Registered
Molly Aschoff, Educational Service Unit 8
Mandy Bryan, Lamar CISD
Ken Conn, i2i Technologies
Linda Dickeson, Lincoln Public Schools
Roxanne Glaser, i2i Technologies
Lori Hamm-Neckar, ESC 11
James Hodges, Utah Education Network
Lisa Kennedy, Warren Consolidated
Michael Kozak, University of Nebraska
Audra May, South Central KS DLN
Linda McDonald, ESC Region 11
Theresa Neuser, CESA 7
Pam Neven, Education Service Center Region 11
Carol Noble, Great Falls Public Schools #1
Emma Richardson, EC BOCES
Gordon Roethemeyer, ESU Coordinating Council
Jessie Takacs & Katie Trausch, COSI
Becky Wenner, East Syracuse Minoa CSD
Attended
Mandy
Bryan, Lamar CISDKen Conn, i2i Technologies
Theresa Neuser, CESA 7
Emma Richardson, EC BOCES
Becky Wenner, East Syracuse Minoa CSD
a. Join
b. How We Capture Details
c. Membership List
Ken
reviewed that the purpose of the group is to set aside some time on (4)
occasions during the school year to get together as people involved in K12 education
using interactive videoconferencing to talk about our experiences and share
information. The ACVC group has joined
forces with the Midwest
Video Conference Group as they have the same purpose. The ACVC blog is used to capture the
information related to the group.
2. Share Something: What brought you to the session today?,
Recent Success or Challenge., Where are you from and what are some of your
typical activities?, What’s on your mind?
Mandy
is a Technology Development Specialist and coordinating distance learning
activities is one of her responsibilities.
Lamar CISD does some classes using videoconferencing (smaller this year
than in the past). She helps ensure the
classes go smoothly and coordinates other videoconference activities. She tries to join the group for sessions because
she likes to hear what’s going on with everyone else. The district has lots of videoconference
equipment and they want to see it used.
They do an in district Algebra I and 8th grade American
History Quiz Bowl. The Principals get
excited about this activity. In the
past, there was a lot more videoconference activity, but it has fallen by the
wayside.
Theresa
has a couple of roles. She serves as a
content provider and as a coordinator for (15) school districts.
Emma’s
group does a lot of high school and college level classes via
videoconference. They use CILC for virtual field trips. Her group has to schedule and send it to the
district though or there is no activity.
She has been sending some activities through GT with some success. Emma has also been working on some grant
writing (RUS) and is on
her third appeal due to wrong scoring.
They received their last grant 3-4 years ago.
Becky
is a PreK-12 Instructional Specialist supporting effective technology
integration with videoconferencing being one method. Her organization also has a lot of
videoconference equipment and wonders why it doesn’t get used more. She is constantly sending e-mails and
creating catchy marketing hooks.
Elementary classes use videoconferencing more than middle & high
school classes. Block scheduling is a
hurdle for middle & high school classes.
Specialty classes seem to use it more since their classes are smaller
and they have an easier time pulling kids from other classes. Her organization belongs to TWICE and CAPspace
and uses information to try to target grade level teachers.
Best ways to
communicate/advertise/promote to teachers related to videoconference opportunities
(free or paid) [Mandy & Theresa]
Mandy
has had some success targeting specific teachers through campus technology
specialists that personally invite.
Theresa
shared that she has contacts at each of school that she works with. She also has set-up Google Groups for each content area and
targets different groups. She limits her
communication to one e-mail per day and tries to highlight a couple of things
in each message. She also maintains a
wiki that includes videoconference resources, but people have to go to it to
get them.
Becky
has attended Principal meetings and has sent e-mail messages to administrators
for promotion. She is going to start
being part of faculty meetings as well.
Ken
mentioned that he has seen content providers chosen (to align with specific
curriculum objectives) and scheduled at the district level and then scheduled
on a “first come, first serve” basis work successfully.
Ken
asked if anyone had tried using Remind (formally
Remind101). People were familiar, but
had not tried it.
Ken said he had a teacher successfully use a field trip form to go through that same process when pulling students for a videoconference event.
Mandy’s
organization is trying Blue Jeans this year (haven’t started yet). They looked at Pexip and Zoom, but had hang
ups with each. Content sharing is an
issue with a lot of them. They want a Cloud
based solution that allows existing systems to connect and can possibly
integrate with Lync.
Coordinating &
Supporting Classes Via Videoconference: Training
for Videoconference Facilitators/Proctors/Teacher Assistants, Technology
Support Tools (i.e. Moodle), Managing Poor
Attitudes [Becky & Emma]
Ken
mentioned that Audra May from KAIDE could share a lot on
this topic.
Phone, Proprietary {Adobe
Connect, Google Hangouts, Microsoft
Lync, Skype}) [Theresa]
Ken
mentioned a videoconferencing
comparison chart from Brown University he has previously used for this
discussion.4. Upcoming Events – Next Session: 12/11/14, Other Sessions: 3/5/15, 6/4/15 – All from 11 AM – 12 PM CST
Theresa
is about to announce her Visit with Mrs.
Claus program through the CILC website.
It is for PreK-2 and is $75 per session.
It gets fully booked every year.
Becky
has an animal focused videoconference coming up for some 1st grade
teachers. 4th grade will be
doing a program related to going around New York state in 60 minutes.
