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As part of the National Education Network trial some participating schools are developing their video conferencing infrastructure and skills. REANNZ is facilitating some these conferences and collaborations with other institutions such as the National Library and Crown Research Institutes. We will post highlights, participants and some lessons learned from these conferences. If you would like to participate please send an e-mail to john.sto.tomas@reannz.co.nz or bill.choquette@reannz.co.nz.

5 November 2008

A meeting between Hunterville School, the National Library, CORE ed, and REANNZ.

12 November 2008

A test video conference between Hunterville School, CORE ed, REANNZ and Appleby School to prepare for a future rock concert.

14 November 2008

Pre-conference test for the Appleby School rock concert.

14 November 2008

Wellington College desktop video conferencing installation and test for the National Library conference.

17 November 2008

National Library, Hunterville School, Wellington College and REANNZ will conduct a special presentation about boys'reading.

19 November 2008

Appleby School rock concert demonstration for Hunterville School and CORE ed.

27 November 2008

National Library/Te Papa

Topic:19th Century resources for secondary level history teachers

Participants

Summary

• The National Library team is learning how to conduct a quality video conference
  • Camera pre-sets (20 minutes required to set up five)
  • Power point and internet content did not work on the bridge but was fine with a point to point connection. We have set up a test for December 1 to fix the problem with Agile.
  • Documents in zoom are presented best in full screen
  • Diana Grace from Te Papa learned about the presets, document presentation and the bridge presentation layout.
  • Donald Clark observed the user experience and suggested systematic bridge and endpoint testing to solve the presentation problem quickly
  • Problem, cannot see presentation material on the bridge
  • Must have presentations on screen to share/discuss digital resources for next week

TBC...

Databases

• Te Pui- archival website shows which documents the National Library has on site as well as a few in digital format.

Documents

• A letter from Kate Shepard
• Letters from 1840s settlers in Wellington to friends and grandparents

4 December 2008

Participants

• National Library
• New Zealand Archives
• Wellington Collge
• REANNZ
• CORE Ed

Title: 19th century resources for high school history teachers

Summary: National Library and National Archives presented documents and digital resources to be used by history teachers.

Digital Resources for History Teacher:

• Taphui
• Manuscripts and Pictorial Database
• Paperspast
• National Library Home

10 December 2008

Mangamaire Country School/Official Launch of Fibre to the Farm

The power of telecommunications is shrinking distance so that Mangamaire School is now 4 miliseconds from anywhere connected via KAREN. Fast broadband makes new resources available.

• KAREN content on the KAREN wiki KAREN Content
• National Library
  • Manuscripts and Pictorial Manuscripts and Pictorial
• Research Channel Research Channel

11 December 2008

National Education Network Celebration

REANNZ hosted a video conference on KAREN with a diverse group of schools from across New Zealand highlighting individual experiences with the network. The meeting was a very positive experience for all involved.