Conference on presentation technology: the first EduComm conference draws 675 AV/IT education pros.The first EduComm conference, held June June: see month. 9 through 11 in Atlanta Atlanta (ətlăn`tə, ăt–), city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847. in conjunction with the AV conference InfoComm 2004, drew 675 attendees from universities, colleges and K-12 school districts. The more than 70 EduComm sessions, presented by University Business and its sister publication District Administration, covered online education trends, AV security and networks, faculty training, presentation installations in historic buildings, and working with architects. Observers offered some key trends to watch: * The building boom in the community college sector will drive related presentations installations. Like their four-year cousins, the community colleges are coping with an influx of higher ed students who are expecting sophisticated online education options. These include lectures enhanced with multi-media images and video clips A short video presentation. that can be stored online and played back on demand. Miami Dade College Miami Dade College is one of Florida's public colleges, located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is run by the College's Board of Trustees, appointed by the governor of Florida, whose chair is Helen Aguirre Ferré, a bilingual journalist. (FL), Valencia Community Cortege (FL), and Sinclair Community College (OH) are just several systems that have integrated presentations technology into classroom and online [earning. * More durable projector classroom models will be offered at the $999 price point. BenQ, Toshiba, Epson, Sony and InFocus are some of the vendors that have portable models at this price point--and more options are on the way. * There will be more electronic whiteboard The electronic equivalent of chalk and blackboard, but between remote users. Whiteboard systems allow network participants to simultaneously view one or more users drawing on an on-screen blackboard or running an application. and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. options from vendors now discovering education--especially distance education--as a promising vertical market. |
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