Any teachers in the U.K using ichat?

I am a teacher in kent, and have spent over a YEAR in wranggles and discussions with EIS who provide access to the internet for all schools in kent about being aloud to use ichat where i work. after all my efforts it just seems that the 23 ports that ichat uses will remain closed forever and i will never be able to video conference with teachers in U.S and elsewhere in a way that is free and easy.
my last hope is to show illustrations of other teachers in the u.k using it and hope that will act as leverage with them. give us a hand....anyone?

I read your post with interest. I'm not a teacher but I have a number of teacher friends who are, frankly, really put off technology in the class room principally due to the PC orientated 'clunk and click....clunk, clunk clunk.......' approach to working in the classroom. They tell me that they hate using computers in the class because it's not intuitive and doesn't provide a lively nor informative moment.
In contrast, when they've seen DVDs I've done and the links I've given them on the Apple Teacher Learning web network they do feel inspired - but frustration sets in again when they realise that it's the MacOSX/Software integration that provides the richness within the educational forum.
I like your ideas behind using iChatAV as a communication tool and linking up to do projects with other schools/countries. I do hope your enthusiasm and passion is resilient to persuade your IT provider.
Keep us posted on your successes.......

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Hi all,
I am looking for a little help please. This may be a fruitless question, but here it goes. I have a deaf 5th grader. TTY relay is essentially a thing of the past, and all of her friends are using 'video phone' to keep in touch. Anyway, today we got a Sorenson VRS router and video phone camera from her school, and it uses our existing cable internet connection. It is a BUNCH of stuff to hook up to an already crowded system. Does anyone have any ideas about the possibility of using iChat for my daughter to connect to her friends that will be using a different system?
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Welcome to the Apple Discussion Pages.
I can tell you what iChat will do and maybe that will help.
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This tells you more about connecting to PCs.
More info than you might need at this stage http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/
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