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Technology so you can teach
Marla Davenport, TIESKathy Kraemer, TIES (virtually)
Greg Bartley,TIES
Marla Davenport, TIESKathy Kraemer, TIES (virtually)
Greg Bartley,TIES
Setting Up and Managing Interactive Global
Communications for Students
Setting Up and Managing Interactive Global
Communications for Students
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Look what’s happening!Look what’s happening!
Megaconference Jr. 2006 Live!Megaconference Jr. 2006 Live!
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Digital Resources3. SETTING UP AND MANAGING INTERACTIVE GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH STUDENTSMarla Davenport, Director of Learning & Technology, TIES (live); Kathy Kraemer, Internet Curriculum Consultant, TIES (via technology)
Connecting your students with students and content providers around the world using interactive videoconferencing provides exciting, authentic and alternative learning experiences. While Internet2 provides the needed bandwidth, there are other considerations to making the event seamless for teachers and students. The session will include a checklist of items that need to be accomplished and tips for success. Participants will see examples including a live viewing of the international Megaconference Jr., with a behind the scenes look at the organization and management of the conference.
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Getting Started
• Tools
• Videoconferencing
• Internet2
• K12 Collaborations and projects
• Basic setup
• Lessons Learned
• Resources
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Videoconferencing
• 2 way interactive video
• Over the Internet
• Bandwidth determines quality
• Point to point
• Multicast - one to many
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In classrooms, plug and play….almost!
• What you need:
• Codec, Camera & MicMonitor
• Ethernet and IP network(firewall permissions)
• Kids
• Someone at the other end!
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Network
High Bandwidth for quality video and sound
Local area network in school
District wide area network
Minnesota infrastructure
Outside Minnesota - Internet2
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What is Internet2?
• Education & research network
• Collaboration of universities and research
• Very high speed international network
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Internet2 Mission and Goals• Internet2 Mission = Develop and
deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
• Internet2 Goals
• Enable new generation of applications
• Re-create leading edge R&E 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
http://k20.internet2.edu/connect_survey_index.php
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K12/Higher Ed Relationship
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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 => Engagement
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Internet2 Capacity
56 kbpsISDN DSL/
Cable T1
168 Hours 74 Hours 25 Hours 6.4 Hours
Internet2 6 Seconds
Time Required to Download
2-hour Course Lecture DVD
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Jason Project
http://www.jason.org/
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Teachers’ Domain - WGBH
http://www.teachersdomain.org
Tour
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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 (including video). 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.
Student-led international Megaconference
Focus on Language, Culture, Regional Issues
International Distributed Teams of students in program content, developing partnerships, and technical support
235 schools participating today - Let’s check it out!
Start Video
www.megaconferencejr.org
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Class to Class Collaborations
Twice-weekly, distributed reading comprehension instruction for sixth graders using videoconferencing and email. This instruction employed shared-evaluation pedagogy.
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.
The AP Mixer Project
Virtual Reading Group
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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. Joseph’s Medical Center
www.magpi.net/innerworld.html
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• Virtual Surgery - “Bleeding edge technology”
• TIES Partners: Rhode Island Hospital, RINET, 12 Rhode Island Schools and 2 Minnesota schools.
K12 Applications: Virtual Surgery
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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
TVbyGirls.tv
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Minnesota Governor’s 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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• Step 1:
• Find out what others are doing via Internet2:
• visit the Internet2 website
• call the project leaders directly on the phone
Lessons Learned: Getting Started
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• Step 2:
• Build community with other Internet2 members -”Have a virtual beer together”
Lessons Learned: Build your community
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• 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?
Lessons Learned: Class Online
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• Every task takes time:
• Finding partners for collaboration
• developing content
• recruiting students
• coordinating sites
• testing the equipment
Lessons Learned: Logistics
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Lessons Learned: Logistics
• Every task takes time:
• rehearsing
• creating a back-up plan
• promoting the event
• building confidence
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• Overall, you need to find at least one Internet2 “Evangelist” in your organization
• creates interest and enthusiasm
• helps to build collaborations
Lessons Learned: Building support
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• Once you have one evangelist, their job is to create a network of evangelism:
• Internet2 listserv, My K-20
Lessons Learned: Building support
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Get Involved! Here’s how:
My K20 Database
Part of the Internet2 K20 Initiative
“Matchmaking Service” for K20 Community
All projects use Internet2www.internet2.edu/k20
www.cilc.org
CILC /MN Learning Loop
Search for Virtual Field Trips
Find collaborative partners
Internet2/Commodity Internet Projects
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• Email call for participation
• Alert other evangelists to get the word out
• Let the students spread the word
Tips for getting students involved
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• Internet2 website
• http://www.internet2.edu
• InforMNs website
• http://www.informns.k12.mn.us
• PACBell Videoconferncing Website
• http://www.kn.pacbell.com
• Iowa Public Television
• http://www.careers.iptv.orgw.gng.org/projectvoice(www.gng.org/projectvoice
Resources
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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• [email protected]
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• Videoconferencing CookbooKwww.videnet.gatech.edu/cookbook
• The Manhattan School of Musicwww.msmnyc.edu
• JASON Projectwww.jasonprojects.org
Resources
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Resources
• MAGPI K20 Programs • www.magpi.net/programs.html
• My K20 Database • www.k20.internet2.edu
• CILC Database• www.cilc.org
• Research Channel • www.researchchannel.org
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Keep in touch!Keep in touch!
Marla Davenport, [email protected]
Kathy Kraemer, [email protected]
Marla Davenport, [email protected]
Kathy Kraemer, [email protected]