The instructor, Mr. Ken Hall, uses the television-like system to see and speak with his students at the different locations in real time. He controls the video and audio feeds, changing the content of what the students see and hear throughout the class. While lecturing, Mr. Hall repositions a digital camera to focus the students' attention on his lecture, his notes and explanations on a classroom marker board, or on the textbook examples. Additionally, Mr. Hall incorporates Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software into the class. An instructional supervisor at each remote site assists the students with the technology and is part of the management of the educational process for the course.
Response is positive.
The students adapt quickly to the technology delivery system and consume the course material. Aliquippa High School students connect a trans-Atlantic videoconference with King Edward VII School in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. Students in Monaca and Midland join in, using equipment located in their home school districts. Additional students on both sides of the Atlantic learn how the videoconferencing equipment is used, how their education can be expanded, and perhaps how students in different cultures are not quite so different after all. The class is based at CCBC's Center Township campus, and students from Monaca and Aliquippa attend.