The Eastern Suffolk BOCES Distance Learning center is dedicated to being a premier provider of videoconferencing services. We will work closely with your organization to determine how videoconferencing can enable you to fulfill your goals.

Videoconferencing Services

Eastern Suffolk BOCES can assist your district with the following services: planning, implementation, and ongoing management. These services promote the tight integration necessary to help ensure that videoconferencing investments result in engaging learning environments.

Your needs will be addressed on an individual basis allowing your organization to utilize the videoconferencing service efficiently and cost effectively. For additional information, please refer to the Videoconference Package detailed specifications. The scope of our on-demand services include, though are not limited to, the following requests:

• On-site videoconferencing development
• Professional development workshops in conjunction with Model Schools
• Videoconference bridging capabilities
• Coordination of program scheduling
• Facilitation of district-to-district, national, and international connections
• Program suggestions to meet subject/standards needs
• Technical support: testing and trouble-shooting

In collaboration with the Model Schools program, district administrators and teachers may take advantage of considerable opportunities for ongoing professional development. Through training sessions and workshops, educators will broaden their knowledge and teaching skills. In addition, participants gain new insights when partnered with colleagues from other schools.

The Facts

Districts that have successfully deployed videoconferencing technology eliminate numerous travel expenses, reduce the need for time out of the office or classroom, and allow staff to interact with experts in real-time!

Research has shown that videoconferencing increases students' enthusiasm for learning. In addition, videoconferencing activities can provide interactive, inquiry-based learning activities that directly align with New York State standards, state assessments, and district curriculum.

Videoconferencing is a tool that a classroom teacher may use to:

• Ask an expert
• Visit an aquarium in Alaska
• Discuss robotics with a NASA engineer
• Collaborate with a classroom in England on a lesson or unit of study

• On-site, customized professional development
• On-site videoconferencing development
• Challenger e-Mission training (a favorite among students for math and science)
• Videoconferencing resources
• Videoconference bridging capabilities
• District-to-district networking