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Megaconference Jr.
Dr. Robert Dixon, OARnet, OSUKim Breuninger, Chester County IU
Jennifer MacDougall, MAGPI/UPENNScott Bryan, St. Clair County ISD (remote)
Sue Rutkofske, St. Clair County ISD (remote)Mike Maison, St. Clair County ISD (remote)
Spring Internet2 Member MeetingTuesday April 20, 2004
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In the Beginning…
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Megaconference V
Dr. Bob DixonChief Research Engineer
OARNet Ohio State University
Internet2 Megaconference Jr Meeting April 20, 2004 Washington, DC
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The Megaconference is:
World’s largest Internet video conference. EVERYONE is invited. H.323 Standard.
A professional conference with no central location.
The speakers and audiences are distributed throughout the world. Fully interactive.
Worldwide network of Multipoint Control Units, cascaded together.
A test of and a push for the state of the art.
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About Megaconference VDecember 10, 2003
13 Hours, in 3 sessions because of global time
200 Organizations
1000 People
27 Countries
5 Continents
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New Features This year
Musical PerformancesUnited Nations participationUse of H.323 beaconFive Year AwardsViDeNet Registration SystemVendor PresentationsAll speakers see THEMSELVESSIP clients participate experimentallyIPv6 Video StreamingWelcome from the Ohio State Univ President
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Some of the PresentationsRemote Music Education - Canada
Research Collaboration between Germany and New Zealand
Business Collaboration
Lewis and Clark Expedition Re-Enactment
Lockerbie, Scotland and Syracuse University Joint Memorial
Poland, Finland, Greece, United Kingdom Educational Collaboration
Rural West Texas K-12 Education
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Some of the Musical Events
Recorder Ensemble - Pennsylvania
Fifth Grade Chorus - Texas
Folk Song Sing-Along - North Carolina
Tennessee Schmaltz - Tennessee
Digeridoo - Australia
Megachoir - EVERYWHERE
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Other Events
Roll Calls, to give everyone a chance to say hello to the world.
Fantastic Door Prizes.
The Megacon café, where anyone can talk to anyone.
Forbidden Prank
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All Five Years of Megaconference AwardsSyracuseNorth Dakota StateBuffaloMichigan TechIllinoisSURFNet (Netherlands)CANARIE (Canada)Alabama at BirminghamWashingtonOhio StateOARnetKent State NorthwesternOklahoma StateFinnish IT Center for ScienceNorth Carolina
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Megaconference VI
Coming this fall to a video conferencingstation near you !
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Then along came Jr.
• Brainchild of an educator• Embraced by Internet2 K20 community • Embraced by International Community • First of many (we hope)!!
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Motivation for Jr. • Where are those 10,000 K12s? • How to find International partners? • How to sustain International partnerships? • Get the technology into the hands of the teachers and students!
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MegaJr. Stats to Date• 86 registered sites and growing
• 9 countries (Singapore, Turkey, Spain, Iran, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Chile, USA, and Canada)
• 22 states and growing
• 74 registered presenters
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• Songs about love and friendship in Turkish and English• Global Sun Temperature Project• Costa Rica Pura Vida! • News from Barcelona• Civilization Building Project • Biographical Wax Museum • 2 Schools for the Deaf Cultural Exchange
A Sampling of Presentations
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• MC2 (Math Cooperative amongst Countries) Math Improv! • New World Symphony’s Not your grandfather's classical musicians • Educational Presentations from the Middle of No Where featuring Lewis and Clark • The Sea Around Us Hawaii/Japan• …and Much More!
A Sampling of Presentations (con’t)
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Organization• Steering Committee History • Three primary working committees
–Technical–Program –Operations/Outreach
• Student Co-Chairs
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Technical Support and MCU Infrastructure
Provided by OARnet, OSU, and the Internet2 Commons
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True Collaborative Effort
PELEgroup
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Lessons Learned - Specific • Students are motivated by the concept and are a great resources on the committees • Integrated coordination of registrants and proposals • More lead time for developing the schedule and
holding rehearsals• Common language is important (e.g., rehearsals vs. testing, presenters vs. participants) Glossary? Or new terms!
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Lessons Learned - General• K12 brings new challenges
– Release forms, bell schedules, NAT, etc
• Correlating to international standards and curriculum• Still a challenge to engage broad international community• Broad education about potential uses of videoconferencing in K12 still needed
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See you on May 6th!!
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Q&A – Thank you!