Conferencing and Collaboration
Alcatel-Lucent offers a packaged solution providing audio, data, and even video conferencing. The software-based solution – My Teamwork – is a part of Alcatel-Lucent’s Unified Communications suite and can be enabled from any telephone, any location, and any browser. It allows secure conferencing with anyone, inside or outside the school district, without the need for downloads or a VPN. My Teamwork can be deployed on any vendor’s PBX or softswitch in an IP or PSTN calling environment.
The presence-aware, self-service user interface offers meet me, ad hoc, and scheduled conferencing with click-to-call, document management, and much more. With My Teamwork, a district gets secure, on-network instant messaging that allows for instant collaboration in a safer, monitored environment.
Alcatel-Lucent partners with Polycom to add video, bringing rich multimedia conferencing in support of district operations, classroom learning, and professional development. Smoothly integrated into My Teamwork’s one-click browser interface, video conferences may be initiated as easily as IM, audio or Web conferences, or added to an ongoing session. My Teamwork users may also participate in room system- centric video conferences.
Students can:
•Share data with other students in the district or around the world for group projects
•Attend class virtually if they are home bound or in distance learning programs
•Review class sessions to study or catch up on missed lessons
Teachers can:
•Attend virtual training sessions
•Collaborate and share curriculum content within a district or beyond
•Launch instant conferences with parents
•Application sharing shows grades and student work
•Parents don’t have to leave work
•Non-custodial parents can attend conferences from out of state
Administrators and staff can:
•Conduct audio and video conferences for more effective meetings
•Record memos and presentations teachers can view on their own time
•Conduct individualized education planning (IEP) meetings and archive them for the student’s record
