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Technology in use

At MU we have several options available for electronic collaboration. These tools are not limited to a large University, in fact are available to businesses large and small. For example:

• Web based Portal - We use a service that is provided by Microsoft called Share Point Services. This is a user ID and Password secured web portal designed for colleagues to collaborate on projects. This is VERY helpful for our Fire School Command Teams to share documents from anywhere you can access the web.

Think of a multi-station fire department with many members. Instead of a file-server environment where stations have to connect to a central computer system, you can use a standard internet connection to share documents...say time sheets, SOPs, Training Logs, etc. The Portal allows virtually any document to be saved and posted. Even photos, movies, etc. Site Administrator controls what services people can see and access. It also includes a lists (task management and events), discussions, surveys, etc.

• ITV or IP over Video (IPoV)- These are each different, but work similarly. This is like the U Tube videos that have already been posted. The nice thing about IP over Video, is that anyone with a High Speed Internet connection can access the system, where as ITV is limited to only those that have been set up. ITV has better quality, but it also comes with a higher price tag. Central Jackson County FPD has this system in place for their district and uses it for training and even "meeting with he chief." 

• Another service we have access to is a peer to peer computer conferencing system. I will need to research the name and provider. I have not used it, but others in our office have. Essentially, it is a conference call on steroids. It is designed to handle audio and video through an internet connection. Subscribers can view images from the presenter (which can change from computer to computer as assigned), hear audio from all subscribers (if they have a mic and the software on their computer), and even video (again if the user has the hardware and software on their computer).

There are many technology solutions available now days, it depends on what you want to do and how much you want to spend!

Who Are Our Students Today?

This video from a cultural anthropology class at KU reflects how technology impacts students in our classrooms today..... when I was a college student there were no cell phones, no computers, no IPODs, no powerpoint.......(yes I'm old). We can't teach them in the same way we were taught.....(thank goodness). K

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Cisco - Tele-presence - WOW this rocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrjwKEzRhFI&feature=email

Incredible. Everyone communicates - Everyone learls - Distance does not exist -

Distance Learning - Fire Service

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRQjYG4u-U&feature=email

This is the video teleconferencing process we were looking at with our last grant app as a county. This is how we keep the engine companies in their stills and in service. The training will be server based and recorded. So if you get a hit then you simply start where you left off...

George Washiungton University

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxV9noPDR7I&feature=email

The is GW Univ - This is the kind of environment that is needed in the St. Louis Metro Area for the Fire and Emergency Services - Public sector

Robb

Tech Education in Classroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GK8Idf4bBI&feature=email

This is what I am talking about with tech in the class room - Excellent Demo

Robb

Classroom of our future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcXEznPXj8k&feature=email

The fire classroom of the future - Pay attention to the features

Robb

Prudence

Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.
Edward Whymper
Scrambles Amongst the Alps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnh9q_cQcUE&feature=related

Good video - Apply this to the fire service - Your thoughts?

Training Officers are you addessing - The Current Educational Environment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Please watch this video. This is the learning environment that we need to deal with NOW much less ten years in the future. I believe that we have tow options. 1.) We can adjust our training process, content and product to incorporate new ideas and training methods. or. 2.) We do nothing - keep on doing the same old thing... act like complete victims and let technology and and a cultural training crisis run right over us.

OK Here is the idea.
1.) We bought a huge file server - Thanks to Chief Rhodes for seeing the benifit to develope Technology based training.
2.) Work with City to create solid network backbone to ensure bandwidth for the training project
3.) Create and store an enermous fire service training base that is accessible 24/7/365. Videos - Programs - Engine Compnay Training Evolutions - Dept wide or county wide evolutions - region wide training. Video classes that you can have access to. That we (Training Officers) create/keep/record/distribute - For free - Why because its the right thing to do.
4.) Work together to push our industry to a better palce. What if you could take a Fire Officer I and II class or a Fire Instructor II Class on the internet. Controled by a group of Training Officers as moderators - Consistant - Very low cost - No travel or lodging expense - The ff's could take while on duty - Study at your own pace - Take it a unit at a time - and keep taking the unit untill you got a 100% or move on after you get a passing score - your choice. I have had it with being out of money - out of time - out of resources - It is time for us to throtle up our efforts - Together

I hope to have the basic design framework published later this week. The contract for the network underway - The server is in the server room - The department has purchased a digital video camera - I have begun taking additional IT classes at UMSL - I will be meeting with Deputy Chief Kim Becker from DFS in the near furutre to discuss creating a video based/web based training program that adresses certifications.

God help us all - The red neck firemen have got a training site...More to follow