I wasn't sure the best place to put this, finally decided this was as good as any.
I am the IT tech for a few schools in my system. One of my principals asked me to look into this. We have a student at one of our middle schools who needs to be able to view a class at a nearby high school. We are trying to figure out what our best option for this will be. Some sort of video conferencing solution would seem to be the best approach but would also be somewhat overkill. We would need to be able to see the board and, preferably, the teacher. If the camera could be remotely operated by the student for tracking and zoom or would autotrack that would be ideal but may not be possible.
Both schools have gigabit fiber connections to our WAN so bandwidth is not a problem. I was thinking about the possibility of a high quality webcam (the Logitech 9000?) for the classroom and skype or a similar application as a lower-cost possibility. We would probably just get a laptop with a built in webcam for the student to use on her end. If you think we need some sort of true video conferencing solution, that might be doable as well. Any thoughts on the best approach for this?
I am the IT tech for a few schools in my system. One of my principals asked me to look into this. We have a student at one of our middle schools who needs to be able to view a class at a nearby high school. We are trying to figure out what our best option for this will be. Some sort of video conferencing solution would seem to be the best approach but would also be somewhat overkill. We would need to be able to see the board and, preferably, the teacher. If the camera could be remotely operated by the student for tracking and zoom or would autotrack that would be ideal but may not be possible.
Both schools have gigabit fiber connections to our WAN so bandwidth is not a problem. I was thinking about the possibility of a high quality webcam (the Logitech 9000?) for the classroom and skype or a similar application as a lower-cost possibility. We would probably just get a laptop with a built in webcam for the student to use on her end. If you think we need some sort of true video conferencing solution, that might be doable as well. Any thoughts on the best approach for this?
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