Education
Whiteboards aid instruction for visually, hearing impaired students
In St. Augustine, FL, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind provides a learning environment for roughly 800 students with varying degrees of sensory loss, and it's using electronic whiteboards to improve instruction. Dec 8, 2005
Class is back in session
The years 1971-2000 were tough times for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Chronically short of capital funds, the LAUSD was unable to build a single new school during this time period despite soaring enrollment. The results were predictable: LAUSD schools ended up housing double the number of students they were designed for, while classroom AV technology remained at a 1960s level of standalone TV monitors and slide projectors. Sep 27, 2005
The professional touch
As someone who has taught broadcast journalism at the community college level, I understand the challenge all teachers face: How can I educate my students so they graduate as competent broadcasters with real opportunities for employment? Jul 21, 2005
Training without travel
Satellite-based distance learning has become the training method of choice for many DOD agencies. One of the largest deployment methods for this type of training and education within the Air Force is the Air Technology Network. Jun 21, 2005
Who wants to join the club?
They’ve been trained on high-end production equipment, produce weekly programming, and work with professional broadcasters regularly.
And many of them aren’t even old enough to drive.
They are the middle and high school students who make up the Brunswick Schools Video Club in Ohio. Jun 1, 2005
Keeping current in Foreign Service
Approximately 7,000 miles from Paris, across Europe, Africa, and a third of the Indian Ocean, three lecturers and two students sat around a small conference table last October watching a 52-inch Sony plasma TV as part of a videoconference to educate academics on the Island of Mauritius about the then upcoming presidential election process in the United States. Mar 31, 2005
The cutting edge in Carolina
A university nestled in a scenic Western Carolina valley is hardly the place where you’d expect to find a multi-million dollar, network-quality production facility. Yet, Western Carolina University, located in Cullowhee, NC, has made a significant commitment to video in an effort to provide its students with a convincing competitive edge and generate new business to strengthen an economically challenged region. Dec 23, 2004
The move to multicast
Beyond its role as a Los Angeles PBS member station, KLCS-58 is the TV outlet for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Since the 1970s, KLCS has been producing and broadcasting educational programs to 1,000 local schools via its tower on Mount Wilson. Now, a recent digital upgrade is allowing the station to provide even more programming and information to its community. Aug 31, 2004
Strike up the one-man band
I have colleagues within the musical theater program here at the University of Cincinnati who are always on the look for “triple threats.” When I first arrived here at the College-Conservatory of Music in 1999, I didn’t have clue what that term meant. May 7, 2004
A futurized college campus
Storrs, CT-based University of Connecticut — UConn to its students and faculty — doesn’t rank high on the Princeton Review’s notorious annual “Best 345 Party Schools” roster. But if your idea of cool is a pocket protector on your shirt instead of a lampshade on your head, then UConn might be at the top of the list. Mar 31, 2004
