My PLN Rocks
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Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 21, 7:11pm
Farmer Duck tells his story to Avon East Elementary
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Testing 1 2 3
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Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
The Broken Trail from Western Reserve to Avon
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Avon Schools DL Program in Teacher Magazine
The Avon Schools and CILC had the priveledge of being featured in the May edition of Teacher Magazine on Using Content Providers. The article was written by Amanda Jones. Read more...
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Please give White Plains a vote!
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Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Avon HS students take a virtual tour of six colleges in one day
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Avon Test Unit is back online!
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Avon IP Test Unit Offline until August
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Citizenship: It's Your Right!
Third grade classes from Avon Heritage South enhanced their Constitution Day activities with a lesson on Citizenship with the Muskingum Valley ESC on Zanesville Ohio. The students discussed the roles students can play to be good citizens in their community. This lesson featured a quiz of basic citizenship, video clips to enhance their lesson, problem solving activities and discussion. The Muskingum Valley ESC... Read more...
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
ooVoo hits the desktop IVC world. Does Skype need to worry?
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Test post
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Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Voice Thread
Trying out a new online tool for digital story telling, collaborating and presenting. This interesting program allows you and others to post and leave comments on the images. Way cool stuff. Check it out at www.voicethread.com Read more...
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
News from a neglectful blogger :(
The good news is that the Avon Schools and the Lorain Country Distance Learning Consortium (LCDLC) have been so busy it takes the first day of Christmas Break to update our blog… So here is the skinny... :) This school year the Avon Schools purchased bulk programming from the Greenbush ESC providing our teachers a savings in cost, but even more importantly a window of scheduling before programs are offered to schools for single program purchase. These programs have been very popular for Avon East (grades 1-2) and Heritage... Read more...
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Using ToonDoo to make cartoons
Using ToonDoo from www.toondoo.com you can make comic strips easily. These can be printed or posted online. Read more...
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
NORT2H Highlights for August 2008
Lorain City Schools Launch Mandarin Chinese over IVC: Read more...
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Comiqs Sample
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Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
So long Avon, Hello ESC of Lorain County
It seems to have been a million years since I have had a chance to update my blog, but now is as good of time as any... Read more...
Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog, May 16, 7:12pm
Double-Dutch Done!
Okayalrighty! Joan Roehre's IVC Showcase session was really really fun. She had every bit as many interesting and interested people in her session as I did in mine yesterday. The difference, and I MUST remember this for future sessions and workshops of my own, is that she got the folks up and moving with music. K2K Connections and Collaborations: Get Your Project and Partner Here! featured everybody's favorite erstwhile cheesehead delivering a very brief intro to classroom to classroom collaborative projects, then getting folks up to face off... Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Audio Post!--Conversation with Polycom's Elaine Shuck
I'm hoping this little conversation with Elaine Shuck, Education Marketing Director for Polycom, Inc., is of interest to ya'll. It references two of my favorite "go-to" softwares and one new one Elaine introduced me to so give it a listen and see what you think. (Right-click/save that link to download it or just click to listen.) Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Would You Like Video Chat with That Game Today?
Woo woo, ya'll. Bundled into my "videoconferencing" Google News Alert package in my email this morning was this story about Sony registering a patent for incorporating Collaboration Properties' videoconferencing technology for use in future versions of its Playstation product. What will this do to for the technology, one wonders? One more collaboration tool for teachers to monitor (and most likely prohibit) in schools? Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
"Videoconferencing: convergence bites"
(Pic--me rolling up and down aisles of my computer lab two-handedly adjusting settings for the start of the school year!) Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Adobe Acrobat 8 Adds Videoconferencing--It's a BREEZE!
Hoooooooie!!! This is some news, ya'll. Check this out: Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Out on Janine's Lim Again with Videoconferencing
My friend Janine, blogger of "Out On a Lim" IVC blog, has put up a stellar video stream of a ~40 minute multi-point videoconference she conducted recently. While this was obviously an IVC that was carried out over the high-end stuff (Polycom, Tandberg, etc.) there's absolutely no reason why many of these projects can't be carried out with a hunnert dollar webcam at each end and Skype (or any other free or low-cost solution) doing the work. Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Joanie's Shareshare at Collaboration Collage
In response to a call for info from a fellow listserv member at the wonderful Collaboration Collage group, my pal Joan Roehre had some thoughts I thunk would be useful to share further here. Enjoy: Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
I'm Becoming a Collaborative Technologies Addict
Okay, I guess I need to start a new blog. Or maybe not. This whole desktop IVC thing is about working together across distances, isn't it? Yeah, that's the ticket. Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Woot! Tandberg's "Movi" Announcement!
