As a national leader in videoconferencing transmission technology, the CenterNET2 network allows the user to effortlessly harness the most modern technologies with content on demand, bridging and Internet conversion capabilities, plus the latest in hardware and software delivery innovations. Add to that the advantages of new videoconferencing service partnerships with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and Kentucky Educational Television, and CenterNET2 takes on an even more important role as the preeminent provider of data, voice and video service in our region.
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CenterNET2 is an interactive videoconferencing network with content on demand, H323 bridging capabilities, H323 to Internet conversion capabilities and the integration of the latest hardware and software delivery solutions. CenterNET2 is looked to as national model for delivery of content.
As headquarters for CenterNET2 , The Center for Rural Development continues to identify, cultivate and integrate the technologies and partnerships to develop the program into a model system capable of both content delivery and reception in multiple formats.
CenterNET2 has already become a statewide videoconferencing platform by incorporating 151 sites into the network; including all Kentucky Community and Technical College campuses across the state. CenterNET2 technology is currently being used to connect educators throughout Kentucky, creating a statewide virtual education community. Administrators can now meet virtually - and in real time - saving dollars, time away from work, and hours behind the steering wheel. Many school leaders are now able to attend meetings that they would not have been able to otherwise. Instructors can access workshops and other professional development opportunities, including certification and licensure programs through higher education and community college institutions. Many Kentucky students are already accessing critical content, like calculus, science and language courses, that they otherwise wouldn't have had within their reach. Connections between Kentucky students, professionals and their peers in places such as China, Australia, Indonesia, England, Ireland and others are becoming more frequent as the world continues to shrink through state-of-the-art communications. Partnership ventures continue to be formed with content providers such as the Ky. Community & Technical College System (KCTCS), Eastern Ky. University (EKU), Ky. Educational Television (KET) and the University of Ky. Museum of Science and Industry to bring world-class opportunities to all Kentucky students and teachers.
For a complete list of videoconferencing options and benefits available through CenterNET2, please contact us today!
Kentucky student’s passion for learning transcends challenge of leukemia
Photo courtesy of the Ashland Independent / Kevin Goldy, photographer
Emily had an early Christmas this year. The bright-eyed 8-year-old leukemia patient received one of her most hoped-for, but most improbable, gifts two weeks before Christmas this year: to attend school with her second-grade classmates.
Emily’s chemotherapy, which suppresses her natural immune ability in order to increase the chances her body will accept the transplanted bone marrow, has kept her out of class since kindergarten – and out of touch with her friends.
Hopkins Elementary Students and Teacher Serve as Ambassadors to China
As part of the Somerset Schools PROJECT WORLD cultural exchange program, second grade students in Mrs. Ross’s class at Hopkins Elementary School recently served as ambassadors from Kentucky to China, but not in the traditional sense of the word. They didn’t travel by airplane or boat to meet with their peers but partnered with the Center for Rural Development in Somerset to see and talk with students and adults in Hong Kong, China.
Pineville Elementary Students Connect With Newberry Award Winning Author
Students and teachers from Pineville Elementary’s fifth grade classes participated in a special videoconference event with the Newberry Award winning author Avi, who was on site at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, Virginia where he recently conducted research for his new book Iron Thunder.
CenterNET2 has already become a statewide videoconferencing platform by incorporating 151 sites into the network; including all Kentucky Community and Technical College campuses across the state. CenterNET2 technology is currently being used to connect educators throughout Kentucky, creating a statewide virtual education community. Administrators can now meet virtually - and in real time - saving dollars, time away from work, and hours behind the steering wheel. Many school leaders are now able to attend meetings that they would not have been able to otherwise. Instructors can access workshops and other professional development opportunities, including certification and licensure programs through higher education and community college institutions. Many Kentucky students are already accessing critical content, like calculus, science and language courses, that they otherwise wouldn't have had within their reach. Connections between Kentucky students, professionals and their peers in places such as China, Australia, Indonesia, England, Ireland and others are becoming more frequent as the world continues to shrink through state-of-the-art communications. Partnership ventures continue to be formed with content providers such as the Ky. Community & Technical College System (KCTCS), Eastern Ky. University (EKU), Ky. Educational Television (KET) and the University of Ky. Museum of Science and Industry to bring world-class opportunities to all Kentucky students and teachers. 
