Engaging MN Students with Real Time Learning Experiences Using Internet2 Marla Davenport TIES

Getting Started Background on Internet2 Where we’ve been Where we’re heading

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

Internet2 ’ s National Network

How do we reach the backbone?

Extended Internet2 Network

Advanced Research and Education Networks Worldwide

Internet2 Capacity 56 kbps ISDN DSL/ Cable T1 168 Hours74 Hours 25 Hours 6.4 Hours Internet2 30 Seconds Time Required to Download 2-hour Course Lecture DVD Consortium sent data over 20,000-mile path at 9.08 gigabits/sec

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  K-20 Advisory Committee provides national leadership

38 Sponsored Education Group Participants

MN Sponsored Education Group Participants University of Minnesota is Internet2 Member MN SEGP includes: ALL K-12 schools in MN - public and private State and private colleges and universities Libraries and informal education institutions All participants pay a fee for permission to use the network K-12 fee payment by TIES and Regional Telecom Clusters

Who Is Connected? 260 MN Connecting Organizations in 2006

Internet2 Examples

Visualization, Innovation & Creativity Build 21st Century Skills -Students will live and work in a highly networked world.

Types of Applications? Videoconferencing –Class Collaborations –International Collaborations –Access to Experts –Content Providers/Virtual Field Trips Digital Library Resources Remote Instrumentation Simulations

Class-to-Class Collaborations Flexibility – can be tailored to exact curricular needs. Authentic Learning - interactions can be very powerful. Engagement - especially engaging for visual and auditory learners. Virtual Reading Group Descent into the Underworld Create your own I2 adventure…

International Collaborations Language: real-world contexts for second language practice Exchange: promote cultural empathy, understanding and exchange Preparation: encounters help prepare students for a global society Language & Culture Exchange bring the world to your students… Megaconference Jr.

Access to Experts Make complex concepts accessible: Students can explore complex concepts with experts. Beyond theory: Experts provide real world connections for theory. Voice of Authority: Students hear directly from the “experts ” Virtual Surgery anytime, anywhere… Lenni Basso/Group Motion Collaboration

Content Providers Budget Field Trips: Allows students to “travel” to other areas at minimum or no cost. Immersion: Videoconferencing can bring live events into the classroom and immerse students in the experience. Curriculum Supplements: Virtual field trips or distance learning events are great project based learning activities. Differentiated Instruction: Distance learning supports individual learning opportunities. travel virtually…

Facilitating K-12 videoconferencing: Develop Content: Work with educators to co-develop content Content Partnerships: Work with local organizations to facilitate the creation of new content or adaptation of existing content Professional Development: Offer both formal and informal development opportunities Vary Content: Discipline, age groups, program/project duration, use of other collaborative technologies, etc. MAGPI’sMAGPI’s Model Strategy

Digital Library Sources High-Quality: High performance networks allow for better media quality. Fast!: Material can be downloaded quickly. Real Time: Learning objects can be manipulated in real time. Easy Access: Digital libraries are easily accessible. National Science Digital Library Research Channel bigger, better, real-time… WGBH Teacher Domain

Real Instruments: manipulate advanced scientific instruments in real time. Promotes Inquiry: real world exposure and real world contexts for inquiry-based learning. Lehigh University’s Electron Microscope Virtual Temporal Bone Project Acadia University’s MusicPath Remote Instrumentation manipulation across any distance

23 Lehigh University Remote Scanning Electron Microscope n/ The electron microscope allows your to magnify an object up to 200,000 times its normal size

24 Remote access At the Connecticut Mystic Aquarium, visitors can peek underwater 3,000 miles away by remotely controlling underwater cameras in California's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Simulation Operation Montserrat Immersive Segmentation An Exercise in Hard Choices reinforcing theory inside the classroom Immersion: Simulation tools provide immersive experiences for students. Engagement: Technology coupled with real-world contexts engages students.

Where we’ve been….

