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FWP Outdoor Report Script 3/20/14

“INSPIRED CLASSROOM”

WINSTON GREELY: FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, INVENTOR, RYAN ALTER HAS HELPED REVOLUTIONIZE REMOTE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY.

RYAN ALTER: WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THERE WERE SOME COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TRAIL CAMERAS, BUT THEY WEREN’T NEARLY AS PREVALENT AS THEY ARE TODAY. AND A LOT OF OUR INNOVATION WE WOULD TAKE OFF THE SHELF COMPONENTS AND REWORK THEM, THE AUTOMATED BEAR TRAP IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT WE HAVE UNDERWATER FISH CAMERAS THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE THINGS.

WINSTON GREELY: BUT OVER THE YEARS ALTER REALIZED THEIR HAD TO BE A BETTER WAY TO SHARE THESE REMOTE WILDLIFE VIDEOS AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE ANIMALS AT THE SAME TIME.

RYAN ALTER: THAT’S WHEN WE REALLY FORMED INSPIRED CLASSROOM. INSPIRED CLASSROOM WAS FORMED WITH A MISSION OF DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION TO THE WORLD. AND WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR GREEN SCREEN VIDEO CONFERENCES.

WINSTON GREELY: INSPIRED CLASSROOM INCORPORATES REMOTE WILDLIFE VIDEOS INTO INTERACTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE BROADCAST DAILY FROM A STUDIO IN MONTANA TO CLASSROOMS AND GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD.

ALLI DEPUY: WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN MAKE THAT TEXT BOOK COME ALIVE OR WE CAN SAY LISTEN THIS IS THE REAL WORLD APPLICATION TO WHAT YOU ARE LEARNING ABOUT IN CLASS AND HERE IS A PROFESSIONAL, HERE IS SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY DOES THIS, THIS IS WHY WHAT YOU ARE LEARNING IS IMPORTANT.

WINSTON GREELY: AND BEING A SMALL BUSINESS BASED IN MONTANA PROVIDES CREDIBILITY IN TEACHING WILDLIFE EDUCATION TO A GLOBAL CLASSROOM.

ALLI DEPUY: MONTANA IS AN AMAZING PLACE WITH SO MANY TREASURES TO SHARE AND LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM WATCHING AND LIVING AND EXPERIENCING THE WILDLIFE WE HAVE AND TO SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD I BELIEVE IS ONE OF MONTANA’S GIFTS. WINSTON GREELY: WINSTON GREELY, OUT AMONG MONTANA’S FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS.