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video conference (video conferencing) A video conference is a live, visual connection between two or more people residing in separate locations for the purpose of communication. At its simplest, video conferencing provides transmission of static images and text between two locations. At its most sophisticated, it provides transmission of full-motion video images and high-quality audio between multiple locations. Consumer services -- like Apple's FaceTime, Google's Hangouts and Microsoft's Skype -- have made video conferencing ubiquitous on desktops and mobile devices that have an embedded camera. In the business world, desktop video conferencing is a core component of unified communications applications and Web conferencing services, while cloud-based virtual meeting room services enable organizations to deploy video conferencing with minimal infrastructure investment. Video conferencing lets educators bring the world into their classrooms, helping to create...

 ST.LOUIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND ADYAR  MITHRA REHABILITATION CENTRE, ANNA NAGAR  NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL GOPALAPURAM

Using a visualiser (document camera) What is a visualiser? A visualiser allows you to project an image of an object, document, picture etc. onto the projector screen so that students can see it. It projects whatever happens under its camera, so you can manipulate objects and write on documents and this will be projected onto the screen. Reflect can capture the output from a visualiser in a recording. When is a visualiser useful? Visualisers are useful when you want to write or draw during the lecture. For example, if you want to show how to derive an equation or draw a diagram. If you want to be able to write or draw, a notebook tends to work better than loose paper or acetate sheets. You could consider writing some information on a notebook in advance, then adding to it under the visualiser during the lecture. Visualisers are also useful for showing artefacts such as rock samples, or pieces of equipment. Lecturers ha...

Interactive whiteboards (also known as smart boards) can be described as instructional tools which allow for computer images to be accurately displayed a board with the help of a digital projector. The elements on the board can then be manipulated by the instructor using a mouse, stylus, pen or his finger and this is done directly done on the screen. It allows items to be clicked, dragged, copied and even the handwriting of notes is possible. The handwriting can then be easily transformed to text before being saved. The board is usually mounted onto a wall or even to a floor stand. It can be used in work places as well as in classrooms of different levels of learning. Today, there are many uses of interactive whiteboard in education . The main ways on the use of whiteboard in teaching are as outlined below: Display Interactive whiteboard in the classroom can be used by educators to improve the presentation content. This can easily be achieved by developing an ar...