Video Conference for LOTE Members

On April 27, Todd, Christy, and I setup a videoconference with Lowville, General Brown, and Thousand Island French teachers so that their students could talk to each other. Each site took turns asking and answering question about themselves. Conducted over three periods we had a three way conference setup and then 2 two way conferences after that.

Streaming at Indian River

April 25th and 26th were dedicated to getting setup for the various concerts that are going to be streamed in the oncoming weeks. We visited all of the buildings checking their initial setups and planned the best way to shoot each event. Also from the web perspective I setup all of the stream pages so as we are barraged with events I’m not creating any new code I’m simply interchanging what I have already created.

LaFargeville VEI Day

On April 17, I spent the afternoon n Lafargeville showing members of the staff that were participating in a computer camp the ins and outs of video conferencing. We went over the various facets of videoconferencing like sites to look for programs and the possible collaborations available for teachers in other districts. Also I went over the hardware and software associated with video conferencing and showed them some different room layout and things that they have to be conscious of when they are conducting a video conference.

General Maintenance

On April 18th I spent the day doing general maintenance on all of the pages, there was a lot to clean up as far as employee names and pages.

Technology Teacher At Indian River High School

On April 16th, I helped Craig DeForest build a web page for his classroom. We built it so he could put up his own materials as well as student projects look and keep a trendy feel to it to keep the students engaged.

IHC Tech Audit

On April 13th, Scott Carpenter and I went to IHC and performed a tech audit to establish where their T1 line was coming in. It appears that their T1 line is not going anywhere so we have to get some representatives from Westelcom to show us where everything is at.

Alexandria Bay Tech Plan

On April 12th Christy Williams an I met with representatives of the Alexandria Bay Technology Committee to establish their tech plan from 2007-2009.

Video Conference with South Jefferson

On April 12th we conducted a video conference at Mannsville to the Lee Richardson Zoo for Becky Randall’s Classroom. The presentation was about adaptation and how animals adapt to their environment, there were a variety of animals shown by the zoo and the characteristics of each animal that help it adapt to their habitat.

Web Page Preparation

On April 11th, I went to Case Jr. High School and worked with Karen Ringwald on her webpage. She is creating a resource that will provide her English teachers with access to all of the ELA standards and practice worksheets that were created to show the standards in action.

Apple Server Maintenance

On April 10th, 2007 Adam and I spent most of the day performing maintenance on the apple streaming server, there was a power outage over the weekend and it caused some abnormal behavior with some of the streaming video.