The Michigan Virtual High School (MVHS) is an online resource that enables Michigan high schools to provide courses (all taught by certified teachers) and other learning tools that students wouldn't otherwise have access to.
Schools in Washtenaw and Livingston counties have the opportunity to access educational videos and other multimedia resources.
Discovery Streaming: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
Learn360: http://www.learn360.com
Washtenaw ISD is a member of MI Streamnet, a collaborative effort with REMC, Apple, Inc. and MERIT. This distributed video-streaming network enhances the capacity of the REMC Association to provide constituents with increased access to video-streaming resources as a means of enriching teaching and learning in Michigan schools.
Michigan's Internet2 Participants: http://www.merit.edu/mn/services/participants.html
TWICE is an acronym for Two Way Interactive Connections in Education. It is an organization of Michigan educators dedicated to promoting and supporting collaborative connections using two way interactive video for the benefit of Michigan students.
Collaborative Projects Video Conference Field Trip Database: www.twice.cc.
Washtenaw ISD maintains a video streaming server with archives of many of the video conferences we participant in.
Contact Person
Mike McNamara
mmcna@wash.k12.mi.us
(734) 994-8100x1285
IP Based (2 units)
Washtenaw ISD ip1 IP address: 198.108.96.101
336Kb - 768Kb
Washtenaw ISD ip2 IP address: 198.108.96.104
Equipment
2 Polycom MP Viewstations
Complete Room Profile and other Video Conference locations: http://www.tcombridge.org/
Seminar 4
| H.323 (IP based) | H.323 |
| In-Room telephone # | 734-994-8100 x 1818 |
| Fax # | 734-994-2203 |
| Room capacity | 16 to 20 max |
| Configuration | Teacher to class & group to group |
| Extra features | Pakervision Cameraman rear mount camera Ceiling microphone system IP based available |
