[Kan-ed_members] Kansas Distance Learning Week

[Christina Madden]

I am pleased to advise you of the opportunity to observe a series of distance learning events onTuesday, March 11, focused on Emergency Preparedness Week and Kansas Distance Learning Week.  The events center on the disaster in Greensburg, Kansas, where a tornado nearly wiped out a small Kansas community.   These events will be available by video via both the commodity Internet and Internet2.
 
Classrooms from the region (Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and North Dakota) will be participating, live, in the events.  You can observe them via a live video stream (see below).  The regional collaboration is a partnership of state networks affiliated by membership in Internet2:  Kan-ed, KanREN, MOREnet of Missouri, EduTech of North Dakota, ONEnet of Oklahoma and the Great PlainsNetwork.  The event is planned and organized by theKansas Association for Interactive Distance Education (KAIDE).
 
The schedule for Tuesday follows.  All times are Central.  (for a schedule of the entire week 
visit:  www.kan-ed.org)
 
Time: 8:45-9:45 AM 
Session: Lessons from Greensburg Elementary Focus-Presentation on Emergency Preparedness by Supt. Darin Headrick with before and after pictures of the community and school grounds. Q & A for the final segment. 
 
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM 
Session: Lessons from Greensburg High School/Middle School Focus-Presentation on Emergency Preparedness by Supt. Darin Headrick with before and after pictures of the community and school grounds. Q & A for the final segment. 
 
Time:  11 AM - 12 NoonCentral 
Jason Project-Operation:  Monster Storms Learn more about this nine-week curriculum unit on weather. Designed for Middle School classes and adaptable to other grades, this project covers standards for Physical Science Earth Science, and Science and Personal Social Perspectives.
 
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM 
Session: Lessons from Greensburg High School/Middle School Focus-Presentation on Emergency Preparedness by Supt. Darin Headrick with before and after pictures of the community and school grounds. Q & A for the final segment. 
 
Time:  2:15-3:15 PM Central
Dr. Kevin Kloesel, a National Weather Service meteorologist from the University of Oklahoma, will discuss how storm warnings are issued and the differences between warnings and advisories. 
 
To access the live video stream MOREnet is hosting the following link on this web page:  http://www.more.net/services/videostreaming/events.html 

Greenbush is hosting a live video stream on this web page:
http://tv.greenbush.us/index.php?channel=idl

ESSDACK is hosting a live video stream on this web page:
http://www.essdacknow.org/ 


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