Each major videoconferencing vendor offers a program to help schools and colleges write grants to obtain equipment; see list below. Often these efforts will focus on the USDA’s RUS grant program, which is highly competitive but has also funded lots of I-TV/Distance Learning projects. Getting assistance in your grant writing effort is a good idea [...]

There are a couple of ways to make RS232 and similar cables, either by soldering or crimping:

Soldering is time consuming and can be difficult to do correctly, especially for the novice or those that don’t do it regularly. Moreover, problems with solder contacts sometimes don’t show up until years later, when a weak solder connection [...]

Short throw projectors have a lot of advantages for most class and conference rooms:

The short image throw allows for presenters to approach the screen without interfering with the image or having to look into the projection light.
The short image throw also allows for several projectors to be placed in a small room, making it [...]

Video communications has been around for years. Whether you consider the first viable videoconferencing system to be the system that AT&T’s debuted at the world’s fair in the late 60s, or Cornel’s CuSeeMe application, or the Polycom Viewstation, there is no doubt that the technology for interacting visually with a person or persons who are [...]

J Scott Christianson, owner of Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing, has been awarded the 2009 Distance Learning Leadership Award by the Missouri Distance Learning Association. This honor recognizes outstanding leadership in the field of distance learning. Scott started his work in this field as the technical coordinator for a distance-education consortium in 1993. Over the years Scott has [...]