Marla Davenport, TIES

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Internet2My, how it has grown!

• Marla Davenport, TIES
• Kathy Kraemer, TIES

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Getting Started

• Background on Internet2
• K12 applications
• Basic setup
• Lessons Learned
• Resources

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Internet2 Mission and Goals

• Internet2 Mission Develop and deploy advanced
  network applications and technologies,
  accelerating the creation of tomorrows Internet.
• Internet2 Goals
• Enable new generation of applications
• Re-create leading edge RE network capability
• Transfer technology and experience to the global
  production Internet

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K20 Initiative

• Connect and engage K-12s, museums, libraries,
  science and cultural centers, aquariums,
  community colleges, etc.
• Increased opportunities for joint funding,
  collaboration with Higher ed, student attraction,
  enhanced learning and education

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Sponsored Education Group Participants
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Internet2 K20 Connectivity Survey
2006 Survey Results
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K12/Higher Ed Relationship
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K12/Higher Ed Relationships
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Changing Teaching and Learning in the 21st
Century Classroom

• What Internet2 Offers
• Real Time Collaboration
• Immediate Access to Expertise and/or Audiences
• Geographical Distribution
• High Quality, Real-Time Audio and Video
  Interaction gt Engagement

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Internet2 Capacity
Internet2 6 Seconds
56 kbps
ISDN
DSL/Cable
T1
25 Hours
6.4 Hours
168 Hours
74 Hours
Time Required to Download2-hour Course Lecture
DVD
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What is an Education Research Network?
A dedicated network for exclusive use of
colleges, universities, K-12 schools, museums,
libraries and other non-profits to enable
applications and services to support educational
programming and research activities
Other eligible entities include government
agencies, and any for-profit that has an
education or research agreement with an eligible
member institution and that institution agrees to
sponsor that for-profit entity
Does not peer with the commercial Internet at any
point, but you can use commercial Internet
applications such as AIM, email and web browsing
among Internet2 members
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Jason
http//www.jason.org/
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Teachers Domain - WGBH
Tour
http//www.teachersdomain.org
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K-12 Internet2 Activities
IDEAS provides Wisconsin educators access to
high-quality, highly usable, teacher-reviewed
web-based resources for curricula, content,
lesson plans, professional development and other
selected resources. These resources help
Wisconsin educators use technology to meet the
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards and create the
foundation for a statewide knowledge management
system. http//www.IDEAS.Wisconsin.edu
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Internet2 Activities
Camera
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Lehigh University Remote Scanning Electron
Microscopy
http//www.lehigh.edu/inimagin/
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Megaconference Jr.
Start Video
Student-led international Megaconference Focus on
Language, Culture, Regional Issues International
Distributed Teams of students in program content,
developing partnerships, and technical support 12
countries and 32 states participated
www.megaconferencejr.org
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Class to Class Collaborations
Virtual Reading Group
Twice-weekly, distributed reading comprehension
instruction for sixth graders using
videoconferencing and email. This instruction
employed shared-evaluation pedagogy.
The AP Mixer Project
This project plans to bring together AP classes
across the country for interactive learning and
project collaboration. This project was developed
by Joyce Valenza, Librarian at Springfield
Township High School in Pennsylvania.
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Inner World Discovery

• Partnership between MAGPI and Inner World
  Discovery
• Multimedia Exploration of the Immune System and
  HIV/AIDS
• Videoconference Program geared toward High
  School Students
• Created by Phil Silverstein, ER doctor at St.
  Josephs Medical Center

.magpi.net/programs/innerworld.html Next
Sessions Oct. 13, Nov. 3 Dec. 1
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K12 Applications Virtual Surgery

• Virtual Surgery - Bleeding edge technology
• TIES Partners Rhode Island Hospital, RINET, 12
  Rhode Island Schools and 2 Minnesota schools.

