Videoconferencing
Videoconferencing Services Project (VCSP2)
JANET Videoconferencing Service
VCSP2 Documents
Educational Content Providers, who provide national or regional content to schools via videoconferencing, should be eligible to register with JVCS. The use of the JANET Videoconferencing Service by Content Providers is bound by the conditions set down in a policy document.
Contact your Content Provider to let them know about registering with JVCS. An ISDN Invoicing Service is now in operation for schools in England and Wales. Schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland will have ISDN call costs met by C2K and LTS respectively. All International ISDN calls are subject to prior approval by JANET(UK) for schools in England and Wales, C2K for schools in NI and LTS for schools in Scotland.
The following UK Content Providers are registered with the JANET Videoconferencing Service and are delivering educational content to schools from over 60 venues:
The Motivate Project uses videoconferencing to provide school students of all ages with exciting opportunities in maths and/or science. We start with an interactive videoconference and students then carry out their own work away from the camera (either the same day, or over the following weeks). Schools then present an account of what they have done to all the other videoconference participants (who might be anywhere in the world), and answer questions both from other students and from the presenter. The Motivate Project aims to:
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The Learning department of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms offers videoconference sessions about the Second World War for schools. We are able to offer a variety of sessions which involve looking at genuine artefacts, posters and photographs. “A Case for Evacuation” for example gives pupils the opportunity to become a detective and explore the contents of an evacuee’s suitcase. Another popular session is the “Civilian War Readiness Committee June 1939”. Pupils prepare presentations and report back to central government with their suggestions for action to take, in response to the threat of war. For more information and materials: |
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The National Archives’ Education Service brings original historical documents to your classroom via videoconference. Workshops are available for Key Stage 2 to A Level. Subjects offered include the Tudors, Slave Trade, Jack the Ripper and the Suffragettes. You can also meet with a First World War soldier, Private Henry Fairhurst, as he talks about why he joined up and life in the trenches. For more information about sessions and booking see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/educationservice/video.htm |
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The National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory, Greenwich offer a wide variety of National Curriculum focused sessions for all Key Stages. The National Maritime Museum video conferences explore:
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The Observatory video conferences explore:
Our experienced team of subject specialists encourage students to learn by interpreting the Museum's impressive collection. We also explore some of these themes through actor-led sessions. |
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The National Space Centre can provide a videoconference to answer those big questions. Link up to the Space Centre and meet your Commander who can help you to perform a simulated space mission. Find out about Planets, Life in Space, or choose another space subject. In e-Mission: Operation Montserrat students become The Emergency Response Team recreating the events of September the 4th, 1996 on the ill-fated Island of Montserrat. The team must track the approaching hurricane, monitor a volcano and move all the residents to safety in an exciting and involving emergency scenario. |
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Meet intriguing historical characters in the galleries or in the classroom via videoconferencing and discover more about their lives and discoveries. Our intrepid explorer Dino Dan has just returned from the deserts of Mongolia – and he’d like to share his adventures with you. Help piece together the evidence to find out more about his discoveries and dinosaurs, using the skills of a palaeontologist. Key Stage 1 Circadian Sam has a problem – she isn’t sure if it’s day or night. Luckily, she knows lots about the features that enable animals to live in their particular environment. Help her sort out which animals should be asleep and which should be awake. Key Stage 1 Mary Anning has lots of stories to tell you about her life as a pioneering nineteenth-century fossil hunter in Lyme Regis. Did you know she helped discover the first Ichthyosaur when she was only 10 years old? Discover more about her life and her important fossil discoveries that helped reconstruct the world’s past. Key Stage 2, unavailable Spring 2008 In Spring 2008 Tom Crean is in the Museum to tell you about his experiences in the Antarctic. He travelled on the Terra Nova expedition with Scott and the Endurance expedition with Shackleton. After Endurance was destroyed in the ice, he was part of the small team involved in the rescue mission to save the rest of the crew. What was it like to be in Antarctica? How do you survive in this extreme environment? Key Stage 2 For more information about these sessions, please call 0207 942 5555. |
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