Ohio's  program is funded by the Ohio Department of Education and is administered by the Management Council of the Ohio Education Computer Network and the Ohio Academic Research Network.
 

What Does Freedom Mean to You? A Veteran's Oral History Project December 10, 2010, 10-11 a.m. Sponsored by INFOhio, OARnet and other state and national organizations Webstream (available December 10, 2010). Be sure to click on the What Does Freedom program link. And share the link with your friends, colleagues and family members! Anyone watching the link will be asked to submit their questions via Poll Everywhere. Location Poll. Watching the webstream? Use the link to submit the name of your school (if applicable), city and state. Or, text 47884 and your message to 37607. General Questions. Use the link to submit them via the Web. Or, text 48105 and your message to 37607. What Does Freedom Mean to YOU? Tell us what freedom means to you! Use the link to submit your answers. Or, text 48847 and your response to 37607. INFOhio Presents at National Internet2 Conference. Summary of conference presentation and links to session resources, including video recording of presentation, links and handout.

Background information | Curricular applications| Help resources

Background information

Internet2 and Ohio Schools: A World of Resources. Background information prepared by INFOhio. Internet2 and Ohio Schools: A World of Resources. By Paula Nespeca Deal, February 2011. [MS Word OR PDF 2 pgs] Internet2 and Ohio Schools: A World of Resources. Flash video of January 14, 2009, IVDL session [1 hr. 42 sec.] Internet2 and Ohio Schools: A World of Resources. PowerPoint presentation to accompany January 2009 IVDL sessions. Revised March 2009. [PPT 88 slides] Internet2 and Ohio Schools: Connectivity, Content and Collaboration. By Paula Nespeca Deal, INFOhio, and Ann Zimmerman, OARnet. PowerPoint presentation at eTech Ohio Technology Conference, February 1, 2011. [PPT 49 slides] Internet2 and School Libraries: The Time Is Now (More Than Ever). By James Werle and Louis Fox, Multimedia & Internet@Schools, September 1, 2009. Internet2: Connecting Ohio to a World of Resources. PowerPoint presentation to accompany INFOhio webinar, October 3, 2008. [PPT 72 slides] Internet2 Information Kit. Basic information and a link to join Internet2 mailing lists. Internet2 K20 Initiative Frequently Asked Questions Internet2 Overview, March 2008. [PPT 53 slides] K20 Initiative brings together Internet2 member institutions and innovators from primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, libraries, and museums to extend new technologies, applications, middleware, and content to all educational sectors, as quickly and connectedly as possible. K20 Initiative Fact Sheet. [PDF 2 pgs] MUSE Fact Sheet. MUSE is a social networking tool for the Internet2 community that improves collaboration, information-sharing and technology opportunities among K-12 schools and other participating institutions. [PDF 2 pgs] MUSE home page. Links and background information, including a tour for K-12 educators. Teaching and Learning. Focus is on higher education. [PDF 2 pgs] Videoconferencing in Your Classroom. OARnet, February 2011. [PDF 2 pgs]

Curricular applications (Note: Any program fees are the responsibility of the school district.)

CAPspace: Collaborations Around the Planet. A social networking tool for educational videoconferencing. Cleveland Museum of Art Distance Learning. Various lessons for elementary, middle and high school. Includes videoconference planning checklist. Connect2Texas COSI Videoconferencing. Various opportunities for grades 2-12. Includes Videoconference Etiquette and a videoconference newsletter. The Exchange: A Marketplace of Student Ideas. Free interactive student programs hosted by the National Constitution Center. Exploritorium Internet2 Gateway. The museum of science, art and human perception at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco. Internet2 Communities. "Through community involvement, Internet2 members are using advanced technologies to enable collaboration among people and interactive access to information and resources in ways not possible on today's Internet."   Arts & Humanities Health Sciences Science & Engineering The JASON Project. A nonprofit subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, JASON connects young students with great explorers and great events to inspire and motivate them to learn science. MAGPI (Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2). Some programs are open to non-MAGPI members. Manhattan School of Music. Uses video conferencing to connect students, educators and distinguished artists around the globe for teaching and learning exchanges. Megaconference Jr. Provides elementary and secondary students "around the world the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other's learning in real time, using advanced multi-point video conferencing technology." Megaconference Jr. 2010 was held on Thursday, February 25, 2010, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. EST.   2009 Participation Report: St. Charles Elementary School, Lima. By Kathy Lewis, Technology Teacher K-8/Specialist, February 19, 2009. NASA Digital Learning Network National Park Service Interactive Program Series ResearchChannel. Founded by a consortium of research and academic institutions to share the work of their researchers with the public. Schools to Careers. A career development project for 7-12th grade students from Iowa Public Television. Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach Virtual School @ Vanderbilt University. Collaborative videoconferencing projects on a wide range of topics for grades 5 and up.

Help resources

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC). The organization's mission is to support and advance learning through video conferencing and other collaborative technologies. Use the search feature and Collaborations to find possible distance learning partners. Distance Learning (Video Conferencing). Western Reserve Public Media. Includes etiquette tips, checklist, links to other information and sites. Internet2 Detective. Use to determine if your school is connected with Internet2. Internet2 Detective and Firewalls. Use when default settings on personal firewalls block some of Internet2 Detective's functions. Internet2 K20 Connectivity Data Internet2 Wiki. Collaboration spaces for various activities, projects and groups in Internet2. Ohio ITC sites   LACA (Licking Area Computer Association) State and regional sites   Michigan - TWICE (Two Way Interactive Connections in Education). MAGPI (Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2). Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Use Resources dropdown for Internet2 content and links. Minnesota - InforMNs Ohio - Ohio Distance Learning Texas - Connect2Texas Videoconferencing Cookbook. Published by the Video Development Initiative.

Internet2 Technical Support
For more information about Internet2 in your school, contact your building/district technology coordinator.