K-20 librarians interactive video conferencing

[Rene Carver <>]

Hi all,

1) Please describe your past experience or interest in using
videoconferencing within your organization.

My role is to support all Distance Learning activity involving Interactive 
Video Conferencing for schools participating in my service the 
Greater-Southern Tier region of New York State.  I support High School 
classes, College classes, class-to-class collaborations, meetings, trainings, 
special projects, etc, etc.  I continue to see growing interest - despite, or 
perhaps driven by diminishing finances - in making excellent use of IVC 
technologies for the benefit of student learning.  

For the past four years or so we have collaborated with the New York State 
Office of Fire Prevention and Control to enable video conference trainings at 
several of our districts.  Our experience is that use of the school 
facilities for such community trainings is a positive, synergistic use of 
taxpayer funded, school based resources.



2) What's the most important thing you hope to get out of
participating in this group?

Most importantly my hope is that between myself and librarians in the schools 
I serve we will significantly increase uses of IVC for literacy oriented 
purposes.


 
3) Are there specific questions, topics, collaborative activities
you'd like the group to explore together?

Book studies, author visits, community trainings, class-to-class 
collaborations, adults reading to children by IVC, early childhood literacy 


Lookin' forward to being involved!


René
(have you checked out our DL/IVC website? www.gstboces.org/iss/dl )
 
René Charles Carver
Distance Learning Coordinator
10.172.32.71 -private  H.323 IVC
24.97.222.160 -public H.323 IVC - as of July 19, 2010
 
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Subject: Update on the "Videoconferencing Librarians Interest Group" Dec 8th 
meeting

All,

To date, we've had 40 individuals from school, public, academic,
state, and national libraries respond to the invitation to join the
inaugural meeting of the "Videoconferencing Librarians Interest Group"
on December 8th at 11am PST/Noon MST/1pm CST/2pm EST.  


In an effort to help us get acquainted, I'd like to ask each of you to
reflect upon the following questions and post your responses to the
listserv by Friday, 12/2.

   1) Please describe your past experience or interest in using
videoconferencing within your organization.

   2) What's the most important thing you hope to get out of
participating in this group?

   3) Are there specific questions, topics, collaborative activities
you'd like the group to explore together?

Your insights will help us make our initial meeting as relevant and
productive as possible.   I'll look forward to your thoughts.

I hope each of you enjoy a restful Thanksgiving holiday!  In the
meantime, please don't hesitate to get in touch with questions.

Best Regards,
James

James Werle
Director, Internet2 K20 Initiative

360-499-2069
http://k20.internet2.edu