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Going Further

CU-SeeMe is inexpensive depending on the version you get and simple to implement, and we have used it as our model for setting up teleconferencing in a classroom environment. Here is a list of fundamental resources for using CU-SeeMe.

For connection to reflector sites you should first consult the rules of CU-SeeMe Netiquette associated with CU-SeeMe sessions. A rich source of reflector events is associated with NASA TV. Here is a list of IP addresses for access to NASA TV events.

NASA TV CU-SeeMe feed into the Internet - NASA Lewis Research Center:

  • In North America, the NTV reflectors are:
    • 139.88.27.43 at the NASA Lewis Research Center
    • 128.158.172.85 at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
    • 143.232.17.132 at the NASA Ames Research Center
    • 131.123.5.1 at Kent State University
    • 129.105.3.61 at Northwestern University
    • 129.186.112.242 at Iowa State University
    • 134.114.145.158 at Northern Arizona University
    • 131.178.23.37 at ITESM University Information Center-Library, Mexico
  • In Europe, the NTV reflectors are:
    • 158.36.33.5 at Østfold Regional College in Norway
    • 130.235.128.100 at Lund University in Sweden
    • 147.94.38.2 at Ecole Superieure de Mecanique de Marseille in France
    • 193.51.107.1 at International Space University, Strasbourg Central Campus in France
  • In Asia, the NTV reflectors are:
    • 140.129.142.49 at Tung Nan Junior College of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • 203.138.73.254 at A-Sync Co. Ltd. in Japan

The preceeding mail lists and Web sites contain schedules of events that you can incorporate into your classroom teaching on a regular basis using CU-SeeMe if you have sufficient network connectivity. Consult these for events that tie into things you will be teaching in the coming months and build these events into your curriculum.

Finally, we note that CU-SeeMe is not the only teleconferencing software that is available. There are various proprietary systems associated with particular computer vendors that may be used if you have the required equipment. In addition, there is a trend to incorporate teleconferencing capability directly into the newest Web software which integrates the function of the browser and the standard computer desktop (Netscape Communicator, for example). Thus, with sufficient bandwidth, one may soon be able to implement teleconferencing directly from integrated browser packages.

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