Remote Instrumentation & Data Visualizations Working Group

[Kathy Kraemer <>]

I agree Kristen.  How about planning for it this summer and rolling it out
next school year?  

KK



On 12/15/03 11:45 AM, "Klaver, Kristen" 
<>
 wrote:

> I think this is a great idea.  What is our timing?  Because I think that
> could be an issue.  I am getting ready to rollout "Penning with the Pros" to
> K-12 schools in Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota and Oklahoma.  Plus I am
> going to have an Oklahoma Science Fair via video conference in April.    I
> am afraid I will be stretched too much and won't be able to do too much to
> help on this idea if we plan on doing it this school year because of the
> other projects that Kathy mentioned too.
> 
> If we decide to do it this year, I will support it, I am just afraid that if
> I am going to be stretched too far, will the schools be too?
> 
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> Kristen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Kraemer 
> [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 11:52 AM
> To: Terry Rogers; Klaver, Kristen; 
> 
> Subject: Re: An idea for the future
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> ************************************************************************
>> ********
>> 
>> ************************************************************************
>> ********
>> 
>> 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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