In Georgia, New York, Massachusetts and Philadelphia schools are also using eSchool Online to integrate web content with educational video programming. On-demand training uses digital satellite technology to deliver compressed video and data files to schools. The information is stored on the school's server where teachers can select what they want from their desktop. The modules cover training in MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Office, FileMaker Pro, ClarisWorks, Hyperstudio, use of digital cameras and scanners. Sometimes teachers can have live sessions via satellite with experts.
Costs vary according to a district's needs.
Professional Development Washington, D.C. has opened up a training center where public school teachers will learn Internet skills. The center is a partnership of D.C. Public Schools, District Cablevision and Cable in the Classroom, a nonprofit service of the cable industry. Teachers can attend workshops on Internet basics as well as more advanced Internet topics including Web page development and audio and video integration. The District's 5,000 public school teachers will receive a minimum of 15 hours of training this year. The center also plans to start putting high-speed Internet modems in public schools.