Last week I conducted the first two days of training for my new building distance learning contacts as part of our USDA RUS DLT grant. I scheduled four days of all day trainings over the fall, and each of the 35 buildings with new Polycoms has to send at least one person to the training. [...]
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It seems I got quite a few emails this past summer from people wanting their classes to do projects with my classes. Usually from a coordinator level – county, district, or building, but rarely teachers. So I’ve been mulling over this for the last several months. What is the best “next step” when two coordinators [...]
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Do you know about the Megaconferences? If not, then you should sign up & participate this year! Here are announcements from the Megaconference listservs. Megaconference Everyone in the world is invited to participate in the Megaconference, 2 November 2006, from the comfort of his or her own office, classroom, or conference room. Registration is now [...]
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This morning I read Andrea Israeli’s blog entry, Hit the Ground Running, with interest. She says, This year our schools are videoconferencing in September. I think this is a first. It used to be don’t even mention the “V” word until October and even then it wasn’t until late October that things got going. Now [...]
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This summer 35 Polycom VSX7000s units & carts & TVs were installed in many of my elementary and middle school buildings as part of a USDA RUS DLT grant. During most of the installation time I was travelling, so now I’ve come back to lots of work testing and training! We still have some networking [...]
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Here are a few articles & resources I’ve collected over the past few months. How to get your network ready for videoconferencing. A nice overview of some of the challenges and issues to consider. Interactive videoconferences cover all the bases. A summary of the content providers featured in the IVC Showcase at NECC. A Museum [...]
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Well, the summer is over and it’s time to start blogging again! I have quite a little list of things to blog about. So here’s the first. The TWICE Board retreat the end of June met at the St. Clair RESA nature center. After the meeting was over, we got a quick tour of the [...]
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