E Portfolio in support of Blackpool CLC Application

The first time I used video conferencing in an Educational context was 7 years ago while working at BAE Systems.  We used it as part of the 2 week work experience project I organised for 20 Year 10 students.  This allowed students to communicate with employers of BAE Systems all over the world to gather information for their ‘Bid’ they were working on.

As a teacher I have used video conferencing to allow students to receive presentations from business people who would otherwise find it hard to spare a day coming to the school but are more than prepared to give up an hour through video conferencing and using WebEx.  More recently I have been investigating using MSN and Skype to allow students to collaborate and work with businesses.

I have also faciliated the Science department with Year 8’s to take part in a video conference with 4 other schools where each school took it in turns to present a project they had been working on.