Given the opportunity to talk about all kinds of issues, students get involved and participate willingly in research and discussion with peers. Flexibility and a sense of humor will help you when your classroom is locked, you lose a class period to a fire drill, or a student leaves class because he is called to the office. The high schools require numerical grades from you. If you use a ten point scale, you will want to convert your grades for the high school scale. Be aware that these grades are averaged into the students over all class ranking throughout the year at some of the high schools.
Attendance is important at the high schools.
You may be asked to report attendance, and may even be given attendance forms at the site you broadcast from to fill in attendance for on-site students. SCC class meets regardless of the high school schedule. If the students' high schools have a teacher workday, and you are scheduled for class, attendance is still required. The high school rooms will be open on teacher work days. Let them have some time after your instruction time to chat over the system with each other, even show pictures on the graphics camera to each other.