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Lord Puttnam, the NHS, Oaks Park High School and Sheffield Hallam University spoke at the Bett Show 2013 about their use of videoconferencing. Janet VC services linked Mina Patel's Videoconferencing for Learning (VCfL) to the Excel Centre.
Click here to see the video clip VC and the Global Workforce of the Future
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Metlearn (www.metlearn.co.uk) is offering six lucky schools a chance to register for a free 30-minute videoconference about the weather. The first six registered primary schools to email vc@metlearn.co.uk will receive the free places. Please don't forget to mention ‘Janet VC offer’ in your email.
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New to BETT 2013, this is a one-day programme of seminars on 31st January, designed to help your school unlock the full potential of this powerful and cost-effective technology which can help enrich the curriculum and offer learners new opportunities to prepare for becoming part of the global workforce of the future.
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Virtually University is delighted to work with Barclays again this year to introduce Year 13 students to the award winning Barclays Sponsored Degree Programme (BDP). Interactive videoconferences taking place on 10th and 11th October will be ideal for students considering alternative routes to a Business degree and are open to all schools and colleges.
About BDP - Barclays describes the Opportunity:
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Give your students the opportunity to engage with real scientists and be inspired by life in the field with a free programme of video conference events and live chats. Students will discover what it’s like to perform cutting-edge research in Borneo, one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet.
Appropriate for Key Stages 2,3 and 4.
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Evaluation reports for the following desktop videoconferencing echo cancellation products have been added to the library pages. You can read a summary of the results or find more information about individual products as required.
ClearOne Chat 50
ClearOne Chat 150
Phoenix Duet
Phoenix Quattro
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Megaconference Junior is a project designed to give students in primary through secondary schools around the world the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other's learning in real time, using advanced multi-point video conferencing technology.
Planning for Megaconference Junior 2013 starts on 30 October. This will be the 10th anniversary event and it will be held in May 2013 - date to be decided. Their web site is currently undergoing maintenance and I'll post its URL once its up and running again.
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At the end of last year we ran an excellent English Literature & Language session from Sheffield which became a little lost in the end of term and so we're delighted to be able to offer it again at 11.20 on 3rd October.
Adam Smith will introduce analytical skills central to university study by exploring an Eighteenth Century text with students. He will also describe his route to his current PhD studies and impart his irrepressible passion for understanding the historical context of English works.
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The Videoconferencing Schools Project (VCSP) list is a way of keeping schools informed about videoconferencing events, new upcoming sessions, etc.
If you are not already on the list and you wish to be added, you can send an email to Phyllis Callinan. If you wish to be removed from the list I can do that too.
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If you're not already aware of the National STEM Centre, you may be interested to know that they provide lots of useful resources in the E-library on their web site at:
http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/
Items can be found according to age range or subject.
