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.

Hiliary Clinton Planning Video Conference

On April 9, 2007, we setup a video conference with Carthage, Indian River, Beaver River, and Lowville to discuss the possibility of conducting an interview via video conference with Senator Hillary Clinton. All districts were in agreement that the Politics in Government classes would be the classes that would participate and each district would be allowed to ask one question to Senator Clinton. Given the time constraints of only having a half an hour total to conduct the interview, each district only has time to ask one question. Now participating districts are waiting for confirmation from Senator Clinton’s office to setup the actual time and dates for the conference.

Tandberg Connection for ELA

On April 4, 2007 I setup the lab in Indian River’s Intermediate School to conduct a videoconference for an ELA review. Becasue of the configuration of the room it took the majority of the day just to find the right adapters/hookups needed to have an initial setup.