Creating a Global Classroom

摘要

They may not have known it, but in January 2004, when students from Oxon Hill Middle School in Oxon Hill, MD, met face-to-face with students at Princess Anne Middle School, in Virginia Beach, VA, without either group ever stepping outside of their own classroom door, new ground was crossed in the continuing passage into 21st century education. The meeting was conducted via NASA LIVE (Learning through Interactive Videoconferencing Experiences; live.larc. nasa.gov). a free series of videoconferencing programs produced by NASA's Langley Center for Distance Learning in Hampton, VA (dlcenter.larc.nasa.gov). NASA LIVE is designed for K-12 educators and students, allowing teachers and students to interact with NASA experts in a virtual setting as they engage in a variety of topics and hands-on activities connecting science-, technology-, engineering-, and mathematics (STEM)-related content to NASA research and careers.