Education Resources

TANDBERG customers have expressed the need for more professional development, educational content and collaborative opportunities, so we have created several new programs and enhanced our existing offerings. Below you will find resources to help you connect with other educators, to generate new ideas and access powerful content.



Content   |  Training  |  Collaboration  |  Friends of TANDBERG

Training
T4 Program
T4 Program
The TANDBERG Teachers Training Teachers Program (T4) goes beyond traditional training in videoconferencing equipment by providing both initial and follow-up training, which is crucial to spur teacher adoption of the technology. The program is hands-on and empowers teachers to develop distance-learning programs and classroom applications.
Content
CILC Content Portal
This is your search portal to hundreds of standards based lessons delivered over videoconference from recognized national content providers. Once you find what you need, you can request the connection, schedule and evaluate the lesson from one convenient location!
Collaboration
Collaboration Center
Are you interested in using video to connect your students with other students for a collaborative learning project? Visit the Collaboration Center to review requests from other educators or post a request of your own!

Friends of TANDBERG
CILC CILC
The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to being your premier provider of videoconferencing services and program content. Drawing from 10 years of experience, CILC will work closely with your organization to determine how videoconferencing can enable you to reach your goals.
NYIT EEZ
The Technology-Based Learning Systems Department of the New York Institute of Technology, in partnership with Verizon and the Hitachi Foundation, has created a not-for-profit consortium named the Educational Enterprise Zone®. Members of this consortium are content providers who create programming for K-12 classrooms and learning environments that receive the programming, as well as corporate facilitators such as Verizon and Tandberg USA who assist with hardware, software and connectivity needs for the various programs the EEZ® sponsors. Content providers come from a variety of educational, public and private sector arenas. Cultural institutions, museums, research centers and small businesses offer member schools a wide range of curricular programming, allowing the receiving members to meet instructional needs.
Internet2 Internet 2
Internet2 is a consortium being led by 207 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today's Internet in its infancy.
The International Society for Technology in Education ISTE
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®) is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. We are dedicated to providing leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K-12 education and teacher education. We provide our members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face the challenge of incorporating computers, the Internet, and other new technologies into their schools.
USDLA USDLA
The United States Distance Learning Association was the first nonprofit Distance Learning association in the United States to support Distance Learning research, development and praxis across the complete arena of education, training and communications.

In 1987, the USDLA was founded on the premise of creating a powerful alliance to meet the burgeoning education and training needs of learning communities via new concepts of the fusion of communication technologies with learning in broad multidiscipline applications.
2006 USDLA 21st Century Award Winner
In 2006, TANDBERG received the highest USDLA award for leadership in distance learning.
HELP Team HELP Team
The HELP Team (Hurricane Education Leadership Project) is a consortium of businesses, associations and non-profit entities established in late 2005 following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The HELP Team is focused on rebuilding or renewing learning environments for the 21st Century by providing support, strategic guidance and vision for K-12 schools, school systems, educators and education leaders (including elected officials) impacted by recent hurricanes on the Gulf Coast. The HELP Team will assist in the development and facilitation necessary to implement a 21st Century learning model that can be easily replicated by other states and countries.
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
CoSN, the leading national association representing school district technology leaders, works to advance the capacity of the K-12 education community to improve learning through the effective use of information technology and the Internet.
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Education Solution Sheet

Whitepaper: Wainhouse Research, State of
K-12


White Paper: Videoconferencing - Where Are We Now; Primary and Secondary Education

Download TANDBERG's Distance Learning Video Guide
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