Videoconferencing - Efficient, Expert, Timely, Little Cost

We are changing our room, within the bounds of a 15 x 20 ft. space, to show more about our location in the world. Our sign, only a painted bulletin board background, has our school name, town, & state. Underneath it is a small table with items from our county. Things that might be recognized by others, such as Krispy Kreme donuts, and items from Old Salem. Winston-Salem, about 2 miles from Rural Hall, is the home of krispy Kreme. It also was the original home of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company,… Continue

We completed our final RAP this week. What fun! I'll try to add some of the photos this weekend. During the second scheduled week of RAP, we had an unusual 6 inch snow on Monday so we were out of school for two days. We rescheduled our final three RAP's for this week and they were fantastic! We had two first grade classes on Monday and a fourth grade class on Wednesday. The students enjoyed the presentations and conversations. More later.

February 19, 2009 -- Wow! What a great day! Our students watched, interacted, and presented at Megaconference Jr. this year and had a lot of fun while learning, collaborating, participating, creating movies, and celebrating with a pizza party after their presentation. If you participated in Megaconfernce Jr., share what you watched, or interacted with, or presented. The students and teachers enjoyed this project so much, we are already talking about what we can do next year.

We ordered, received, and installed our new codec. It's a Tandberg Edge95. We hope to add our own hosting conferences in the future when we move into a new building. We continue to use the wonderful services of our state museums, the NC Museum of History and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, along with the NC School of Science & Math, and NC Wildlife Resources. These wonderful free programs are directly tied to the NC Standard Course of Study and offer our students many exciting experiences… Continue

We have used a Polycom Viewstation FX for the past six years. Is has served us well. We recently purchased a Tandberg codec to replace our Polycom as our district now supports Tandbergs. We have a full schedule and are excited about our new capabilities. We will be able to host our own multi-site programs in the future. Currently, our building is scheduled to be replaced, and we will have a separate room for videoconferencing, not the end of the computer lab. We can better serve our students wit… Continue