2008
Face to Faith: Buddhism from California to China
October 8, 2008
Water Wars and Hydropolitics
October 14 and 16, 2008
Human Trafficking
October 28 and 30, 2008
Election Watch 2008: Global Perspectives
November 12, 2008
Science In The Cinema: Superbug
October 27, November 12, 2008
Science In The Cinema: Pandemic
October 27, November 13 and 19, 2008
Virtual Classroom from Antarctica
5 Sessions From October to December, 2008
November 25, 2008
Face to Faith: Faith and Global Perspectives Challenges
December 17 and 19, 2008
Our 2009 Videoconferences
Facing the Caribbean:  Exploring Turks and Caicos  January 13, 2009
January 20, 2009
China and India:  Emerging Global Superpowers
February 3 and 5, 2009
February 10 and 12, 2009
February 26, 2009
Discussion with the producer and director of A Powerful Noise
March 6, 2009
March 10, 2009
March 11, 2009
March 26, 2009
March 31, 2009
April 28, 2009
Health and WellBeing:  Health and the Environment
April 24, 2009
April 29, 2009
Afghanistan Widows:  War's Forgotten Victims
April 29, 2009
Health and WellBeing:  Gaza Exchange
May 1, 2009
May 6, 2009
May 12, 2009
AROUND THE WORLD
May 13-14, 2009
German School from Nuremberg, Germany
May 19, 2009
May 20, 2009
May 26, 2009

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