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CCCC instructor brings China to schools via BRAC videoconferencing

04.30.2010Admin, Faculty & StaffCollege & Community

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CCCC instructor brings China to schools via BRAC videoconferencing

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Colton Mortetz (right), a sophomore at Southern Lee High School, asks Central Carolina Community College Professor Shuya Che (on-screen, center), a question about China during a videoconference. Moretz and about 30 other Southern Lee students, as well as students located at five other high schools in central North Carolina, joined in the April 15 videoconference with Che, who is the instructor for the college’s Confucius Classroom. Che, speaking from a videoconferencing room at the college, and the students enjoyed an interactive presentation on Chinese culture and language. Students at each of the schools were able to see and hear both Che and the other students participating. The videoconference was made possible by the BRAC Regional Task Force’s Distributed Learning Network. The network, with its hub at the All American Center for Workforce Innovation at Fayetteville Technical Community College, was established by the RTF as a tool to expand educational opportunities to prepare a workforce for the competitive global economy.

CCCC instructor brings China to schools via BRAC videoconferencing

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Daniel Chang (left), a sophomore at Southern Lee High School, asks Central Carolina Community College Professor Shuya Che (on-screen, right), a question about China during a videoconference. Chang and about 30 other Southern Lee students, as well as students located at five other high schools in central North Carolina, joined in the April 15 videoconference with Che, who is the instructor for the college’s Confucius Classroom. Che, speaking from a videoconferencing room at the college, and the students enjoyed an interactive presentation on Chinese culture and language. Students at each of the schools were able to see and hear both Che and the other students participating. The videoconference was made possible by the BRAC Regional Task Force’s Distributed Learning Network. The network, with its hub at the All American Center for Workforce Innovation at Fayetteville Technical Community College, was established by the RTF as a tool to expand educational opportunities to prepare a workforce for the competitive global economy.

CCCC instructor brings China to schools via BRAC videoconferencing

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Professor Shuya Che (on-screen, center), instructor at Central Carolina Community College’s Confucius Classroom, delivers a presentation on Chinese culture and language via videoconferencing to about 30 Southern Lee High School students as well as students located at five other high schools in central North Carolina. Students at each of the schools were able to see and hear both Che and the other students participating in the April 15 videoconference. The videoconference was made possible by the BRAC Regional Task Force’s Distributed Learning Network. The network, with its hub at the All American Center for Workforce Innovation at Fayetteville Technical Community College, was established by the RTF as a tool to expand educational opportunities to prepare a workforce for the competitive global economy.

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