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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…

Megaconference V

Dr. Bob DixonChief Research Engineer

OARNet Ohio State University

Internet2 Megaconference Jr Meeting April 20, 2004 Washington, DC

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.

About Megaconference VDecember 10, 2003

13 Hours, in 3 sessions because of global time

200 Organizations

1000 People

27 Countries

5 Continents

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

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

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

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

All Five Years of Megaconference AwardsSyracuseNorth Dakota StateBuffaloMichigan TechIllinoisSURFNet (Netherlands)CANARIE (Canada)Alabama at BirminghamWashingtonOhio StateOARnetKent State NorthwesternOklahoma StateFinnish IT Center for ScienceNorth Carolina

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!