At Carthage, two-way videoconferencing is a tool to share resources with educational partners throughout Wisconsin and the world.

As part of the Southeastern Wisconsin Instructional Network Group (SWING), Carthage works together with eight Public School Districts, two Parochial High Schools, a State School, a Technical College, a Private University, and four Museums to cooperatively explore distance learning tools, strategies and resources. Each of the members have installed a two-way video classroom that is able to connect to other members of SWING, as well as locations throughout the state of Wisconsin, via Badgernet. Our Badgernet classroom at Carthage is Lentz Hall, room 200 (for more information, see link at left).

In addition to the capabilities of Badgernet, Carthage can also connect with sites around the world via ISDN or IP videoconferencing. The Troha Board Room in the Clausen Center (see link at left) has integrated videoconferencing capabilities. With prior arrangement, a videoconference can be arranged in any room in the Hedberg Library and many rooms in Lentz Hall.

The Carthage School of Professional Studies regularly offers classes in the Continuing Education for Teachers program to teachers seeking certification credits. Each term, some of the Continuing Education for Teachers classes are offered to distant participants using video conferencing. For more details, check out the current term information on the School of Professional Studies web site.