Remote Instrumentation & Data Visualizations Working Group

[Kathy Kraemer <>]

Hi Terry, Kristen and k2o innovators,

Thank you for your message.  Currently, each state is in the process of
setting up a variety of projects such as JASON, Read Across America and the
Lewis and Clark Expedition.  The state-to-state videoconferences are
extensions of the already established projects but as you know, although the
states have been successful, the challenge is scheduling a variety of
projects between the states, the students and teachers and the experts.

I believe a project like the storytelling festival would help to build
cohesiveness in the K20 community as well as utilize Internet2.  I'd like to
propose we set up a storytelling festival where the focus is on "how to tell
a good story" rather than just showcasing storytellers.  Our experts would
be regional storytellers that not only tell their story but also give us
tips on how to craft a story with humor, pacing and sincerity.  The students
would develop their regional stories and compete possibly in their school
libraries or auditoriums.  The finalists would go on to a national
storytelling festival (videoconference event) to compete with finalists
throughout the US.

I'm game for something like this and am throwing it out to the group for
feedback. 

Kathy
      



On 12/14/03 7:16 PM, "Terry Rogers" 
<>
 wrote:

> I was at an "expert briefing" for John Bailey last week, and one idea
> that came up (and I strongly supported) was the idea of one or more
> benchmark applications to encourage schools to participate in high
> bandwidth based education. Ideally they would be described and in some
> way supported as part of the Technology Strategy for Education.
> 
> I would like to encourage us as a group to try to think about and maybe
> define/suggest one or two such applications. The basic idea of a
> festival, whether for story telling, music, film science, ... seems a
> good starting point for encouraging schools do real work and to share it
> using Internet2 collaboration as an enhanced form of videoconferencing.
> 
> I still have the opportunity to add comments to the input, and there
> will probably be a period when there is open comment, so if you think
> this idea has any merit, I would be interested in your thoughts.
> 
> Happy Holidays to all of you, and let's look forward to a bright New
> Year.
> 
> regards Terry
> 
> Dr. Terence W. Rogers
> President & CEO
> Advanced Network & Services
> 200 Business park Drive, Suite 307
> Armonk, NY 10504
> USA
> 
> tel 203 667 3818
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Klaver, Kristen 
> [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:22 AM
> To: 'Kathy Kraemer'; 
> 
> Subject: RE: An idea for the future
> 
> I love this idea.  I could see this being Megaconference Jr. or at least
> Megaconference Jr. 2.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Kraemer 
> [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:30 AM
> To: 
> 
> Subject: An idea for the future
> 
> Hello everyone, 
> 
> I saw this posting below for a holiday storytelling event and another
> idea
> came to mind for a future project.  The idea is to do a storytelling
> festival with all of our states celebrating their regional stories with
> a
> specific common theme.  It might be a way to tie all the states
> together.
> 
> Kathy
> 
> 
> 
> Date:    Wed, 3 Dec 2003 01:46:11 -0600
> From:    Patsy Partin 
> <>
> Subject: FINAL SIGNUPS  for HOLIDAY STORIES EXTRAVAGANZA
> 
> ALL-DAY HOLIDAY STORYTELLING EVENT
> 
> MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2003
> 
> 
> 
> 8:00 - 8:30 - Rabbi Ken Kanter (the Founding Rabbi of Congregation Micah
> of Nashville,
> 
>                     Tennessee) - tells a Hanukkah story: "T'was the
> night before what?  A Great                       Miracle Happened
> Here!"
> 
> 
> 
> 8:30 - 9:00 -  Lynnie Mirvis -  Three  Hanukkah stories:
> 
>       1) "The First Hanukah: A Festival of Lights" - the magic of the
> Jewish oral tradition in the story of Hanukah, a celebration of
> differences!  She will light the Hanukah Menorah and tie it in to the
> story.
> 
> 2)"The  Potato Pancake Pan" - a retelling of a European folktale telling
> what happens when greed turns a magical gift into a nightmare.
> 
> 3) "Kayla and the Animals" - go on a journey with Kayla as she "seeks
> her fortune to discover the golden Chanukah Menorah. (Based on a Jack
> Tale , a version of this is found in Margaret Read MacDonald's Twenty
> Tellable Tales.)
> 
> 
> 
> 9:00 - 9:30 - Akiba Shabazz - a Kwanzaa story
> 
> 1) FUMBO'S FAMILY
> 
>    A young African boy guides the family to commerce through the
> thoughtful guidance of his father.
> 
> 2) THE TALKING EGGS
> 
>     This colorful and imaginative story contrasts the behavior and the
> rewards of the generous child and the selfish child.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 9:30 -   10:00 - BRIAN HULL - "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry - The
> magi were wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the
> manager.  This story is the chronicle of two people who sacrificed for
