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The C-SPAN Bus visited
Amsterdam High School and
Mont Pleasant Middle School,
Scotia Glenville High School and Ballston Spa
this week as
part of the Points of VIEW Education Demonstration.
The project education lesson and showcase, which
took place over three days, October 27 - 29, unveiled a
new interactive videoconference program | |Press
Release| | based on
Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, played by James
Foote, along with students from Mont Pleasant Middle School,
and a high school class from Amsterdam High School
participated in a four way video-conference program Tuesday
afternoon. Students from their classrooms,
interacted with one another as well as with Roosevelt who sat
in the C-SPAN bus. They participated in an educational
question and answer period regarding Roosevelt, his life and
presidency. The students also interacted with educators,
community members and the program partners who were located at
Time Warner's studio in Schenectady. The videoconference
was also available live on the Web.
Prior to the demonstration project, Roosevelt re-enacted a
campaign speech from the balcony of Mont Pleasant to grade
seven and grade eight students standing on the front lawn.
Roosevelt met with students from Amsterdam and Ballston
Spa on Monday and Scotia Glenville High School on Wednesday.
Students from all
four schools had an opportunity to board the C-SPAN bus
to learn about the
uses of the bus and the technology involved in broadcasting
from the roving vehicle as well as history and political
issues including the 2004 campaign.
Points Of VIEW is an
interactive educational video-conference program formed
by Time Warner Cablevision, C-SPAN and project VIEW..
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C-SPAN Bus Comes to Mont Pleasant
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Teddy Roosevelt Takes On Ballston Spa
High School
Photos by
Jon Fisher, Project VIEW Technical Support Specialist |
