We had an interesting time, to start.  The flashdrive had to be reformatted to FAT32.  When we initailly hooked everything up, it didn't appear to be working.  We tested using our other codec to have a signal coming in for sound.  We had a great picture but no sound.  Last night we switched things to take our sound from the monitor instead of the codec. (we had some y cables here.  So we thought maybe they weren't working)  We still had no sound.

I decided to turn it on during my class this morning and it worked!  Don't know why it worked today with remote sites but not yesterday with the system down the hall. Didn't change anything.  But, the bottom line is IT WORKED!!

Things hooked up pretty smoothly and everything seemed to light up right, but when I went to play the recorded mp4 it wouldn't play on Window's media player. Has this happened to anyone else?  Do I need to update flash player or try a different program? 

Cozad teaching Advanced math/college Algebra to Anselmo-Merna...It is more or less a static unit in the math room.  Support has been great.  The only tech issue has been that couple of times Anselmo has not been able to see us...even cycling through the call settings has not fixed, the fix we have found is to hang up and recall.

Arcadia has been fortunate to have 3 life-sizes.  We keep them in the same rooms at all times, but could be mobile if needed.  We currently teach the majority of our classes between Ansley and Arcadia.  We do teach Anatomy to Burwell, Loup County, Sargent, Anselmo-Merna, and Ansley.  The support we have has been very good.  If we have a problem, we can get an answer immediately. 

The system in Anatomy is staged to the side to allow the students to see both the teacher and students from other schools.  The others are set in the front of the room and the students are looking at both the teacher and the other classes.

The only way we have used our system so far is in a conference setting.  In this case we found the easiest thing to do was to have the person presenting sit at a table where the camera is aimed.

It ok for the students to have control of it as long they are under the supirbition of an administrator.

Our students are responsible for the remote in their classes, I have shown the students that I feel are responsible enough a little and they have learned a lot more on their own.

We have a document camera hooked up, haven't used it much.

So far, I've only used computer input. If I ever use a DVD, I'll show it through the computer.

We get a ton of feedback static from Broken Bow.  Haven't been able to figure out what is causing it. So our 'fix' right now is that they mute their mic. One day everything froze up, since then our corporate directory has been gone.

No problems that we have had. We regulate it back and forth.

Our LG 50" monitor sometime displays a "jittery" image from the LifeSize.  When we display the menu on the TV using it's own remote, that menu is not "jittery".  After a while it may go away, but I have found that wiggling or reconnecting the VGA cable on the LifeSize may solve the problem...at least it did this morning.

The only issue really has been video quality allowed by the site we are sending to.  If we are sending to a site with an older Polycom system or a Sony Codec the video quality is greatly reduced.  No real solution on our end.

On our machines are pretty much static in each classroom.  The cart is well built and the side tray is very nice to use for computer hook-up.

We have our carts set up and left the original wheels on our cart...no issues yet.  As was mentioned in the trainings, mounting the camera on top of the TV is not possible and still being able to get it through the door.

The only limitations we have found are the ones we impose on ourself.

It will be an ongoing process to educate our teachers on using the technology and opening themselves up to sending their courses over the system.  In essence this has made all of our classrooms DL capable.

The picture is great.  Being able to move around to other classes is a good thing.  When we learn how to connect to other sources - field trips or just to improve lessons - it will add another positive. 

I think it is easier to trouble shoot.  The ability to teach from anywhere.  The clearer picture.