The Technology and Telecommunications Steering Committee (TTSC) of CCSESA is currently working on a project to facilitate the coordination of videoconferencing in California schools. The first step is to collect appropriate contact information from the 58 County Offices of Education.

Phase 1 (July 2004)

This phase will focus on establishing the primary role accounts (contacts) for each of the 58 COE locations. These include:

1. Administrative Contact - This contact has administrative control over the location profile in the system and is expected to be an individual at a COE with administrative oversight for videoconferencing in the organization.
2. Technical Contact - This contact is the individual that manages the technical support and operational duties required for videoconferencing.
3. Alternate Contact - This contact can be an alternate person or role account (such as video@icoe.org) to assist with notifications in the system. The system will notify the technical and alternate accounts identically. This account is to provide a backup to ensure effective communication.

Note: An individual may be listed as more than one contact.

Once the accounts for the primary contacts are established, information on equipment and services will be collected.

Phase 2 (August - September 2004)

This phase will implement a complex scheduling and messaging system to facilitate the coordination of videoconferencing. Individual workflows in the system will be established for end users, conference coordinators, and MCU (Bridge) managers.


Phase 3 (October 2004)

This phase opens the fully-developed system to locations other than the 58 COE locations (districts, schools, etc.)



For more information, please visit http://www.k12video.org. 
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact your Regional TTSC Representative or you may contact Todd Finnell at tfinnell@icoe.org or 760-312-6403.