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Redbridge Primary School:<\/b> learning about our cultural differences using AVer ClassHD<\/b><\/h2>\n

On October 21st 2013, pupils from Redbridge Primary School<\/b><\/a>\u00a0in the London Borough of Redbridge prepared to present live via secure video conference to year two pupils across the UK. The presentation, which they called “All About Sri Lanka”<\/i>, showcased their Tamil culture and traditions. Using AVer ClassHD<\/b><\/a> video conferencing hardware and\u00a0Janet\u00a0VC\u00a0Services<\/b><\/a> (JVCS), <\/b>Redbridge Primary School was able to link securely and interoperably to schools in Thurrock, Shropshire, Havering and Devon.<\/p>\n

Redbridge\u00a0pupils, whose parents and relatives are originally from Sri Lanka, spoke about\u00a0and displayed\u00a0traditional foods and clothes, and taught their peers hundreds of miles away how to greet in Tamil. They performed a traditional Sri Lankan dance for the other schools to enjoy and then took questions from them live about the presentation.<\/p>\n

Parminder Kambo, Assistant Head Teacher at Redbridge Primary School, said “The\u00a0video conference\u00a0has put a huge emphasis on\u00a0our pupils\u2019 speaking and listening skills, and in particular presentation skills. For the schools across England\u00a0that we have connected to, pupils were provided with real life experiences from children their own age who wanted to share their culture.\u00a0The aim for us was to help children respect each other through understanding and learning more about each other. What better way to do this than via a secure, high quality audio and video link?”<\/i><\/p>\n

Lynn Bailey, School ICT Technician & HLTA, said, “We have been using\u00a0VC for over a year now with other hardware products. What I particularly like about the AVer ClassHD is that it\u2019s so easy to use \u2013 the zoom function suits the classroom environment really well because I know I only need to press a button once or twice to position it for the best view. The quality of video and audio is much clearer and better than our previous equipment too.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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