MN K-12 joins the SEGP 2002 Initial meeting with Myron Lowe, U of M Northern Lights GigaPoP TIES signed AUP, connected to GigaPoP Attended Internet2 Fall Meeting Joined Internet2 K-20 Advisory Meeting Joined with MN Telecom Regional Directors Presented at conferences, regional meetings Participated in national projects MegaConference Jr. Vanderbilt University professional development for teachers Jason Project Rhode Island career shadowing MN Projects TVbyGirls Internet2 Listserv

Interest Grows Governor’s China Visit series MegaConference Jr. VJ’s and Presentations International partnership - Cambridge Isanti Electronic Field Trips - Marine Mote, NASA Wolf Center Programming MN Internet2 Day Career Shadowing Live surgeries. Autopsies Moorhead area interviews Participation in MAGPI programs MN Internet2 User Group (MUG) School to school projects (St. Paul & Stillwater) World language study - Robbinsdale Veteran’s Day Discussion with soldiers in Iraq - LCTN Global warming discussion - MN. VA. TX, AK Webinars, conferences, district presentations MN MegaConference Jr. - May 1

29 MN Partners TVbyGirls: Mentoring and more What is TVbyGirls? A non-profit organization of female journalists and filmmakers that mentor girls on looking at the media with a critical eye.

30 Virtual Surgery Job shadowing with high schools and ALCs TIES Partners: Rhode Island Hospital, RINET, 12 Rhode Island Schools and 2 Minnesota schools.

31 Virtual Surgery Movie

32 Minnesota Governor’s Trade Mission to China Videoconference Series Chinese Dance Chinese History, Culture and Arts Emerging Medicine Conversation with the Governor

33 A Conversation with the Governor

34 Megaconference Jr. International VJ Team Nine collaborative teams representing their country or state for 13 hours on one day. Slovenia, Minnesota, Canada, Indiana, Kentucky, Hawaii, North Dakota, China and Ohio. “My VJ experience improved my resume which landed me my first job” Jason, age 18 onJr/

35 International Wolf Center Ely, Minnesota

36 MN Internet2 Day Build awareness in all regions of the state Overview of resources available Integration and collaboration ideas 150 educators at 9 sites

37 MN Megaconference Jr Day 649 people at 44 sites Build awareness among classroom teachers Let the teachers and students try it out Presentation Archive on InforMNs.k12.mn.usInforMNs.k12.mn.us

Where we’re heading…

MN K-12 SEGP Future 2008 Proposal for statewide professional development and programming based on MAGPI model Increase number of schools connected by training trainers to help teachers integrate the technology From 0 in 2002 to 260 in 2006 to ???? In 2008 Includes both public and non-public schools Simplify the process for identifying classrooms for collaborators Bring MN cultural centers into the Internet2 community Support and increase the virtual statewide sharing network for our “evangelists” - the MN Internet2 Users Group Fall demo day for teachers about videoconference resources

40 Getting to Internet2 Connecting through Regional Telecom Consortium to Internet2 Already using Abliene to access Internet2 sites May add videoconferencing Codec Firewall permissions Find a partner or a project InforMNs.k12.mn.us

41 Accessibility Issues Quality will depend on slowest access connectivity (State Net, WAN, LAN) Wide variety of videoconferencing solutions (individual web cams to large scale units) Videoconferencing and firewalls require some set-up Connectivity to Internet2 depends on state network infrastructure

42 What’s coming up? It’s Electric! The Lorax Gr late May Live from Gemini Gr. 6-8 Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists Holocaust Survivor Webcast Archive Inner World Discovery Gr May Japanese Friendship Doll Project through June 30 Harriet Tubman Living History Experience - May United Nations World Food Program Educational Game (MyK20 Database) Link to Internet2 Project site:

43 Resources ( html) Internet2 website Internet2 K20 MUSE site My K20 Database Center for Internactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) Database MAGPI K20 Programs TIES InforMNs Internet2 Resources InforMNs.k12.mn.us

44 Resources Iowa Public Television Manhattan School of Music National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NASA virtual visits PACBell Videoconferncing Website PacBell Videoconference Listserv

45 Resource s Research Channel RINET Rhode Island Network for Educational Technology Job Shadowing Project St. Clair County Learning Net Vanderbilt University Videoconferencing CookbooK

46 ????Questions???? Thank you!