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Inauguration Resources

The Presidential Inauguration will take place on January 20th, 2009. Below are some suggestions and resources for this important day.

Suggestions for Viewing, via Ramon Cortines, LAUSD Superintendent

  1. Watch the inauguration in groups. Try to assemble students in large common areas such as a cafeteria, library, auditorium, gym, or multi-purpose room and project the broadcast onto a large screen or provide multiple viewing locations in one large room.
  2. Whenever possible use a television or VCR that receives over the air broadcast channels. If the TV or VCR is not connected to a roof-top antenna a set of rabbit ear antenna should work. Test the location of the TV or VCR to assure reception. Some TVs and most VCRs, have an “audio/video out” connection and can be used with an LCD projector to project onto a large screen. KLCS will broadcast live, begining at 8:00 a.m. and will rebroadcast later that day at 4:30 p.m.
  3. Some schools have cable or satellite service. If so, use that service whenever possible.
  4. If schools want to observe the inauguration over the Internet through any one of the media streaming sites, then they should view them in large groups. It is not recommended to have individual students or employees watch the event online. This will cause an increase in network usage that would exceed the available bandwidth and could cause the stream to be interrupted for all users, spoiling the experience for all. Consider grouping students together (as noted above) or in larger classroom and have the teacher project the inauguration for multiple people to view.

The following should help you if you plan to use the streaming over the Internet option: (recommendations via Themy Sparangis, LAUSD Chief Technology Director)

  • Small schools and elementary schools should consider no more than 10 computers to simultaneously watch the inauguration online.
  • Middle schools should consider no more than 20 computers to simultaneously watch the inauguration online.
  • High schools should consider no more than 40 computers to simultaneously watch the inauguration online.

Online Viewing Resources


With the above considerations in mind, here are some resources for online viewing:

  • Inauguration Day 2009 - This site has a list of sites to view the stream live, as well as suggestions for listening on the radio and on tv.

Some additional streaming sites not mentioned on the above resource

Online Educational Resources

NYC Department of Education has put together an 18 page resource on classroom activities for learning about the Inauguration. It’s divided into elementary, middle, and high school resources. via The Innovative Educator blog.

Additional Resources

LAUSDnet Kids has some great Inauguration Day educations resources.