Apr 08 2016

Wisconsin School Embraces Telepresence in the Classroom

To overcome its staffing issues, Monticello School District installed cutting edge Cisco and EMC network communications equipment and powered a classroom telepresence solution.

Participants

    Allen Brokopp, District Administrator, Monticello School District

    Traci Davis, Superintendent/Principal, Juda School District

    Chris Collins, Math and Physics teacher, Monticello School District

    Richard Bailey, Director of Technology, Monticello School District

Video Highlights

  • A Wisconsin Technology Initiative grant helps the state's school district purchase Cisco TelePresence and classroom technology. 
  • "Our goal is to have the technology disappear and just to have a teacher in a classroom with students, " says Allen Brokopp, district administrator for Monticello Public Schools
  • Monticello installed cutting edge Cisco and EMC network communications equipment to power a classroom telepresence solution.