Connecting the Community with Live Streaming

Principal and blogger, Joe Mazza, posted a story on Edutopia about how live streaming can be used to broadcast school events to family and community members.  Free tools like UStream make it possible for far away relatives or busy parents to virtually attend everything from graduations to band concerts to PTA meetings.  Several schools have decided to embrace this type of connection and ensure they prepare the appropriate technology before events.  Through this live streaming, schools have seen their meeting attendance rise and parents are even able to contribute their thoughts and questions and participate in online polls.  Integrating live streaming is just one way technology is helping connect home and school.