Piney Woods FreeNet Community Technology Center

Faculty Technology Resource Center

Model Technology Teaching and Learning Facility

Support Personnel Offices

What will the Piney Woods FreeNet “do”?

· Provide public access computers in public locations

· Provide 2-way communication such as free e-mail accounts, listservs, and web-page hosting for individuals

· Establish a Small Business & Non-Profit Corporation Web Presence Incubator to assist local businesses in building a website to market their business globally and participate in e-commerce

· Provide information with content driven by what the community wants

· Provide an information portal with content relevant to local citizens

· Assist local government and health care entities with the creation of web-based content to increase citizen’s participation via e-government

· Provide training on how to use computer and Internet technology to interpret, search for, and create information

· Provide focused workforce development training for employers and job-seekers

· Provide policies and standards for accessibility

· Provide resources through volunteers and the existing knowledge base in the community

· Provide expanded distance learning opportunities for students

Text Box: What is the purpose of a Faculty Technology Resource Center and Model Technology Teaching and Learning Facility?

· Provide a centralized location for professional development activities

· Maximize resources by avoiding duplication of expensive equipment and resources that are necessary, but not used daily

· Provide assistance or services relating to the creation of traditional and distance learning classroom resources

· Provide an avenue for faculty to explore emerging instructional technologies

· Provide a structure for research into methods which will improve student learning

What does an Interactive Video Distance Education classroom look like?

distance learning classroom, student view Students at the local site, the location with the live instructor, can view students at remote locations on the monitors behind the instructor. One of the monitors displays the outgoing signal which may be a picture of the students or instructor at the local classroom, images displayed on the instructor’s computer screen such as multimedia presentations, or items placed under the document camera at the instructor’s podium.

distance learning classroom, teacher view The instructor can view students at the remote site(s), as well as the signal that is transmitted to them, using the overhead monitors.

The equipment is duplicated at each location so that instruction can initiate from any point on the network and students at each site can interact with other sites.

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