I have been watching RAP connections with some of our schools connecting to schools throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for the past four days. The energy of the students is incredible to watch as they present information about their state or a book they are reading. The part of the connections [...]

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We have now finished two days of Read Around the Planet. Here are a few photos of some of the amazing connections that we facilitated. There were too many to get photos from all. Check out the costumes and backdrops! Our teachers have done an excellent job showcasing best practice in collaborative connections.

So far we [...]

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We are having trouble with one of our site’s microphones. Has anyone used Skype in conjunction with a videoconference to bring in the audio? We have 5 connections with this unit and I need any suggetions that anyone might have.
Ideas so far: speakerphone or skype….

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Well, test calls were going well, but today we had a few bumps.
We tested an ISDN call and the video quality was bad, but audio was fine. How do you troubleshoot an ISDN call? I thought those were just supposed to work.
The second issue was that one of my sites that is scheduled for FIVE [...]

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