Don't Forget to Schedule this years PORTS Video Conference with the Elephant Seals.

What better way to show your appreciation to the PORTS project than using their programs. Schedule a Video conference with Shawn Brown of the State Parks Department at the Año Nuevo Studio. He can be reached at (916) 204-7194 sbrown@parks.ca.gov . Their IP address is 205.155.4.34

Next meeting of the CTAP IV Video Conference Users Group

The next meeting of the Video Conference Users Group on October 26, 2006 3:30 to 5:00 will feature two short presentation, a time for us to share ideas and ask questions and an introduction to a group project you may want to join. Our first guest will be from the Baseball Hall of Fame who will let us know about resources and workshops the have available for interactive videoconferencing. Then Katy Tobler will an eighth grade teacher from Fallbrook Union ESD, who teaches two classes of video conferencing. Her students don't only use it but they provide content that can be delivered to other classes. She'd also would love to partner with northern California teachers. I've attached the login information for the Oct 26 workshop. Let me know if you will be dialing in and/or can share your site with others. At this point we have the Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin County Offices of Education available for viewing.

If you don't have the Polycom available for that day we will have a live web cast of the event with the ability to ask question via chat. Login the day of the workshop at http://www.ctap4.org/webcast.htm. For more information you can reach me at jfreese@acoe.k12.ca.us. Hope to see you on the 26th..

We are still here to help.
Many of you have already had successful videoconferences. We are still here for support you can contact Jim Freese at jfreese@acoe.k12.ca.us 510-670-7715 or Alex Calvo at acalvo@acoe.org 510-670-7701. The CTAP Region IV Polycom is always on at: 206.110.88.183 . Shawn Brown with the State Parks Department at the Año Nuevo Studio can be reached at (916) 204-7194 sbrown@parks.ca.gov . Their IP address is 205.155.4.34