With an early presentation of the Internet2 K20 Working Group to the Board meeting Day 2 of the FTC picked up right where Day 1 left off.
I will clearly support the work done by WiscNet’s databackup group. It may not sound sexy but think Katrina…it moves to the conversation and efforts to the forefront of WiscNet’s benefit to its membership: Community.
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Dan Gross and I moderated the FTC session Integrating Art Into the Teaching of Math, Science and other Disciplines enabled by Internet2.
There could be no greater example of the power of WiscNet and Internet2 than by having Dale Hilton from the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) present a distance learning sample session on the Harlem Renaissance. Talk about hitting a homerun! This was an amazing session for educators in Wisconsin to experience Art and multimedia in a distance learning setting…from Madison to Cleveland over Internet2 in real-time.
Bill Moseley was the second keynote speaker today. Bill is a Professor of Computer Studies at Bakersfield College in California and an Adjunct Faculty in Pepperdine University’s Masters in Educational Technology Program. His presentation focused on how to utilize, test and play Second Life in education and the technical and curriculum challenges that this network application presents. The use of Second Life in education was also the focus of a session at the winter Internet2 conference in Chicago last December.
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Keynote Speaker: Michael Wesch’s presentation Human Futures for Technology and Education was very well received and many were inspired by his work. New technologies have profound implications for education and force us to rethink how we teach, what we teach, and who we think we are teaching. (click on the play button in the movie frame)
Today begins the 2007 Future Technologies Conference in Madison. It will be a tough act to follow. Last year’s event was a tremendous success and I’m looking forward to this year’s events.
In addition to MIAD’s IT team, our Library Director Cynthia Lynch and Liberal Studies faculty member Leslie Fedorchuk will also be attending. Last year I was struck at multiple points throughout the conference that faculty and staff needed to be in those sessions learning the exact content I would later relay to them.
The impact for MIAD will continue to be big for our small school. People networking is just as important as a greater number of MIAD staff continue to exchange professional contacts within the state.
One new look to the 2007 conference will by my participation (as Co-Chair of the Internet2 WorkingGroup) moderating a session connecting the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) to Madison for a distance learning session on the Harlem Renaissance:
A multidisciplinary approach to teaching brings additional resources to the classroom and engages a wide variety of student interest. Sample the Harlem Renaissance program in which Langston Hughes’ poetry complements the visual art of Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence.
Learn about the K-12 science, math and art distance learning lessons from The Cleveland Museum of Art with links to topics such as armor, textiles, photography and natural dyes.
The presentation also includes information about a new university level course: A Survey of Non-Western Art offered by the CMA via Internet2 and will show examples of other Internet2 projects. The Presenter is Arielle Levine.  Today will be a perfect opportunity to hilight how the CMA uses Art to teach multiple subjects including math and science. In addition we will have our Internet2 K20 Workgroup Meeting. An outline to our Workgroup agenda:
Year in Review
Progress toward goals
Installation of 2007-2008 Workgroup chair(s)
Brainstorm goals for 2007-08 (plus Dec. 3, 07 Internet2 Day event)
Looking forward, many events in 07/08 regarding Internet2 may be shaped in a small way by the merger of Internet2 and the National Lambda Rail. It will indeed strengthen the ties to K12 and Higher Education and provide new research opportunities.
Tags: WiscNet, Future Technologies Conference, Madison, MIAD, Internet2, Cleveland Museum of Art, trends