Osprey Video’s USB 3.0 Video Bridge Helps Take California’s Parks to School by John C. Ittelson Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, CSU Monterey Bay The Project California State Parks has a project for schools called PORTS — Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students — a free distance-learning program that uses the power of interactive video conferencing to help K-12 educators teach common core state standards in the context of California State Parks. One of the many components of the PORTS program is electronic field trips, which provide guided virtual tours of some aspect of the parks in relation to a classroom curriculum. Once teachers request an electronic field trip, a California State Parks interpreter (ranger) works with the teacher on educational goals and then conducts th

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