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 #15 Videoconferencing

Some of the common videoconferencing systems are:

Skype

oovoo

iChat (Mac only)

Logitec makes web cams (if there is not one built into your computer)

 

Find these in your library:

Langhorst, E. (June 2009). You are there: no budget for travel? Try video chat.  School Library Journal, 55(6), 46-9.

Mellott, R. (Jan-Feb 2010). Beaming the world into our schools: getting into interactive videoconferencing.  Multimedia & Internet@Schools, 17(1), 8-13.

Zaino, J. (Sept-Oct 2009). Virtual: no budget for the zoo? No problem. Kids can visit Kenya instead via videoconference.  Instructor (1990), 119(2), 34-7.

 

This is an ad for Skype that summarizes the features of most videoconferencing systems:

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