by Mark Davies
Pauline McKean, The Hun School’s Director of Global Initiatives, has been putting Hun’s video conferencing capabilities to work this year, connecting students across the continent and across the globe.
McKean’s Global Issues class joined students from Brazil, Sweden, Taiwan, Ghana, the Philippines, Singapore and Canada to talk live with experts at the COP21 Climate Change conference in Paris. Students participated in discussions about activities that contribute to climate change, about the observable effects of climate change, and about which world populations are most directly impacted by these effects.
The Center for Global Education coordinates connecting schools with appropriate partners around the world for video conferencing. Topics include Islam and Politics, Global Water Crisis, Math and Art, and Ethics of Stem Cell Research.
Hun students connected with students from a partner school in Colombia in small groups using Google Video Hangouts and their iPads or MacBooks. Conversations were wide ranging and included questions about the current American presidential primary and its candidates.
For EX-Day, a special day where students drop their normal class schedule for unique and creative course offerings, Hun middle school students and headmaster Jon Brougham participated in a video conference session with students from a school in Ghana.
For EX-Day, a special day where students drop their normal class schedule for unique and creative course offerings, Hun middle school students and headmaster Jon Brougham participated in a video conference session with students from a school in Ghana.
The Wilf Family Commons’ new high tech classroom is equipped with a state of the art Polycom video conferencing system. This “room system” is on par with the best of class corporate technology. It includes an 80 inch video monitor, embedded speakers, built in remote control camera, and multiple ceiling mounted microphones. Additionally, services such as Zoom and Google Video Hangouts are available for use when lower tech options are more appropriate.
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