From: Linda Shore <lindas>
Message-Id: <199811132031.MAA17476@isaac.exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Distance Learning (fwd)
To: pinhole
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:31:05 -0800 (PST)
Hey Teachers! Some of you might be interested in this project.
Linda Shore
TI
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> From: "Segol, Genevieve" <gsegol@bechtel.com>
> Subject: Distance Learning
> To: "Linda Shore (E-mail)" <lindas@exploratorium.edu>
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> Ms. Shore,
>
> I take the liberty of sending you this message at the suggestion of Mr.
> Robert Semper with whom I discussed briefly the project described below.
> This project, which I am developing privately as a matter of personal
> interest, is to enable live interactive homework sessions via the Internet
> for high-school students.
> I have been involved for a few years with technologies that allow
> synchronous and asynchronous group collaboration over electronic networks.
> There are now some very interesting products that permit to conduct, in real
> time, formal training and meetings over the Internet, in which participants
> "see" who else is there, can ask questions, share applications, and complete
> tests or quizzes. Such tools are being used increasingly in business to
> train personnel located worldwide.
>
> The same tools could be used in education. Given the natural ability of
> most children and teenagers to use computers and the fact that they enjoy
> surfing the Internet, it may be possible to offer fun, yet productive,
> on-line homework sessions to complement the regular curriculum. I am
> thinking, in particular, of enrichment courses in mathematics and science
> for gifted students.
> I would like to validate this concept via a pilot program with a few schools
> during the first half of 1999. The pilot program will be performed at no
> cost to the schools or the students. I would very much appreciate the
> opportunity to discuss this project further with you. If you could put me
> in contact with schools or teachers possibly interested in participating in
> the pilot, this help would be extremely valuable. In addition, any feedback
> from educators will be useful to me at this stage.
> Thank you for your consideration.
>
> Genevieve Segol
> Bechtel
> (415) 768-1300
>
>