From Joe.Breen at utah.edu Mon Mar 10 10:18:30 2008
From: Joe.Breen at utah.edu (Joe Breen)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:18:30 -0600
Subject: [tforum] FW: Emergency Preparedness Week - Distance Learning
EventsPlanned Tuesday March 11
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For those that follow Emergency Preparedness?
From: Randy Stout [mailto:rstout at ksbor.org]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:56 AM
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Subject: Emergency Preparedness Week - Distance Learning EventsPlanned Tuesday March 11
Hello ?
I am pleased to advise you of the opportunity to observe a series of distance learning events on Tuesday, March 11, focused on Emergency Preparedness 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 Plains Network. The event is planned and organized by the Kansas Association for Interactive Distance Education (KAIDE).
The schedule for Tuesday follows. All times are Central.
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 Noon Central
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
Best regards,
Randy
Randy Stout, Coordinator
Research & Development
Kansas Board of Regents - KAN-ED
1000 SW Jackson St., Suite #510
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1368
tel.785.296-7033
fax.785.296.7052
rstout at ksbor.org
http://www.kansasregents.org
http://www.kan-ed.org
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From kquire at uen.org Mon Mar 17 13:56:36 2008
From: kquire at uen.org (Kevin Quire)
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:56:36 -0700
Subject: [tforum] UEN Tech Summit 2008 Announcement
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We are pleased to announce the UEN Technical Summit to be held at the
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Presentations can be 30 minutes to 1 hour on any topics appropriate for the
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