"Operation Montserrat"
Video Sample of a Tech Mentor Project

featuring the
Sixth Graders
of
Mary Beth Hegeman's
Ancient Worlds and Waterways Class
in
Bala Cynwyd Middle School
Bala Cynwyd, PA
Lower Merion School District

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This is a five-minute video example of one of our Tech Mentors modeling outstanding use of technology -- in this case, video-conferencing over Internet 2 to provide her students with a unique opportunity to participate on emergency response teams dealing with communications, hurricane monitoring, volcano monitoring, and evacuation procedures in a very realistic simulation exercise. The project involved four weeks of preparation and study culminating in the two-hour video-conference.
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The two video clips below are in Quicktime format and they are identical except for file size. If you do not have a broadband connection to the Internet, the smaller version is recommended. Quicktime is required to view the clips and may be downloaded free by clicking here.
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Operation Montserrat
(approximately 11MB)
Recommended for low-speed connections:
12 frames per second
240 x 180 pixels
medium-quality stereo sound
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Operation Montserrat (approximately 29MB)
Recommended for high-speed connections: This will open in a separate browser window...
15 frames per second; 320 x 240 pixels; full-quality stereo sound
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