Obama Inauguration 2009 - Live Online?

What might be the best way to view the Obama inauguration online and to project it on a screen for classes to watch?

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Permalink Reply by Steve on December 31, 2008 at 5:55pm

I'm a teacher too and was wondering the same...let me know if anyone answers this question.

Thanks,

Steve, Las Vegas

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Permalink Reply by heinz on January 1, 2009 at 5:51pm

Just go to www.linklive.org and you find what you are looking for.

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Permalink Reply by Fran G on January 1, 2009 at 7:20pm

Great! Will check if http://linklive.org/ is blocked from the school network. (YouTube is blocked.) If not, the site should work. Fran

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Permalink Reply by Steve Maher on January 8, 2009 at 1:17am

Thanks for the link. After the speech is delivered, the best presentation of political speeches can be found at the NY Times. They put a linked transcript and outline alongside the video itself. Take a look at Sarah Palin's speech to see how it works. Great for the classroom. I wonder how long it will take them to get the inaugural posted.

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Permalink Reply by Marlayne Sick on January 6, 2009 at 6:40pm

I will have my classes watch from the internet on CNN Live

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Permalink Reply by heinz on January 6, 2009 at 7:16pm

CNN is not interactive.
linklive.org is interactiv and your school can be part of it.

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Permalink Reply by Marlayne Sick on January 7, 2009 at 4:05pm

Thanks for that info. As the Library Teacher (politically correct these days: Library Media Specialist) I am going to look into linklive.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa on January 8, 2009 at 9:43am

I am a Teacher Librarian in a K-5 building and we are also looking into showing the inauguration from the web. I understand that CNN will have the ceremony, etc., but does anybody know of an elementary level site that would have discussion information or other materials for teachers? Thanks in advance.

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Permalink Reply by Annemarie Stoeckel on January 8, 2009 at 10:39am

Scholastic.com has a lot of info on the inauguration for elementary students.

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Permalink Reply by Jeanne Sbardellati on January 8, 2009 at 12:25pm

Do you anticipate any difficulties with bandwidth if everyone tries to watch at the same time?

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Permalink Reply by Fran G on January 8, 2009 at 5:57pm

The NYCDOE will be working with ABC News to provide NYC schools with a live Internet video stream of the presidential inauguration. This is great news. A technician is going to check if we have a large enough bandwidth, which I think we do. I am going to prepare a brief lesson for my 2nd and 3rd grade classes for the students to go online before hand to enrich their understanding of the event.