It’s been a great school year! Now we can rest and enjoy the summer. I hope to see you at NECC in July. Please stop by one of my sessions and say hello. I will be blogging about videoconferencing sessions at NECC. If you are reading blogs this summer, you may also hear a bit [...]
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I’ve been following technorati searches on videoconferencing terms. Mostly a lot of junk, but here are a few items that were interesting that I’ve collected over the past few weeks. ZDNet has a thorough review of the new Polycom Communicator that works with Skype. Codian has licensed Siren14(TM) from Polycom® for high quality audio. Tandberg [...]
Much more in depth information in today's workshop. Here's a little tidbit I want to remember later. Tools for Analyzing the Calls A couple network analyzer tools were mentioned in the class. WinEyeQ from Touchstone Technologies Ethereal The rest of the workshop I'm still processing….
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Here’s the info/flyer on the workshop I’m taking & contact info for arranging this for your area. University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Engineering Professional Development Understanding and Troubleshooting Videoconferencing Networks ITU H.323 is the primary standard for videoconferencing over IP or other packet networks. In this course, you will go through the standard function by [...]
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Today & tomorrow I'm attending a workshop on "Understanding and Troubleshooting Videoconferencing Networks". I was worried it would be over my head because it's really geared to networking people, but I am learning! The workshop is coordinated by ETOM and attendees are from K12, community colleges, and colleges around Michigan. The workshop is from the [...]
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Today we have several local schools as well as two schools from Pennsylvania interviewing four of our local Vietnam veterans. This is the last in our series of Lest We Forget videoconferences. Students viewed a video produced locally with experiences from our veterans, prepared good questions, and then participated in the videoconference. Here are some [...]
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Between Friday and today we have three sessions with Author Ben Mikaelsen for Coloma Middle School. Since it costs so much we obtained permission to have several other schools connect as view only sites as well. Students realize very quickly into the session that Ben is a master storyteller, not only in words but in [...]
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Here are some more highlights from today's Megaconference Jr. Megaconference Jr. is facilitated mainly by student VJs. It's a great opportunity for these students to practice and showcase their communication and presentation skills. Here's a picture of the students from Riverview Elementary School giving clues about their location in the Rainy River District. There were [...]
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Are you watching or participating in Megaconference Jr. today? Here are a few highlights from today already. Kuo Kwang High School in Taiwan shared some wonderful little skits on topics such as the Moon Festival and a day in the life of a Taiwanese student. Their presentation gave them a chance to practice English and [...]
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I've been working on my end of the year reports on use of distance learning in our 18 school districts, and I'm noticing some interesting trends. Based on my conversations with other videoconferencing colleagues, my sense is that these trends are true across the U.S. as well. More Programs, Less District Financial Input The usage [...]
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