[Kan-ed_members] Fwd: New Opportunities for Internet2 Higher Education Community

[Christina Madden]

>>> On 9/7/2007 at 4:04 PM, in message <46E1BCD4.3080708 at magpi.net>,
Heather Weisse <hweisse at magpi.net> wrote:
All,

Apologies for cross-posting! MAGPI is very pleased to announce these
upcoming projects and invite participation from the National Internet2
Higher Education community! Please share this information with your
colleagues.

We hope you can join us for these programs!

Best,

Heather Weisse,
MAGPI Applications Coordinator
hweisse at magpi.net 

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One Survivor Remembers: An Evening with Holocaust Survivor Gerda
Weissmann Klein

Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET 
Target Audience: Colleges, Universities, Faculty, Students and
Communities
Ways to Participate: 
H.323 Videoconferencing via Internet2 Commons
Sites must have H.323 Videoconferencing Equipment and connections to
the MAGPI or Internet2 networks. Advanced registration is required.

Live Webstream Participation
Sites may watch the Live Webstream via Real Player or the Live MPEG2
Multicast via Videolan Media Player. No registration is required for
webstream participation. 

Description:
In the winter of 1945, on the day of her liberation from six years of
Nazi rule, Gerda Weissmann clung to life at the end of a 350-mile death
march. She weighed 68 pounds, her hair had turned white, and she had not
had a bath in three years. She survived with courage, grace and dignity.

 ( http://www.magpi.net/programs/onesurvivor.html#gerda )Gerda
Weissmann Klein, renowned motivational speaker and Holocaust survivor,
teaches each one of us about tolerance, understanding and making a
difference. Gerda Klein’s spirit helped her survive six years under
Nazi rule; through her story, and her unique perspective, she continues
to help each one of us to understand the dangers of hate and extremism.
In light of increasing intolerance, anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on
college campuses, both nationally and internationally, it is imperative
that our students hear the message of Gerda Weissmann Klein. 
Join us for an evening of conversation and inspiration.
A select number of sites will be able to join this event as interactive
videoconference sites. IVC sites will be able to ask Mrs. Klein
questions during the event via videoconference. All other sites may
connect via one of two streaming options. Webstream sites will be able
to submit questions for Mrs. Klein to answer during the event. More
information will be available soon!This event is brought to you by MAGPI
and The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation, with support from the Penn
Video Network.

More Information/Registration:
http://www.magpi.net/programs/onesurvivor.html 


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Inner World Discovery Program for Nursing and Pre-Med Students

Date: October 18, 2007

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 am. ET
Target Audience: Nursing, Pre-Med Students
Have yournursing/pre-med students and pre-service educators explore the
Immune System through this interactive multimedia videoconference
presentation!
Designed by St. Joseph's Medical Center emergency room doctor Phillip
Silverstein, the “Inner World Discovery” program is a multimedia
journey through the human body. With Dr. Silverstein as their guide,
students participating in this session will experience the wonder,
intricacies and elegance of the human body’s immune system. This
interactive videoconference presentation with Dr. Silverstein will make
the complexities of understanding the immune system accessible to
students, and will make real the devastating effects of HIV. 

We encourage students to generate questions about the immune system,
HIV and/or AIDS before participating in this videoconference.

More information/registration:
http://www.magpi.net/programs/innerworld.html 


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MAGPI's Math and Science Virtual Forum - September 13, 2007
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2007

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EDT

Connection: H.323 Videoconference using the Internet2 Commons

Description: The MAGPI Virtual Forums aim to bridge Higher Education,
K12, and Public/Cultural/Non-Profit entities around issues and
opportunities specific to their disciplines. We're very pleased to open
participation in our next virtual forum to the national Internet2 K20
community. Our next virtual forum features presentations on enabling
virtual organizations and the master physics class, the Kentucky
Southern Skies Project and Virtual Math Tutoring. In order to
participate in this forum, you must register by Monday, September 10,
2007.More Information/Registration:
http://www.magpi.net/mathandscience.html

Working Agenda:

Welcome/Introductions 
Enabling Virtual Organizations and The Physics Master Class(Phillipe
Galvez, CalTech) 

EVO is based on a new distributed architecture, leveraging the 10+
years of experience of developing and operating the large distributed
VRVS collaboration system now in production. The primary objective of
EVO is to provide an improved system and a service to the LHC and other
major High Energy Physics programs that fully meets the requirements for
usability, quality, scalability, adaptability to a wide range of working
environments, reliability and cost. The EVO infrastructure automatically
adapts to the prevailing network configuration and status, so as to
ensure that the collaboration service runs without disruption. Because
EVO is able to perform end-to-end monitoring, including the end-user's
computer as well as the network infrastructure, administrators are able
to inform the user of any potential or arising problems (e.g. excessive
CPU load or packet loss) and, where possible, to fix the problems
automatically and transparently on behalf of the user (e.g. by switching
to another server node in the network, by reducing the number of video
streams received, by adjusting audio volume, etc.). The integration of
theagent-based system (http://monalisa.caltech.edu (
http://monalisa.caltech.edu/ )) into the new EVO architecture was an
important step in the evolution of the collaboraton service towards a
globally distributed dynamic system that is largely autonomous.
International Polar Year Initiative (Speaker TBD) 

The International Polar Year ( http://www.ipy.org/ ) is a large
scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March
2007 to March 2009.
IPY, organized through the International Council for Science (ICSU) and
the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), is actually the fourth
polar year, following those in 1882-3, 1932-3, and 1957-8. In order to
have full and equal coverage of both the Arctic and the Antarctic, IPY
2007-8 covers two full annual cycles from March 2007 to March 2009 and
will involve over 200 projects, with thousands of scientists from over
60 nations examining a wide range of physical, biological and social
research topics. It is also an unprecedented opportunity to demonstrate,
follow, and get involved with, cutting edge science in real-time.
Hear about the new International Polar Year collaborations using
Internet2 (including a K12 videoconference event on October 19th!)
during this presentation!
Kentucky Southern Skies Program (Dr. Kielkopf, University of Louisville
* Donna Eustace, Kentucky Department of Education)


Learn about the Kentucky Department of Education's higher education
collaboration with Australian universities using networked telescopes. 
Virtual Math Tutoring Project (Math and Science Partnership of Greater
Philadelphia * Student Virtual Tutors and Project Administrators) 

Learn about the Math and Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia's
Virtual Math Tutoring project which combines collaboration technologies
and video over MAGPI's network and the commodity internet. This project
partners undergraduate virtual math tutors from Arcadia University with
high school math students in need of additional assistance. 
Discussion/Wrap-Up
More Information/Registration/Complete Agenda:
http://www.magpi.net/mathandscience.html.  In order to
participate, your site must pre-register. Registration for this event
closes on Monday, September 10, 2007


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Heather Weisse
MAGPI, Applications Coordinator
The University of Pennsylvania
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A
Philadelphia, PA 19104
email: hweisse at magpi.net 
phone: 215-573-6417

www.magpi.net ( http://www.magpi.net/ )

Chrisy Madden
Membership Services Coordinator
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 520
Topeka KS  66612
785-296-2238
www.kan-ed.org