Broadcasting+for+Schools

= What is a Broadcast News? =

What are the options for broadcasting?

 * || **Description** || **Notes** || **Broadcast Digital Content (i.e. PowerPoint Presentation)** || **Software** || **Infrastructure** || **Users** || **Parents** || **Support** || **Training** || **Configurations** || **Current District Use** ||
 * Skype

**//* Blocked by District//** || Live broadcast using free software. || Cameras can be inexpensive "web cams" or better featured digital video cameras. || no || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Free, Downloadable || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">LAN, WAN || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Unlimited || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Available, Live || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Commonly used, however limited support || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Some viewers may already know how to use || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Multiple computers each with web camera one for each "newscaster." One computer with web camera - "newscasters" switch || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Blocked by District ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Adobe Connect || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Viewers log in to a "meeting" and view broadcast. Can be archived for later viewing. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Cameras can be inexpensive "web cams" or better featured digital video cameras. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">easily accomplished || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">$150 per year per campus || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">LAN, WAN || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">100 per session || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Available, Live || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Expertise provided by company || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Professional training available. Viewers including parents would have a steeper learning curve than with Skype || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Multiple computers each with web camera one for each "newscaster." One computer with web camera - "newscasters" switch || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">No one using, but could be supported, may require specific port access ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Recorded Broadcast || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Digital video camera(s) used to record broadcasts which are then distributed via DVD and/or posted on a web page. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Takes approximately 30 minutes to convert to DVD and/or post on web page || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Could be added in editing phase, time consuming. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Free - iMovie, Windows Media Player, etc. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">none - distributed via DVD LAN, WAN - web page || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Unlimited || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Available, posted on web, wiki, moodle, etc. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Commonly used, would have to have appropriate player - i.e. flash || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Most viewers already have skills || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Digital Camera(s) one computer, web site (moodle, etc.) on server || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Existing technology in district ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Closed Circuit Television || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Live broadcast, using analog broadcasting equipment. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">If cable and televisions are available throughout the school, this can be a very inexpensive option || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Need convertor (RF modulator) then controlled by mixer board or simple switch. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">none || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">closed circuit cable || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">unlimited, as long as connected to closed circuit || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">No, unless recorded and published on web page. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">old, existing technology ||  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Multiple cameras, mixer board. Single camera, vcr || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">some campuses have done this in the past ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Recorded Broadcast || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Digital video camera(s) used to record broadcasts which are then distributed via DVD and/or posted on a web page. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Takes approximately 30 minutes to convert to DVD and/or post on web page || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Could be added in editing phase, time consuming. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Free - iMovie, Windows Media Player, etc. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">none - distributed via DVD LAN, WAN - web page || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Unlimited || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Available, posted on web, wiki, moodle, etc. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Commonly used, would have to have appropriate player - i.e. flash || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Most viewers already have skills || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Digital Camera(s) one computer, web site (moodle, etc.) on server || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Existing technology in district ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Closed Circuit Television || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Live broadcast, using analog broadcasting equipment. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">If cable and televisions are available throughout the school, this can be a very inexpensive option || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Need convertor (RF modulator) then controlled by mixer board or simple switch. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">none || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">closed circuit cable || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">unlimited, as long as connected to closed circuit || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">No, unless recorded and published on web page. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">old, existing technology ||  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Multiple cameras, mixer board. Single camera, vcr || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">some campuses have done this in the past ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Closed Circuit Television || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Live broadcast, using analog broadcasting equipment. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">If cable and televisions are available throughout the school, this can be a very inexpensive option || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Need convertor (RF modulator) then controlled by mixer board or simple switch. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">none || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">closed circuit cable || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">unlimited, as long as connected to closed circuit || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">No, unless recorded and published on web page. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">old, existing technology ||  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Multiple cameras, mixer board. Single camera, vcr || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">some campuses have done this in the past ||


 * Common Elements to Consider: //Tripods for cameras, Quiet room for recording, Lighting, Microphones, Appropriate furniture, and props//**

|| $1,199.00-$2,499.00 Quote Pending || || $299.99 Quote Pending || || $19.59 || || $29.99 || || $7.95-$14.95 || || $19.99 || || $150.00-$350.00 Prices vary depending on size || || $11.65 || || $250.00-$600.00 ||
 * === Equipment === || === Base Price* === ||
 * Laptop (Macbook)
 * Video Camera
 * Microphone
 * Tripod
 * Firewire Cables
 * === **Optional Items to consider:** === ||  ||
 * Lapel Microphone
 * Furniture (desk, podium, chairs, dividers, stands) || Prices vary depending on school availability ||
 * Stage presentation items (background image, weather map, fabric, props, cafeteria menu, clip boards) || Prices vary depending on school availability ||
 * Green Screen
 * Lighting
 * Sound Mixer Board
 * Base prices quoted on January 13, 2010. Prices may vary after the date.

Is there a [|checklist] I could use?

 * ===Yes===



Are other schools broadcasting?

 * ===Yes, other schools in San Antonio ISD are broadcasting (Green Elementary, Bonham Elementary, Woodlawn Hills Elementary, and Barkley-Ruiz Academy)===

How are other campuses broadcasting?

 * ===Green Elementary- Closed Circuit Television===


 * ===Barkley-Ruiz Academy- Closed Circuit Television===


 * ===Woodlawn Hills Elementary - Closed Circuit Television===


 * ===Bonham Elementary- ADOBE Connect===

What can I broadcast?

 * ===Morning News Shows, Special Announcements, Weekly Updates, other school-related events.===

Do I need permission to broadcast?

 * ===Yes, all broadcasts need web permission slips. Broadcasts are not unlike any other medium to publish, students must have permission slips signed by a parent/guardian.===

Who do I contact for further information?

 * ===Sue Harris shodgesharris1@saisd.net, Stephanie Correa scorrea2@saisd.net, or Claude Ascolese cascolese@saisd.net with The Office of Instructional Technology and Learning Services, (210)527-1400===