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10/22/2009

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Middle School Preparations for Live Video Conferencing
In this first installment of our two-part "before and after" series, we look at preparations underway for a middle school distance education session that involves videoconferencing live with the "worst weather spot" in the Northeastern United States: the observatory on Mount Washington. Technology Coordinator Roy Bailey shares the details of the project--the costs, the equipment involved, and the educational goals, among other things, as his school gears up for the event.More

Ed Tech News

Grants To Fuel Teacher-Led Instructional Improvement Programs
The University of California, Davis School of Education is taking a novel approach to boosting K-12 teacher effectiveness--distributing grant money to small teams of teachers and letting them decide how they want to spend it.More
2009 Speak Up Survey Opens, Adds Pre-Service Teachers
Project Tomorrow has kicked off Speak Up 2009, the latest in the organization's series of annual surveys focused on 21st century teaching, learning, parenting, and administration. This year it's also added a new survey geared specifically toward pre-service teachers.More
NC Elementary School Wins Grant for Voice Amplification Systems in Classrooms
Holly Grove Elementary School of Holly Springs, NC, has won the 2009 Calypso School First Foundation's Be Heard/School Grant.More
LifeSize Debuts Series 200 Telepresence Systems
LifeSize announced a new series of high definition telepresence systems, the LifeSize 220 Series. More
ClearOne Ships Conferencing Hardware Bundle
ClearOne announced a new high definition video conferencing bundle featuring the company's RAV 600 audio conferencing system packaged with several Sony display products.More
Da-Lite Upgrades 3D Grey Projection Screen
Da-Lite Screen Co., which has been successful at 3D projection screen development for a few years now, announced an increase in gain on its 3D Grey Projection Screen. More
Dukane Intros Ultra-Short-Throw LCD Projector
Dukane has announced an ultra-short-throw LCD projector that can be positioned as close as 4 inches from the projection surface.More
Tandberg Telepresence T1 Designed for Smaller Footprint
Tandberg announced the Telepresence T1, an immersive video conferencing system based on the Telepresence T3 but with a smaller footprint.More

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