Internet2 Virtual Field Trips Collaborations

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2. Agenda • What are • Internet2 programs? • Video Field Trips? • Collaborations? • How can I use them in my teaching?

3. What is Internet2? • The Research and Education Network for the United States of America • Led by 207 research universities • Close collaborations with government: • An organization that serves academic and technology needs at all levels of education • A venue that brings together academics and scientists from all over the world

4. 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

5. What is MAGPI? What is MAGPI? MAGPI is a regional aggregation point for Internet2 serving the Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey research and education communities. MAGPI’s mission To introduce new technology To collaboratively develop new applications with our subscribers To make access to these technologies and applications economical and sustainable

6. Internet2 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

7. K20 National Growth

8. Implications for Teaching and Learning “Internet2 advanced applications are helping instructors develop new teaching techniques, enhancing the learning experience for students, and extending universities beyond their geographical boundaries. By bringing together learning communities and removing barriers to information retrieval and learning resources—Internet2 applications are changing the way we learn and teach.”

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

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

11. International Collaborations bring the world to your students… • Language: They provide real-world contexts for second language practice. • Exchange: Events promote cultural empathy, understanding and exchange. • Preparation: International encounters help prepare students for a global society. Language & Culture Exchange Penn Literacy-Dublin Project

12. Access to Experts anytime, anywhere… • 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 Lenni Basso/Group Motion Collaboration Pasteur Institute & Lafayette College

13. Digital Library Sources bigger, better, real-time… • 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 University Channel

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

15. Simulation reinforcing theory inside the classroom • Immersion: Simulation tools provide immersive experiences for students. • Engagement: Technology coupled with real-world contexts engages students. • Simulation website (one of many!) Operation Montserrat Immersive Segmentation An Exercise in Hard Choices

16. Content Providers a sampling… Cartooning with Blitz Lewis and Clark Alaska Sea Life Center Vanderbilt Science Careers Cleveland Institute of Music Museum of Anthropology & Archeology

17. Assignment Explore MAGPI www.magpi.net What programs can work for me? Sign up for the MAGPI newsletter

18. Virtual Field Trips: Successful Blended Learning? "Good teachers have always used a mix of strategies, methods and media to reach their objectives–that’s not new. What is new is that today’s Internet-based tools can facilitate communication, interaction, and collaborative learning in ways that were not possible before. What’s also new is the relative accessibility of digital learning technologies and the ease with which instructors can blend them with classroom resources" (Node, 2003).

19. Why Virtual Field Trips? • Budget Field Trips: Allows students to “travel” to other areas at minimum or no cost. • Immersion: Real time audio and video can immerse students - - in another place, culture and/or context • Curriculum Supplements: Virtual field trips or distance learning events are great curricular supplements/substitutes/enhancements. • Differentiated Instruction: Distance learning can support differentiated instruction.

20. Virtual Field Trips Virtual Field Trips can be as simple as visiting another country, visiting a museum, visiting a sight or a completely interactive event. • Extend beyond our geographic boundaries • Flexible • Authentic Learning • Engagement

21. Museums and Galleries • Great Art Museums Online • Online Museums • Museums in the United States • Web Sites and Resources for Teachers • Smithsonian • Philadelphia Museum of Art

22. Time to Explore • Search on-line museum and gallery web sites to find at least one site which you can use in your curriculum. Be ready to share with class

23. Virtual Field Trips • Thinkport • Blackwell’s Internet Guide for Educators • Surfaquarium – Innovative Teaching • An OOPS Virtual Field Trip • Virtual Field Trips–Why, Where and How-to

24. Virtual Field Trip • Explore the virtual field trip sites and select one site that you can use in your curriculum. • Be ready to share with class

25. Collaborations • Contact MAGPI to assist in the posting • Collaboration Request http://www.magpi.net/collaboration.html • Visit CILC database to view or post http://www.cilc.org

26. Videoconference Best-Practices Set-Up Etiquette Integrating into the Curriculum

27. The Videoconference Zone Created by Research Channel 27

28. Integrating into the Classroom Training Sessions: Hold Training Sessions for colleagues and students Share rules of etiquette and muting! Get experience using the remote control Explain how it works Familiarity Involve Students in the Production

29. Issues! • Additional cost per year • Most events are scheduled by presenter / MAGPI • Permission/notification to parents/ guardians regarding student image on Internet • Logistics of room – size, lighting, audio & video

30. What’s Possible? • Class Collaborations • Digital Libraries & Museums • Access to Experts • Virtual Field Trips • Simulations /Remote Instrumentation

31. How to Implement? Who is your target audience? How will you engage your students? Location? Scheduling?

32. Assignment • Visit virtual field trip sites • Visit collaboration sites Answer: What did you find that has potential for you? How can this be incorporated into your curriculum?