Interregional Strategic Planning Meeting
Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix AZ
December 6, 1995

Summary of Break - Out Discussions

 

Resources

Awareness

Conferences

Product

Expansion

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
  • The method of delivery
  • How to use - not what
  • Competing with new technologies
  • Common broadcast package
  • Dialogue between producers and buyers

 

NATIONAL AWARENESS
  • industry homepage (producers/FV-SS connections
  • define groups, users, benefits
  • World-wide community
  • put content up - then announce
  • teacher college & station links
  • multi-media
  • World-Wide Web page
  • active or passive awareness
  • connect with educational regional labs and other partners
  • instructional TV component is key
  • internal search engines
  • TV for Learning (Revisited)
  • use our own broadcast resource
  • tapping our "own" markets
  • leveraging
  • TeacherConnex/Digest
  • Online Services (regional buy, national schedules
  • Virtual FirstView
  • Inclusive
  • Expansion

 

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
  • survey declining attendance
  • need for strategic planning
  • multiple dollars to preview (SS instead of FV)
  • focus vs diversify
  • other conference tie-ins (AECT, NECC, AASL, ISTE), regional media center directors; educational media directors, screening insert at AECT
  • combined Utilization Conference and FV
  • expand "materials" previewed
  • ability to network with other professionals (educators, superintendents)
  • go outside "the box"
  • AECT: explore joint preview as a potential for new clients; alternate year with FV
  • Professional Development
  • In/Outreach
  • Issues
  • Inclusive
  • Project Development

 

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
  • Needs Assessment search engines
  • what will user pay for?... and will there be money to produce?
  • on-line survey for needs assessment
  • search engine for products in database - write in what you want
  • nationwide collection of evaluation data (with SS mailings); available to everyone; collect existing data
  • engage fund-raising professional
  • locally produced materials/online RFP/quality
  • driven by needs & objectives
  • Teacher Guides - online utilization ideas with subject heading; keyword search
  • redistribute cost of guide development
  • one set of teacher guides per school
  • guide fulfillment house
  • multi-media
  • collaboratives/partnerships

 

EXPANSION
Products/Services
Players
  • CEU'S for training
  • Contribute to industry
  • $250.00 for cable subscription disk
  • Home schoolers/parents
  • Online equipment "sale"
  • Content - Online
  • MARC records
  • Regional re-sellers of ITV
  • WWW - CEN/PMN/SECA
  • Virtual FV/AECT FV pilot
  • Core schedules
  • Web - teacher/curriculum support
  • TV for Learning
  • E-Mail listserv
  • National Education groups
  • Players also investors
  • RESA's/educational labs
  • PTV programmers, PI; Dev
  • Non-broadcast media
  • Print publishers
  • Different formats
  • Cable networks/companies
  • Commercial Broadcasters
  • Distance Learning
  • Corporate partners

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