> each other the greatest treasures of their house. It is an exploration
> of love and gift-giving that may cause you to shed a tear as you are
> reminded how we should all give to the utmost especially during this
> season of giving.
> 
> 
> 
> 10:00 -  10:30 - LUNA KELONDRA  - A Jewish folktale, "The Two Brothers"
> (a well-known tale about two brothers who care more for one another than
> for themselves) AND a Mexican folktale "The Story of the Most Noble
> Story." (three brothers who try to do a deed noble enough to earn their
> mother's only possession worthy to be handed down: a ring she inherited
> from her mother)
> 
> 
> 
> 10:30 -  11:00  - SHELLEY GOTTERER - Theme: Legends of Christmas.
> Legends blend the natural world with the wonders of the Nativity
> creating images of harmony and peace.
> 
> 1) The Christmas Spider (Eastern Europe)
> 
> 2) Legends of the Robin, the Nightingale, the Fir Tree, and Rosemary
> 
> 3) Legend of King Solomon Gifts...a story about Solomon and the Queen of
> Sheba
> 
> 
> 
> 11:00 -  11:30 - TESS CARLSON - HAROLD THE ANGEL - Harold the Angel is
> an original story about a little girl who gets lost on Christmas Eve.  A
> gracious angel shows her the way home, and she learns about the true
> meaning of Christmas!
> 
> 
> 
> 11:30 -  12:00 - JOE KEENAN - "The Juggler of Our Lady"  -Based on an
> old story by Anatole France, it tells of a poor juggler who was ashamed
> that he had no "worthy" gift to offer God on Christmas Day.  He gave the
> only thing he had: his ability to juggle.  The story tells how that gift
> was accepted.
> 
> 
> 
> 12:00 -  12:30 - Chief David Bald Eagle - "A 1920s South Dakota
> Christmas" - the story of Christmas in the 1920s, when he was a boy.
> Dave Bald Eagle grew up on the plains of South Dakota, where there were
> miles between one ranch house and the next. Christmas was the time of
> year when everyone became a family by traveling to a central gathering
> place to celebrate together. Dave's heartwarming story harkens to a
> simple time in the 1920s when he remembers being a boy.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 12:30 -  1:00 -  ESTELLE CONDRA - "Hey You" - Two thousand years ago in
> Bethlehem, there lived a boy who could not speak. Although Ezekiel was
> his name, everyone mocked him and called him "hey you". One starlit
> night as the world received a little boy, Ezekiel would discover his own
> special gift.
> 
> "Hey You", is from her video, "Stories For Christmas Eve" suitable for
> all ages
> 
> 
> 
> 1:00   -  1:30 -  DEE KIMBRELL - Theme: BELIEVING IN THE MAGIC OF
> CHRISTMAS -
> 
> 1) The rhyming story of Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (using visuals)
> focuses on the magic of giving.  2) A true story from her childhood
> called Sleigh Bells that will introduce the
> 
> 3) story of The Polar Express, a story written by Chris Van Allsburg
> about a boy who travels to the North Pole on Christmas Eve and learns
> the magic of believing.
> 
> 
> 
> 1:30 - 2:00 - JENNIFER WEEDMAN - "Wishes from the Heart of Christmas" -
> 
> 
> 1) One story is an Irish tale called "One Wish"  2) "The Tablecloth" is
> a story about a Christmas miracle. 3) "The Three Wishes" teaches you
> that you better be careful what you wish for because it might just come
> true!
> 
> 
> 
> 2:00 - 2:30 -  Vanderbilt University Chancellor GORDON GEE - reading
> Polar Bear Express by Chris Van Allsburg; chronicles the adventure of a
> young boy who boards a mysterious train to the North Pole and learns a
> life-long lesson in true belief from Santa.
> 
> 
> 
> 2:30 - 3:00 -   PATSY LAWSON - Patsy grew up in Hancock County
> (Sneedville), TN which is home to the Melungeons, Bluegrass artists
> Billy Martin and Doyle Lawson and the Greene-Jones Feud.  She is an
> Appalachian story teller and both of her stories are set in East TN
> during the 1960's.  1) "The Melungeon Gift"  story focuses on the
> Melungeons who are a mysterious race residing in several Appalachian
> regions including her home county. They were once declared Negro, then
> changed to "people of color" and were denied the same basic rights as
> African Americans. This story in particular is about Elijah, a Melungeon
> farm hand, and his relationship to Patsy's family.
> 
> 
> 
> 2) "The Christmas Quilt" -  This story explores the daily routines of
> rural Appalachia as they are defined by the seasons.  I describe the
> farm duties from each season, and give particular attention to the
> winter quilt making tradition of Mama and Aunt Ruby.
> 
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> 
> Make memories for YOUR students by reserving one or more spaces today
> for Holiday Storytelling Extravaganza on Monday, December 8 from 8:00
> -3:00 CST. For more information, please visit:
> <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/fallcat03.htm>
> http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/fallcat03.htm
> 
> 
> Patsy Partin, M.Ed
> Vanderbilt University
> Virtual School
> 110 21st Avenue, S., Suite 850
> Nashville, TN 37203
> (615) 322-6384
> 
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