Specifications include, but are not limited to: - Solution must support three general use cases: ● Pre-service Teacher training and practice ● Counseling training and practice ● Principal interaction with a parent for conferences - The solution will be evaluated on the following criteria: ● Effective use with teacher, counselor, and principal candidates ● Ease of technical use by participants ● Ease of use by interactors ● Support features from vendor ● End user adoption - Ease of use and intuitiveness by interactor. - Ease of use by faculty facilitator. - Training resources available from vendor. ● Installation, maintenance and infrastructure requirements - Infrastructure footprint. - Installation requirements and ease of install. - Frequency of and ease of doing upgrades. - Ability to seamlessly use on multiple campuses - Video quality of virtual environment - Hardware and system requirements for high quality audio and video - Description of any required security and privacy procedures - Mixed-reality teaching is an emerging technology, with many interpretations. We are seeking a teaching environment that allows the user (student teacher) to teach and interact with virtual/avatar children/adults. The teaching environment should be able to support multiple environments such as a middle school classroom, parent-teacher conference, individual or small group counseling sessions, etc. This is not a simulation. Avatars have specific characteristics but are controlled by an operator outside of the student-teacher room. A video camera allows the operator to see the student teacher. The virtual classroom can be projected on a large wall or large 80-90 inch monitor. - It is not necessary for participants to be able to view each other’s desktop, as in a web-based meeting. The goal is for student teachers to teach in a room in front of the projected classroom. It is not a requirement to have other participants view the environment. - The classroom webcam will be used to project the student teacher to the operator of the aviators. It is not necessary for participants to be able to use their webcam to broadcast. - It is not necessary for facilitators to schedule sessions in the solution. We can handle all scheduling, but we are not opposed to creating a scheduling feature in the application.
