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We do VC outreach for schools from the east coast to Texas. We occasionally provide videoconferences from NASA sites to our visitors. Our center is also a member of a local VC collaboration called Project DIANE (Diversified Information and Assistance Network). Here is an excerpt from the last Project DIANE newsletter. 

CLOSED CAPTIONING PILOT - Next week, Project DIANE will pilot test a videoconference bridge-based realtime closed captioning capability.  This will entail feeding live text translations into one quadrant of a 4-way continuous presence split screen display.  We would like to recruit 4 or 5 DIANE member organizations to participate in the pilot
test and give us their opinion of the viability of this approach to providing support for deaf and hard of hearing persons interested in participating in video-based distance education and training opportunities in Project DIANE.

You may want to contact Dr. Stephen Shao through the Project DIANE website for more information -- www.diane.tnstate.edu

Becky Fox Matthews
Educator/Distance Learning and Special Projects
Adventure Science Center
800 Ft. Negley Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37203
615-401-5073
www.adventuresci.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Margie Marino [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: Video-conferencing

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I am very interested in knowing if any of your organizations are
currently using, or are planning to use, video-conferencing capabilities
for any educational purpose--either on your exhibition floor or as a
format for outreach programs or activities.

I will be working with the Association of College Educators of the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing (ACE-D/HH) as an advisor to a grant to facilitate
instruction for master teachers. Science education is a real issue for
the community of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Video-conferencing
is one technique for increasing their access to educational resources.

I would greatly appreciate it if those of you interested in a dialogue
regarding the use of video-conferencing would respond to the list,
or--if you prefer--contact me directly. Thank you.

Margie Marino, Manager, Exhibition Services
Association of Science-Technology Centers
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.  20005-6310
Phone: 202-783-7200, ext. 117

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