A refreshing change from the harshness of the DC scene -- GSH kids make history!

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 20:12:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Yvonne Marie Andres <andresyv () nic cerf net>
To: Global Schoolhouse Schools <gsh-schools-list () nic cerf net>
Subject: GSH kids make history!




- On Friday, February 25, 8th grader David Young was interacting via
CU-SeeMe with Greg German, a researcher from Ohio.


- David asked me if Greg could send us Maven...a program that would allow
us to send audio across the Internet.


- Within  2 minutes Greg sent a binhexed version of Maven to me.


- It took another two minutes to install and launch Maven, and make an
audio connection with Greg!


   => We were viewing each other via CU-SeeMe and talking to each other via
      Maven - all over the Internet...and we were really excited!!


- We immediately called Laura C. at CNIDR to tell her of our discovery.


- We sent Maven to Laura via Fetch and within 2 minutes she had installed
it and launched and established a voice connnection with Oceanside and Ohio.


- Then Laura told Jane who told George who told Don who told
Priscilla...and within another 10 minutes we were all looking at one
another via CU-SeeMe and talking to one another via Maven...ON THE
INTERNET...it was beyond cool!


- Finally, Greg called Charley Kline, the author of Maven, and told him
what we were doing...and Charely also became excited...because there had
never had more than a 3-way conversation before...so Charley joined the group
via CU-SeeMe...and the students thanked him personally!


- Then Greg played music for Oceanside and Oceanside showed a video,
complete with sound to everyone else...our imaginations were running wild!


- In less than 30 minutes Ohio, California, North Carolina, Illinois and
Virginia shared and implemented their discovery - and the impetus was an
8th grade GSH student!


It makes one wonder what other great and historic events CAN and WILL
occur when students and their teachers are enrolled in the Global
Schoolhouse!


I just had to share this experience with all of you!
Yvonne


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