Lani P. Black

"Video Conferencing Projects" is a program developed by Black that promotes learning together with students in other states using Web 2.0 technologies such as videoconferencing, blogs podcasts and wikis. The project helps fourth-grade students at Naches Valley Intermediate School have fun, successful learning experiences while expanding their reading and math comprehension. Past question and answer video conferences with "fourth-grade buddies in Missouri" provided memorable learning lessons for both group of students. Black's "Video Conferencing Projects" gives students an opportunity to share what they know about Internet research and high-tech communication. They are also expanding comprehension by analyzing, interpreting and synthesizing information and ideas in literary and informational texts. Students have already expressed an interest in collaborating with the Missouri class to post questions and answers on an eagle wiki site. Black resides in Selah.