Leading the Art of the Conference: Revolutionizing Schooling through Interactive Videoconferencing

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the role of leadership in interactive videoconferencing. Interactive videoconferencing provides the opportunity for schools to bring content area experts from anywhere in the world into the classroom to engage students in real time learning. The effective integration of interactive videoconferencing into classroom practice requires leadership. This leadership is rooted in a belief in providing world-class student-centered learning through interactive videoconferencing. It is a vision that is results driven in terms of measuring student learning and realized through instructional leadership that is committed to collaboration, professional development, appropriate technical support and infrastructure, and the use of research to support practice.