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Polycom Videoconferencing Resources

Polycom Videoconferencing Resources. Dan Greil, Account Manager. Videoconferencing. Make your classroom a learning center without walls. Borrowing from Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the places you’ll go and the people you’ll meet…”. Why videoconference?. Increase student motivation and engagement

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Polycom Videoconferencing Resources

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  1. Polycom Videoconferencing Resources Dan Greil, Account Manager

  2. Videoconferencing Make your classroom a learning center without walls. Borrowing from Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the places you’ll go and the people you’ll meet…”

  3. Why videoconference? • Increase student motivation and engagement • Uses researched-based instructional strategies • Cooperative Learning (Kagan) • Classroom Instruction that Works (Marzano) • Uses constructivist pedagogy and inquiry-based learning • Increases student achievement • Wainhouse study – Mapping the Latest Research in Video-Based Distance Education

  4. Benefits • Leveraging your highly qualified teachers • Educational Equity • Enhance and share expertise • Access to experts/curriculum rich content • Helping students become global citizens • Doing professional development smart • Student/faculty collaboration projects • Alternative learning opportunities

  5. Polycom® RealPresence®MobileVideo collaboration on the go • Secure enterprise-grade mobile video software solution • Phenomenal response from customers including: Amgen, NHS Lothian, HomeAway and Ericsson • RealPresence Mobile + RealPresence Platform • Provisioning, security, multipoint, management, interoperability, firewall traversal and the industry’s highest level of scalability • RealPresence Mobile honored for innovation • Winner of 2012 Edison Award recognizing Best New Products • RAVe Best of InfoComm 2012 • TMCNet 2011 Communications Solution of the Year

  6. Applications for Education Global Studies Campus Extensions Virtual Field Trips Administrative Meetings • Degree/Non-degree Programs • Cultural Exchanges • Advanced Research • Team Projects • Student Services • Professional Development • Advanced Placement • Dual Enrollment • Research • Guest Lectures • Content Providers • Authors • Museums • Science Centers • Music Schools • Marine Labs…more • District • Department • Institution to Business • Governance • Community • Parent • Partnerships

  7. Polycom Resources Polycom Community Content Provider Database CAPspace Special Events C o n t e n t S e a r c h a b l e D a t a b a s e Video Collaboration in Education - Whitepaper Grant Assistance Program

  8. VC Content Provider Database Put in a keyword like “solar system” and find all the programs. Explore Specialty Searches – Find all the Free Programs! Don’t’s limit your searches too much – providers are willing to adjust levels of programs. The Selected List arranges programs by subject area

  9. www.polycom.com/education

  10. Planning for a Content Provider • Communicate with the content provider about the content – placement of VC in the lesson – at the beginning, in the middle, or as a culminating activity • Download, obtain Content Provider materials • Prepare questions in advance • Take students to VC room if they have never done a connection and have them practice asking questions • Do a test call

  11. CAPspace • Social networking tool for H.323 videoconferencing • Create and advertise your own videoconferencing collaborative projects to educators around the world • Register for events, such as Read Around the Planet, Collaborations or Special Events • http://projects.twice.cc

  12. Why Collaborative Projects? • Students connect to the world outside your school and community • Engages students with others from diverse backgrounds • Gives students an authentic audience • Raises the bar for performance – students don’t want to “look bad” in front of their peers • Prepares students for the world of work

  13. PolycomSpecial Events September–December Registration Opens September 4, 2012 January–May Registration Opens December 3, 2012 List of program descriptions http://polycomspecialevents.pbworks.com/w/page/17626380/FrontPage

  14. Polycom Special Events • Polycomspecial events include connections to renowned authors, experts in the field, famous people or places and much more! • These events are FREE Polycomcustomers, ad are provided to demonstrate the rich content available that enhances curriculum and increases student achievement. • Registration for these events is in CAPspace. Your equipment must be verified (test call) before registering.

  15. Thank You

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