Presentation given at the CIES conference in 2004 showing the Virtual Visitors project where experts were interacted with students in a variety of settings via webcams

1. Virtual Visitors Richard Culatta Brigham Young University Bringing Experts into the Classroom through Digital Video

2. Pilot Project Overview Goal: Find an economic and effective way to connect students anywhere with experts from around the world

3. Videoconferencing Background Videoconferencing uses the internet to send digital video from one source to another There are many brands of Videoconferencing equipment

9. Apple’s iChat & iSight iSight is a very inexpensive digital video camera designed for videoconferencing iChat is software that allows videoconferencing to take place using less expensive technology

14. Pilot Project Goal: Find an economic and effective way to connect students anywhere with experts from around the world Assumption #1 There are “experts” in the field that would be willing to speak to students in remote areas Assumption #2 The “experts” are not willing to put in the time and costs involved with traveling to a school without any compensation.

15. Virtual Visitors Baldomero Lago, Ph.D. Spanish Cultural Capsule Monte Belknap, Violin Lesson Rosalind Hall Choral Rehearsal

22. Virtual Visitors Richard Culatta Brigham Young University Bringing Experts into the Classroom through Digital Video