The document discusses the past, present, and future of video conferencing in education. It notes that 5 years ago guidelines were published by the Department for Education to help schools maximize their broadband connections for video conferencing. Currently, experts are using video conferencing in classrooms across the UK to engage students. The future hopes to provide even more opportunities through Janet's video conferencing portal for students to connect live with global experts and companies in all subject areas to enhance learning. Janet aims to work with more content providers to offer reliable, high-quality video conferencing services for education.

1. •Affordability of hardware – £££££ ×
•Costly broadband ×
•Poor Quality – video/audio ×
•Not Reliable ×
•What do we do with VC???? ×
•E-Safety – through IP via Janet VC services 
•Interoperability – via Janet 
The Past (5 years ago)

2. •Jan 2012 – VCfL matrix published
•Jan 2013 – “Video Conferencing and the Global
workforce of the future” you tube video
•May 2013 – DfE guidelines for VC and broadband
published
•September 2013 – AVer ClassHD
The Present (2014)

3. •Industry and Experts in classrooms and lecture halls
(nationally and internationally )KS1 - FE - HE
•Secure via IP, high quality,
whole class, curriculum focused.
The Future (2014 – 2017)
•Friday 24th Jan 2014 – Next Generation Content,
Room 7, Gallery Suite. Bett show seminar day –
all day live VC to N.G. content providers
•10.45am National Janet VC Awards @Bett

4. Importance of regional co-ordinator/broadband needs
Promote good practice in using videoconferencing.
DfE guidelines to maximise potential of broadband connections:
How much bandwidth do you need?
SLA for packet delivery.
HD bandwidths
Traffic shaping using public ISP's
Help desk support from qualified VC experts that works closely with Janet
Videoconferencing?
Product evaluations

5. Janet Videoconferencing-what does it offer?
Online portal to book or launch a VC (www.ja.net/bookvc)
Delivered via a secure education network with free technical support
Room based or desktop users and guests can join a VC from anywhere
Telephone dial in feature
Streaming
Recording(subject to licence agreement)

6. Janet Content Providers
Meet a rocket scientist
Go to the moon
Meet a WW1 soldier
Talk to a Viking
Find out how to start up a business
All without leaving your classroom
We are always looking for more industry based content

7. www.chrislubbe.co.uk
@sawubona_chris
1.Fits in with RRR, Citizenship and Broader PSHE
2.Schools, HE, FE – tailored - materials
3.Slavery
4.My story – an epic journey of a freedom fighter / activist in his
quest for freedom
5. Apartheid laws – their application – consequences
6.My work with Nelson Mandela

8. Highlands Primary School

11. “ an amazing opportunity to gain an insight into the
one of the most promising medical technologies“
(yr. 13 student)
“discussing poetry with undergraduates
really made us think” (yr. 12 student)
“having an expert ‘in school’
was a fantastic experience"
(yr. 13 student)
“ability to discuss with students from
other schools, particularly girls” (yr. 12 student)

12. How we have been using VC at ICHS
•Bringing French alive through
linking classrooms
•Joining School Councils
across the borough
•Discussing Paralympic Legacy-from New York
•Meeting authors
•Lab to Lab VC using a borrowed 2nd Kit

13. We need more opportunities to link live via video to
global experts and companies.
We need to bring them into our classrooms to
enhance learning opportunities and to widen
experiences for our students in every subject area.
We need more companies and content providers to
offer secure, reliable, high-quality video conferencing.

14. Janet VC booking service
www.ja.net/bookvc
Janet Content directory
http://vccontentdirectory.ja.net
Richard Sedding
Videoconferencing services Manager, Janet
Richard.Sedding@ja.net
01235 822291
Mina Patel
Video conferencing for Learning
mina@vcfl.net
07402 137 310
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