It's a really long URL, ya'll, but just click here to learn what's behind the Tandberg's announcement (about a half hour ago--I'm really on it for ya!) of "Movi," touted as Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Top 10 Videoconferencing Systems of the Year
Ignore this post if you're only interested in desktop solutions, but even if you are you might want to check out this article at eMediaWire that summarizes the recent awards bequeathed by vcinsight newsletter to the top 10 improvements in high-end IVC. This article, and the one it references, provides a very quick-and-dirty summary of the rapid improvements in the field. They're both worth a look! Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
1Videoconference--mmmmmmm Interesting
Hi, ya'll. Received an email notice this morning pointing me to an article at Newsforge, which led me to check out VOIP Videoconferencing at adiance, a solution they're calling "1Videoconference" and for whose "alpha trial" they are looking for "free participants." That's all I know at the moment, but those of you who might be looking for strong web-based desktop solutions might do well to check it out and get on that list. It's an India-based company, so the bandwidth should be there, along with the drive to innovate and conquer! Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Polycom Slams into the High Definition Videoconferencing Fray!
Polycom has announced its "UltimateHD" system, going Cisco Systems an apparent one-up in the effort to take advantage of a reported boom-economy for high-end videoconferencing vendors. Stuart Corner's story at iTWire.com cites Polycom spokespeople claiming that their solution, unlike others they might mention, "which can only focus on delivering the requisite video resolution, systems adhering to the UltimateHD architecture 'enable a total high definition solution for every aspect of the experience affected by high definition: HD video as well as HD voice, HD multimedia content, HD bridging, HD recording/archiving/streaming, and supporting HD services.'" Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Digital Lifestyle Interactive Videoconferencing Article
Just across my desktop today, an interesting and well-done little post that wonders aloud, "Do I need to upgrade my ISP in order to do desktop videoconferencing? Give it a read. Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
High Definition Telepresence from Polycom
This is a news article from a couple weeks ago, so is it still news? I dunno, but I found it so interesting that I dragged it to my links bar to make sure I blogged it. Von Magazine ran an article about Polycom's new HD telepresence solution that I simply must share: Its claim that the RPX HD "family" is "backwards compatible with the million-plus video systems already deployed on desktops and in conference rooms around the world" just makes me want to run out and buy one, especially if it'll help me facilitate meetings that look as good as this one! Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Learning is Messy -- Videoconferencing in the Classroom with Skype
One of my favorite blogs, The Infinite Thinking Machine, shared this today and I want to spread the love. Head on over to "Learning is Messy" to view a VERY cool video about how a class of 4th graders bring a classmate who suffers from leukemia into their classroom with the aid of Skype videoconferencing. Priceless. Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Wow, Long Time No See!
Okay, I'm embarrassed. I've been so into my own general blog, my education-in-second-life blog, and my classroom blog, not to mention my podcast and my day-to-day-teaching, that I've sorely neglected this poor orphanblog. Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
VCInsight Reports Weekly!
Have you bought your Microsoft Zune portable player yet? It'll be interesting to see how sales go this holiday season. I know my iPod 3rd gen 30 gig player has now been through a hard drive replacement and is now on its third battery. No biggie, but I have now paid as much for it as I might have if I hadn't won it in a sweepstakes at audible.com! Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Cisco to Release TelePresence Meeting Solution
'K, a rare not-desktop post, but one any fan of IVC should know about: Cisco's pending release of a proprietary room-based high-end (VERY high-end) solution for IVC collaboration. You really owe it to yourself to go check out the demo video and see where IVC's going. If our buddy Moore (pic at left... Read more...
Scott Merrick's Desktop IVC!, May 16, 7:11am
Professional Development Brainshare: Israel to Kenosha
Today, teachers and administrators from Hillcrest School in Kenosha, Wisconsin USA met with teachers and administrators from Albayan and Yigal Allon AMAL schools in Tel Sheva, Read more...
Videoconference Opportunities for KUSD!, May 10, 7:11pm