LIVE Video conferencing with your school no matter where you are! Follow FizzicsEd Articles: Comments 0 LIVE Video conferencing with your school no matter where you are! Beginning in 2007, NSW rolled out millions of dollars of video conferencing hardware to NSW public schools through the Interactive Classroom Project.  Now NSW public schools can access industry experts from around the world via video conference using Connections, managed by the Distance and Rural Technologies (DART) unit within the NSW Department of Education & Training. Fizzics Education is proud to be a part of this initiative, with scheduled interactive conferences your school can access that are syllabus relevant, affordable and easily accessible regardless of your school’s physical location. Already we have run video conferences with up to 15 schools taking part simultaneously, during which over 550 students received access to quality science instruction at minimal cost. We have tailored our workshops so that students can still ask us questions and perform experiments in their own class during the conference, thereby preserving the interactive element that typifies any visit by one of our science educators. Of course, not all readers have students enrolled in a NSW public school. For these schools we can run a video conference with your school directly.  All your school needs is access to a Tandberg, Polycom, Lifesize or similar Cisco based hardware. We don’t have video conferencing hardware… what about us? No problem!  Very soon we will be launching a web conferencing solution that will allow your students’ access to our educators with minimal hardware required. All you will need is access to broadband internet and a computer – even the home laptop will work. The access to this service will be on a subscription basis, minimizing the fuss and maximising the learning potential for all students everywhere across the globe… especially useful for isolated schools and home educators. How does video conferencing work and why is it useful anyway? Video conferencing uses hardware designed to take advantage of developments in internet technology. Each school’s hardware dials directly to a server that bridges all of these separate connections together, allowing each individual school to speak and see each other in real time. Multiple schools can therefore interact together, sharing lessons and accessing outside expertise not readily accessible due to distance or lack of funding. The possibilities are fantastic, as now schools and educators over 1000km apart can interact as if they were in the same room…dramatically reducing school excursion costs whilst retaining access to specialist education services. The only limits are the ability of the bridge to support each individual connection, time zones and your school having the hardware with a decent internet connection. So far through Connections some ‘virtual excursions’ have included up to 50 schools at the same time! All the best! Ben Love Science? Subscribe! Join our newsletter Receive more lesson plans and fun science ideas. PROGRAMS COURSES SHOP SCIENCE PARTIES Calendar of Events HIGH SCHOOL Science@Home 4-Week Membership 12PM: March 2024 Feb 26, 2024 - Mar 29, 2024 12PM - 12PM Price: $50 - $900 Book Now! PRIMARY Science@Home 4-Week Membership 2PM: March 2024 Feb 26, 2024 - Mar 22, 2024 2PM - 2PM Price: $50 - $900 Book Now! Light and Colour Online Workshop, Jan 18 PM Jan 18, 2024 2PM - 3PM Price: $50 Book Now! Light and Colour Online Workshop, Jan 18 AM Jan 18, 2024 9AM - 11AM Price: $50 Book Now! Lego Robotics, Sydney Olympic Park Jan 2024 Jan 24, 2024 9AM - 12PM Price: $50 Book Now! 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LIVE Video conferencing with your school no matter where you are! Beginning in 2007, NSW rolled out millions of dollars of video conferencing hardware to NSW public schools through the Interactive Classroom Project.  Now NSW public schools can access industry experts from around the world via video conference using Connections, managed by the Distance and Rural Technologies (DART) unit within the NSW Department of Education & Training. Fizzics Education is proud to be a part of this initiative, with scheduled interactive conferences your school can access that are syllabus relevant, affordable and easily accessible regardless of your school’s physical location. Already we have run video conferences with up to 15 schools taking part simultaneously, during which over 550 students received access to quality science instruction at minimal cost. We have tailored our workshops so that students can still ask us questions and perform experiments in their own class during the conference, thereby preserving the interactive element that typifies any visit by one of our science educators. Of course, not all readers have students enrolled in a NSW public school. For these schools we can run a video conference with your school directly.  All your school needs is access to a Tandberg, Polycom, Lifesize or similar Cisco based hardware. We don’t have video conferencing hardware… what about us? No problem!  Very soon we will be launching a web conferencing solution that will allow your students’ access to our educators with minimal hardware required. All you will need is access to broadband internet and a computer – even the home laptop will work. The access to this service will be on a subscription basis, minimizing the fuss and maximising the learning potential for all students everywhere across the globe… especially useful for isolated schools and home educators. How does video conferencing work and why is it useful anyway? Video conferencing uses hardware designed to take advantage of developments in internet technology. Each school’s hardware dials directly to a server that bridges all of these separate connections together, allowing each individual school to speak and see each other in real time. Multiple schools can therefore interact together, sharing lessons and accessing outside expertise not readily accessible due to distance or lack of funding. The possibilities are fantastic, as now schools and educators over 1000km apart can interact as if they were in the same room…dramatically reducing school excursion costs whilst retaining access to specialist education services. The only limits are the ability of the bridge to support each individual connection, time zones and your school having the hardware with a decent internet connection. So far through Connections some ‘virtual excursions’ have included up to 50 schools at the same time! All the best! Ben
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