1. + Live Cameras in Education By Susie Sebastian

2. + History  Invented at Cambridge in 1991  Connected to the Internet in 1993

3. + Uses Connecting with people Authors Experts Virtual Field Trips No budget for travel Far away places (like out of the country) Keeping up with students who have to be home Suspension Illness

4. + Potential Problems  Privacy  Should schools be able to access webcams without students’ knowledge?  New Technology  No policies written yet  Malfunctioning  Is the technology reliable?

5. + Cost

6. + Sources The Associated Press. (2007, April 7). Webcams posing policy conundrum. Education Week, 29(28), 24.History of Webcams (2010).retrieved on February 13, 2011 from http://chat.web2au.com/the-history-of-webcams/http://chat.web2au.com/the-history-of-webcams/ Langhorst, E. (2009). You are there: no budget for travel? Try video chat. School Library Journal, 55(6), Retrieved from http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article,CA6660875.html http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article,CA6660875.html Scholastic. Virtual Field Trips. (2009, September/October). http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752472 http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752472 Girls Life. (2007 Apr/May) Smile for the Camera Vol 10 Issue 5 p16-16 http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy- fs.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/detail?hid=17&sid=9543cfed-a893-4418-8b58- 54e9bd4b2490%40sessionmgr14&vid=1&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d %3d#db=prh&AN=12611722http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcam http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy- fs.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/detail?hid=17&sid=9543cfed-a893-4418-8b58- 54e9bd4b2490%40sessionmgr14&vid=1&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d %3d#db=prh&AN=12611722http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcam PICTURES: http://express.howstuffworks.com/wq-money.htm http://www.oelse.com/tag/webcam http://www.slcentral.com/logitech-quickcam-4000/page2.php http://www.gadgetrivia.com/13978-best_webcam