R&E NETWORKS AND
TEACHING AND LEARNING AROUND THE WORLD
K20INIT IATIVE
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K-20 Education in the United States
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• K-20 Students are already doing it:– Internet Gaming– Facebook– My Space– YouTube– Twitter– And through other emerging social networking applications and applic
ations yet to be developed.
• Just about every K-20 institution has international collaborations and partnerships as part of their mission.
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Why Are International T&L Collaborations Important in K-20 Classrooms?
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• Most K-20 Teachers are either already doing it . . .or want to do it.
• The #1 request from K-20 teachers is for international introductions and connections
• 21st Century Skills Require It . . .
• The Future of the US’s Economy Requires It . . .
• The Sustainability of a Global Economy Requires It . . .
• The Future of Global Basic and Applied Research Requires It . . .
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Why Are International T&L Collaborations Important in K-20 Classrooms?
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• A teacher has many options when choosing a style by which to teach, but any style must:– Support state and federal standards– Be supported by the teacher’s principal, department chair, school board,
Academic Dean, district superintendent, President/Chancellor and in some cases the labor union.
– Have the technical and financial support of the university/district– Support the teacher’s curricular goals– Build 21st Century Skill Sets
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What Impediments Prevent International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?
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– Teaching & Learning Across the Pond– Cross Atlantic Alternative Energy Debate– Global Climate Change Debate – What Would The World Look Like If There Was Never an American
Revolution?– Cross Cultural Pedagogy– Global Post-Olympic Discussion– Zhongguancun No.2 Primary School, Beijing, China– Large Hadron Collider/CERN, Geneva, Switzerland– Cairo Museum, Egypt
SUNY Geneseo/University of East London/Jamaica/TrinidadEnabling Global Collaborations
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Current K-20 International Programs
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• Teachers are incredibly busy people with little time for experimentation– Especially when using R&E Networks since they can only access these
networks at school– Need point and click access– Need information delivered directly to them
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What Impediments Prevent International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?
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• Lack of Centralized Outreach and Information Sharing by RONs and Internet2– MUSE is a good start but requires effort by teachers and providers to
get and/or share information– Few content providers promote Internet2 as a vehicle for their
programs and services– Ad-Hoc communication between RONs and their members regarding
content and opportunities
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What Impediments Prevent International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?
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• It’s in our best interest:– Disruptive Technologies –those technologies that are game changers– For the foreseeable future, K-20 schools will be looking for ways to reduce expenses by
cutting services and programs that do not provide a positive return on investment. – K-20 schools are slowly starting to migrate to 21st Century T&L applications most of
which can only be optimized only over R&E Networks. . .for now.– If it hasn’t already happened, relying solely on research-enabling applications will reach
a point of diminishing returns. . . • 77 million children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2009 —
from nursery school to college. They comprised 27 percent of the entire population age 3 and older.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2009, Table 1 <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2009.html>
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Why Should RON’s Care About International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?
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• Each RON and Internet2 needs to determine for themselves where K-20 T&L falls as a priority.
• Publish on their web site:– the contact information for their K-20 T&L Coordinator.– a list of K-20 T&L connectors/schools with contact information.– a list of connected K-20 content providers with contact information.
• Facilitate “People Networking” among all your connectors.
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What Can RON’s Do To Enable International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?
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• Work with content providers to promote connectivity through R&E Networks and Internet2.
• Create a “Facebook” type page through which teachers and content providers can “Like” in order to receive or promote programs and services.
• Work with Internet2 to create a T&L web page or portal as part of its current web presence through which access to all of the above is made possible.
• What role should Internet2’s T&L SIG assume?
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