+Live Camerasin Education

By Susie Sebastian

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History

Invented at Cambridge in

1991

Connected to the Internet in

1993

+Uses Connecting with people

Authors Experts

Virtual Field Trips No budget for travel Far away places (like out of the country)

Keeping up with students who have to be home Suspension Illness

+Potential ProblemsPrivacy

Should schools be able to access webcams without students’ knowledge?

New TechnologyNo policies written yet

MalfunctioningIs the technology reliable?

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CostIt’s up to you!

+Sources The Associated Press. (2007, April 7). Webcams posing policy conundrum.

Education Week, 29(28), 24.History of Webcams (2010).retrieved on February 13, 2011 from http://chat.web2au.com/the-history-of-webcams/

Langhorst, E. (2009). You are there: no budget for travel? Try video chat. School Library Journal, 55(6), Retrieved from http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article,CA6660875.html

Scholastic. Virtual Field Trips. (2009, September/October). http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752472

Girls Life. (2007 Apr/May) Smile for the Camera Vol 10 Issue 5 p16-16 http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy-fs.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/detail?hid=17&sid=9543cfed-a893-4418-8b58-54e9bd4b2490%40sessionmgr14&vid=1&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=prh&AN=12611722http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcam

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