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Virtual Surgery Quotes

• It was amazing. It makes me want to work on a
  surgical team
• Amy K, Cambridge , MN student
• This was a phenomenal experience for the
  students. Most are going into the health fields,
  so seeing the surgical staff and hearing from
  them about how vital their jobs are was
  incredibly valuable
• Stephanie Windschill, Health Occupations Teacher,
  Cambridge, MN

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Virtual Surgery movie

• The patient A 60 year old man that had a
  calcified heart valve that needed to be replaced.
  
• The team Dr. Singh and nine surgical staff
  members

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TVbyGirls

• Created by women TV/Movie producers
• Explore how women and girls are portrayed in the
  media
• Build awareness as well as visual literacy and
  visual arts skills

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• Created by women TV/Movie producers
• Explore how women and girls are portrayed in the
  media
• Build awareness as well as visual literacy and
  visual arts skills

http//TVbyGirls.tv
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Minnesota Governors Trade Mission to China

• Videoconference Series
• Chinese Dance
• Chinese History, Culture and Arts
• Emerging Medicine
• Conversation with the Governor

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Chinese Dancers
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Chinese History, Culture and Arts
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Conversation with the Governor
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International Wolf Center

• Programming starting in 2006
• www.wolf.org

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In classrooms, plug and play.almost!

• What you need
• Codec(enCOder/DECcoder)Camera MicMonitor
• Ethernet and IP network(firewall permissions)
• Kids
• Someone at the other end!

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Lessons Learned Getting Started

• Step 1
• Find out what others are doing via Internet2
• visit the Internet2 website
• call the project leaders directly on the phone

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Lessons Learned Build your community

• Step 2
• Build community with other Internet2 members
  -Have a virtual beer together

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Lessons Learned Class Online

• Step 3 Start with a small project that fits
  with the curriculum.
• A driving question will help focus your
  videoconference.
• What does the day in the life of a pinniped
  look like? vs. What are marine mammals?

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Lessons Learned Logistics

• New projects take time
• finding partners for collaboration
• developing content/setting expectations
• coordinating sites
• testing the equipment
• rehearsing
• creating a back-up plan
• building confidence

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Lessons Learned Building support

• Overall, you need to find at least one Internet2
  Evangelist in your organization
• creates interest and enthusiasm
• helps to build collaborations

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Get Involved! Heres how

• My K20 Database
• Part of the Internet2 K20 Initiative
• Matchmaking Service for K20 Community
• All projects use Internet2

www.internet2.edu/k20

• CILC
• Search for Virtual Field Trips
• Find collaborative partners
• Internet2/Commodity Internet Projects

www.cilc.org
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Tips for getting students involved

• Email call for participation
• Alert other evangelists to get the word out
• Let the students spread the word

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Resources

• Internet2 website http//www.internet2.edu
• Minnesota Learning Loop http//www.inforMNs.k12.mn
  .us
• CILC Database www.cilc.org
• My K20 Database www.k20.internet2.edu
  www.gng.org/projectvoice

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Resources

• Vanderbilt University
• www.vanderbilt.edu/oso/vidcon.php
• RINET Rhode Island Network for Educational
  Technology
• www.ri.net/RINET
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• www.noaa.gov/ocean.html

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Resources

• NASA virtual visits
• www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12
• St. Clair County Learning Net
• www.sccisd.org/dlc2/LNindex.html
• PacBell Videoconference Listserv
• ed1vidconf_at_lists.sdsu.edu

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Resources

• Videoconferencing CookbooK www.videnet.gatech.edu
  /cookbook
• The Manhattan School of Music www.msmnyc.edu
• JASON Project www.jasonprojects.org

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Resources

• MAGPI K20 Programs
• www.magpi.net/programs.html
• PACBell Videoconferncing Website
• http//www.kn.pacbell.com
• Iowa Public Television
• http//www.careers.iptv.orgw.
• Research Channel
• www.researchchannel.org

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Keep in touch!

• Marla Davenport
• Marla.Davenport_at_ties.k12.mn.us
• Kathy Kraemer
• , Kathy.Kraemer_at_ties.k12.mn.us