FlashMeeting and eTwinning on TV

Recently, the national television station ‘France 2’ did a special feature on eTwinning and its video-conferencing partner tool, FlashMeeting.

During Le salon de l’éducation, which took place in November in Paris, eTwinning was featured on national television for its effective use of ICT within the context of language learning and international collaboration. The clip showed how pupils used video-conferencing in FlashMeeting to communicate face-to-face between France and the United Kingdom.

What is FlashMeeting? How can you use it in your eTwinning project?

FlashMeeting is a simple one click webcam video conferencing tool which allows you to experience live audio and video broadcasting on your PC. It is an excellent way to start to experiment with video conferencing as a communication tool. It is very easy to use and all you need is a webcam with microphone, a connection to the Internet (broadband is best) and Macromedia Flash 7 or greater installed on your computer.

This webcam conferencing tool is suitable for adult or pupil live meetings, one to one, small group and multi location video conferences. It also allows users to text chat, share URLs and record the video conference. The meeting can be projected onto a whiteboard via a data projector for viewing by a larger audience which can be very useful for sharing the conference with a whole class or teaching group. Users have to be authorised prior to being allowed to book a FlashMeeting session in order to ensure that the video conference takes place in a safe and secure internet environment.

If you have a registered eTwinning partnership and want to take part in a pilot trial of this tool with our project partners, please contact thomas.maier@eun.org

• For a demo, go to FlashMeeting and follow the demo tab.
   

Web Editor: Christina Crawley Published: 01.09.2008 Last changed: 12.08.2009