September+2009

=September 2009= First meeting of the Advisory Team conducted using the newly-purchased Safari Montage Live! desktop videoconferencing system. We have re-branded it as:

Attending at AIU were: Conner, Martin, Begandy, Bichsel (Quaker Valley) Attending virtually were: Gregory/Boisvert (South Park); Hupp (Cornell)

Discussion centered on CONNECT-Live system: how it works, who can use it, what components are needed, who has received initial moderator training (20 of the 40 CFF Coaches) Vidoeconferencing "voucher" initiative: further discussion of the proposal, and suggestions for offering the IVC (interactive VideoConferencing - normally associated with the room-based units, e.g., Polycom) training to occur during the school day, rather than after-school. Also suggested: "awareness" days throughout the school year, to make people aware of the range of offerings from IVC providers