The DC Plan

Let's see if this works, folks! Matt Montagne and I (and some of our historical tourists) will be using this site to communicate as we travel to Philly and D.C. We will have a few methods of communication avaialble.

• Blog postings - One of us will try to post something every evening, just to reflect on some of the highlights of the trip. Hopefully we can have some students add their reflections as well!
• UStream - If we can get it to work, we will try to have a live video feed or "CapitolCast" every night. The feed will be streamed onto this site and also at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/usm-dc-2008 - the password is "historyrules"
• Pictures - We have two ideas for sharing images from our trip. Matt will be uploading high quality images each night, and we should have either a link or a slideshow on this blog. Our other plan is to have students post some of their own images from cell phones. The student cell phone pictures will be posted real-time and will show up both in the side bar slide show on this blog and under the daily photos link section to the right.
• AuidoCasts - Using a great platform called gcast, we will have audio updates throughout the trip. You can use the player on the blog here, or you can download the podcast on iTunes!
• Where are Jack and Alex? - Jack and Alex will be texting live Twitter updates about his latest doings via text messaging on his cellphone. You can keep up with Jack, Alex and the 8th grade students via the "Where are Jack and Alex?" section at the bottom of the side bar on the right-hand side of the page. Alex's direct Twitter updates may located here and Jack's direct updates here.