Channel Islands Live

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Channel Islands Live

• Bringing Channel Islands National Park to
  Everyone through Technology and Education

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Welcome and Introductions
Steve Carr Executive Director of
Technology Ventura County Office of
Education scarr_at_vcoe.org Cathy
Reznicek Educational Technology
Specialist Ventura County Office of
Education creznicek_at_vcoe.org
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What is Channel Islands Live?

• Real-time interactions with a remote resource
• Live Dives, Hikes, Talks
• Terrestrial CAMs
• Bald eagle
• Pelicans
• Underwater CAM
• Standards based curriculum

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Four Northern Channel Islands San Miguel, Santa
Rosa, Santa Cruz Anacapa
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Channel Islands National Park

• The islands are home to plants and animals found
  nowhere else in the world nearly 150 endemic
  species.  Nearly 10 of island plants exist only
  on these islands

Island Jay
Island Fox
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Channel Islands National Park

• The isolation and protection of the islands,
  combined with the extremely prolific food sources
  with the ocean waters, make the park essential in
  the lives of  99 of the sea birds of California
  and over 100,000 seals and sea lions.

Northern Elephant Seal
California Brown Pelican
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Partnerships Collaboration
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Partnership built on Shared Mission
Both agencies dedicated to providing
opportunities for teachers, students, and the
general public to learn more about the Channel
Islands and their unique place in the local
ecosystem.
Channel Islands National Park Ventura County
Office of Education
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Access to the Islands a Challenge

• Area Needs CINP
• Because of its relatively remote location,
  Channel Islands National Park is an unusual site
  in that only about one-third of park visitors
  ever get out to the islands.
• Bringing more people to the islands not the
  solution so.need to find a way to bring the
  islands to the people

Santa Rosa 46 miles San Miguel 58 miles
Santa Cruz Island 20 miles
Anacapa Island 14 miles
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Virtual Kelp Forest Dive

• For almost 25 years the park has offered a live
  interpretive dive program on Anacapa Island.

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Technology Takes You to a Hidden World

• Video cameras and special two-way communication
  equipment allows visitors to talk with divers as
  they explore the kelp forest.
• Favorite program for visitors
• Effective in communicating the values of this
  prolific marine ecosystem

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The Technology
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Ventura County Office of Educations (VCOE) needs

• Countywide need to decrease cost and increase the
  bandwidth between the county office and county
  school districts.
• Needed for everyday school operations
• Increased bandwidth also supports web-based
  services, applications, and rich interactive
  multimedia educational content

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VCOE Wireless Links April 2008
Fillmore
Santa Paula SD
South Mountain
Ventura USD
SimiValley USD
CHINPS
Santa Cruz Eagle Cam
VCOE CESC
RioSD
Anacapa Dive Program
OceanView
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Mainland Ventura
18-mile microwave wireless link
wireless link
Channel Islands Park Headquarters
Fiber run
Anacapa Island solar building
Landing Cove
Interaction and viewing at Visitors Center
Diver in the water off Anacapa
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Education
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Education
Channel Islands Live provides opportunities for
teachers and students to become active
researchers, both in the field and virtually via
live interactivity.
The curriculum is place-based and can be
continually updated to insure its
relevancy. Encourages young students to get
outside and make connections with their local
environment. No Child Left Inside!
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BWET Bay Watershed Education and Training
Program funded by NOAA

• Current Project Participants
• 4 4th Grade classes at Haycox Elementary
• 2 5th Grade classes at Sheridan Way Elementary
• 4 6th Grade classes at Blackstock Middle School

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BWET Bay Watershed Education and Training Program

• A NOAA grant
• Supports teacher training
• Funds students field experiences

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Curriculum

• Kelp Forest Ecosystems Monitoring and Management
• Conserving our Natural Resources A Balancing Act
• LiMPETS Long Term Monitoring Program and
  Experience Training for Students

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Live Dive!
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Bald EagleCAM

• First bald eagle in over 50 years hatches on
  Channel Islands
• Channel Islands Live technology thrills public
• Media frenzy
• Thousands of hits, hundreds of articles
• Funded by MSRP for two years

http//chil.vcoe.org/eagle_cam.htm
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Partners Support NPS and VCOE

• Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
• Institute for Wildlife Studies
• Island Packers, Ventura
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB
• Minerals Management Service
• Montrose Settlements Restoration Program
• The Nature Conservancy
• Santa Barbara County Education Office
• Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

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Replication Funding

• Building Relationships How this work is done
• Contracts
• cooperative agreement for partnership
• leveraging resourcesrisk taking
• Leveraging Resources How this work is funded
• Grants, NOAA BWET and NPS Challenge cost share
  grants
• Settlement restitution funds
• Montrose Settlements Restoration Project

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Questions References

• Channel Islands Live watch for updates!
• http//chil.vcoe.org
• Contact Info
• Steve Carr Ventura County Office of Education,
  scarr_at_vcoe.org 805.383.1966
• Catharine Reznicek Ventura County Office of
  Education, creznicek_at_vcoe.org 805.383.9326