From Joe.Breen at utah.edu Tue Oct 21 02:31:37 2008 From: Joe.Breen at utah.edu (Joe Breen) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:31:37 -0600 Subject: [tforum] FW: National Constitution Center's Upcoming Exchange! Message-ID: <29AB602568BD4F4D902151060C4D0CE8E4213E@CAMPUSV1.xds.umail.utah.edu> For those with an interest... BTW, all K-20 in Utah have direct access to Internet2 through the UofU/UEN sponsored SEGP agreement. --Joe From: Heather Weisse [mailto:hweisse at magpi.net] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 4:55 PM To: k20advise at internet2.edu; megacon at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu; K12ivc at cilc.org Subject: National Constitution Center's Upcoming Exchange! IS THE CONSTITUTION COLOR-BLIND?: A New Exchange Program from the National Constitution Center! Date: December 17, 2008 Time: 1-3 p.m. EST Target Audience: High School Students How to Participate as an Interactive Videoconference Site: In order to be an interactive videoconference site for this event, your site must have H.323 videoconferencing capabilities. Your site must also be connected to your national high speed research and education network (i.e. Internet2 in the United States). Description: The National Constitution Center is excited to invite your school to participate in the latest installment of its national student program, The Exchange: A Marketplace of Student Ideas. This event will take place on Wednesday December 17, 2008 from 1pm-3pm EDT. This installment of The Exchange, "Is the Constitution Color-Blind?" asks students to consider if the Constitution makes distinctions between races. The answer to this question impacts everything from education to employment opportunities to capital punishment and affects every citizen no matter if they are Native American, African American, Asian or white. The Exchange allows students all over the country to converse with one another about current constitutional issues using Internet-2 videoconferencing. It is an exciting way for students to explore issues with their classmates and peers in other parts of the nation. The discussion will be hosted by SuChin Pak from MTV and Dr. Michael Hogan from the Center for Democratic Deliberation and Pennsylvania State University. Schools that participate in The Exchange will be provided with a curriculum to prepare their students to be part of the conversation. Students will also have the opportunity to create and post their own media include art, video, and websites in The Exchange online community, which can be accessed from the National Constitution Center's website at: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/Exchange. Some student created media may be selected to be displayed during the video conference. If your students decide to create any video or audio clips, we ask them to not exceed 2 minutes in length. If your school chooses to participate in The Exchange, you will be asked to select one student to represent your school during the videoconference round table. During the videoconference, students will have an opportunity to interact with each other and share their thoughts on the nature of the Constitution. Students will use this deliberation to evaluate the Constitution to determine if the document is color-blind or color-conscious. Additionally, students who are not taking part in the discussion will be able to send questions and comments for SuChin and the participating students. Participating schools must have connectivity to the INTERNET2 network and the ability to do H.323 video-conferencing. While there is no cost to participate in this event, we do ask schools to help us make sure this event is a success. Schools will be responsible for the following: * Selection of student representative * Preparation of students through the use of the provided Exchange curriculum * Support student created materials and submit them to our new social networking site being developed for this project * Participation and successful completion of videoconference testing prior to the event with the National Constitution Center I hope you are able to participate in this remarkable opportunity. If interested, please contact Jason Allen at either jallen at constitutioncenter.org or 215.409.6644 by November 17, 2008 for more information and registration materials. Mandatory testing of Internet2 connections will be on Friday, December 11, 2008. * * * * * * * Heather Weisse Walsh Applications Coordinator MAGPI 3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228 Email: hweisse at magpi.net Phone: 215-573-6417 www.magpi.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.uen.org/pipermail/tforum/attachments/20081021/a5f61b03/attachment.html