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 * Project 1 Evaluation and Suggestions**

Zoo VC#1 debrief - Jill 1. We could have told the San Diego Zoo that we needed 5 animals presented. 2. We could have asked the San Diego Zoo to call on schools one at a time and have all microphones muted when not called. 3. We could have asked the zoo to take questions from students one school at a time.

Zoo VC#1 debrief What did you think? I think the kids got a lot of useful information so overall, they seemed to... Zoo VC#1 debrief - Vernice What did you think? I think the kids got a lot of useful information so overall, they seemed to have learned new things about animals (our intent:) I have a feeling the zoo person either may be used to working with a single site, or that maybe it was just too difficult to see the students in order to call on specific students to contribute. My students were raising their hands, thinking they'd be called on.

At times it was hard to hear so I think next time we should remember to mute our sites when not speaking because even if the students are "quiet", every little thing can be heard through the mikes.

Zoo VC #1 debrief-Allison The overall flow of the event was off-no introductions of sites because the zoo just launched right in. But the presenter was very engaging. I liked the way she encouraged group responses through the use of holding up fingers and wanted the microphones to be live so that the group could respond in a choral response. Questions from individual sites could have been more orderly by going in a round robin style-at the end sites were talking over each other. Muting microphones for round robin questioning would have been more effective.

Zoo VC #1-Noel I thought the presenter was very knowledgable, but thepresentation of information was very scattered for a fourth grade student to gather notes from. If we would have give her our note form to follow, I think that may have helped direct her presentation. I agree on the unorganized questioning process, it was difficult to get a word in and know if it was your class or another. I was unaware that the zoo had never done a multi-point conference, maybe we could have hooked them up with Heather for her to give them some pointers on how to manage that process. I am also not a fan of the split screen, sometimes the kids get lost in the goings on of the other students and do not pay attention to the presenter.