Meet Pete Houghton of SCCC!
Name: Pete Houghton
Campus: SUNY Schenectady County Community College
Years with SUNY: 45
Degree: AAS in Audio Visual Communications from SUNY Alfred
Main areas of responsibility: Since 2011 I have been handling special events and classroom technology. When I started at SCCC we had 1/4″ reel audio tape, 1″ & 1/2″ reel video. 16mm film and overhead projectors.
Other Experience: I’ve been a regional rep for EdTOA, as well as Chair. I’ve served on the SUNY Technology Conference Planning Committee since 1996.
Other Interests: I also do sound for a bluegrass band (https://threequarternorth.com/). We were on the bill for a Pete Seeger, Clearwater fund raiser this past weekend at The Linda in Albany. Many, many years ago I worked with another local band called Fire in the Kitchen and prior to that, Natches Trace. Mixing music is on the top of my list of things I love to do!
Approved Meeting Minutes of February 2019 Executive Committee
Approved Meeting Minutes of January 2019 Executive Committee
Meet Kali Zahn of Empire State!
Name: Kali Zahn
Campus: Empire State College (Saratoga Springs offices)
Years with SUNY: 15
Degree: BA- History
Main areas of responsibility: Desktop support of administration offices, conference rooms
Other Experience: 1 1/2 Gateway Country Store technician, 3 years desktop support at Hartwick College, Oneonta NY (20 years desktop support total)
Other Interests: Karate, genealogy, RPGs, travel,
Hands on with the Logitech Meetup
We installed this Logitech camera in two of our conference rooms and found it to be generally pretty fantastic. Included are a handful of photos to show its quality, positioning, and capabilities. Of course I can’t show everything with a photo (like its microphone and control options) so I’ll do my best to do it justice with words. The camera can be mounted on the top or bottom of the TV with the simple mounting kit available for it. We placed ours on top of the camera as such:
It gives a complete view of the conference room and records in a 1920×1080 resolution. The image is clear and concise, which can be seen from the following two photos:
Clearly the top photo was taken from my phone, but the second one was a direct screen capture from the camera itself. In the second picture you can see a water bottle in the center of the table, which I’ll use to show the zoom capabilities in the following photo:
So, not only does it have enough zoom to get that much closer to the bottle, the quality doesn’t suffer much, and it has control options to aim the camera where it needs to be, with a full range that could reach nearly every point in the room, all of which is controlled with this remote:
The remote is easy to use and controls every aspect of the camera, including the built in microphone and speakers. The remote allows for camera position presets to be programmed to the two bottom buttons, but can always be returned to its initial position by hitting the Home button. The microphone can pick up speech from at least 25 feet, and the speakers are noise cancelling so there will never be an echo. Frankly I was amazed at two things from this device:
1. The overall quality of every part of it; the sturdiness, the video and sound quality, the peripherals, all of it is top notch.
2. How easy it is to use. Setup is quick and easy, and all of the controls are intuitive and linear. There’s no hassle in making it work with Zoom or Skype.
Approved Meeting Minutes of December 2018 Executive Committee
Approved Meeting Minutes of October 2018 Executive Committee
Meet Jesse Hogue of SUNY Adirondack!
Name: Jesse Hogue
Campus: SUNY Adirondack
Years with SUNY: 4 months
Degree: Bachelors of Science majoring in Computer Art
Main areas of responsibility: I am the Director of Technology Support Services at SUNY Adirondack. I manage our support team along with any projects that may come our way. I also get my hands dirty from time to time with support issues across campus.
Other Experience: I have been in the IT field for 19 years. I started out as a Support Tech for SUNY Oneonta and got my first post college job as a Support Tech in 2006. I have held many positions over the years covering many areas of IT. Before coming to SUNY Adirondack I was a Systems Administrator at a software company where I managed all of IT including our AWS Cloud environment. Before that I was the Service Desk Supervisor for a local medical device company.
Other Interests: Outside of work I love spending time with my wife and 2 year old daughter. I also am an avid video gamer and guitar player.