Remote Instrumentation & Data Visualizations Working Group

["Gregory Louie" <>]

Hi Kristen,

 

I am a high school teacher with "big" ideas, but no funding yet.  How does Internet2 obtain funds?

 

"2.  I'm a high school science teacher with big ideas but without enough
of a track record for this kind of project.  In most cases, in order to get
funding and invite important people to a party, one needs a reputation
for successfully completing a project of the same size.  That is why I
sought your group out.

What resources and people would the K20innovators be able to assemble
for this project?"

Greg

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Klaver, Kristen" <>

To: <>

Cc: <>

Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:45 AM

Subject: RE: RE: An idea for the future - Nanoscale Science Education

I am a little confused, are you wanting us to participate in a proposal
or is the funding already available and you are looking for us to
provide students/teachers?

----- Original Message -----

From: "Klaver, Kristen" <>

To: "Gregory Louie" <>; <>

Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 7:54 AM

Subject: RE: RE: An idea for the future - Nanoscale Science Education

My son is 6 and will be 7 in July.  He was 20 months old when I was 
able
to bring him home and he has grown leaps and bounds!  He was very 
tiny
and wasn't even walking on his own, etc but now he is your normal 
first
grader!

Don't take that you haven't heard from any of us that 
they might not be
interested. I know several of us are in the middle of huge 
projects and
are feeling very overwhelmed right now.   Just so you 
can see two of my
projects, you might want to check out the following 
websites.  One of my
projects is called Penning with the Pros.  It 
has four K-12 states
(North Dakota, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri) that are 
participating in
a creative writing contest and I am having university 
faculty (authors)
judge the contest.  We had a couple of classes that 
met with the authors
via videoconference.  That website is located 
at
http://www.greatplains.net/penning/

The other project I am doing that might interest you more is I am 
having
a Virtual Science Fair on April 28th in Oklahoma.   The 
students will be
showcasing their project in front of a camera 
(videoconferencing) and
the judges (again University and College faculty) 
will be located
throughout the state via videoconference.   That 
website is located at
http://www.okepscor.org/sciencefair/index.html

Unfortunately, my job is kind of in limbo right now.  I 
currently have
two half-time grants and as of July 1, the Great Plains 
Network portion
isn't going to be funded.  I am asking Oklahoma EPSCoR 
(the other half)
if they would consider me full-time and so I should find out 
something
soon.    However, one of the two funded activities 
in Oklahoma EPSCoR is
Nanotechnology so this would fit in very nicely with us 
here in
Oklahoma.

Regarding resources on what we could provide is 
probably the number one
would be students!  But all of us have a pretty 
good list of teachers
who are interested in the technology and how to utilize 
it (it has been
a challenge but they are slowly coming around and feeling 
comfortable
with what they can do with it).  Also, we all have a huge 
list of
schools who have videoconferencing equipment where they can not 
only
utilize the network but would be a great resource to get in touch 
with
the museums, mentors and each other. We also are working with 
the
Omniplex (our local science museum here in Oklahoma) to get them 
onto
Internet2 and I believe this would be a wonderful fit.   Their 
website
is http://www.omniplex.org/
  

As I mentioned, I am interested in working with you.

Terry's 
email address is  but I believe he 
is on
this listserve.

I look forward to hearing from 
you.

Kristen

-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory Louie 
[mailto:] 
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:53 AM
To: 
Klaver, Kristen; 
Subject: Re: RE: An idea for the future - Nanoscale Science 
Education

Hi Kristen,

Thank you.  Our daughter is a constant 
source of joy.  She's 17 months
and
learning like gangbusters.  
How old is your son now and what is he up
to?

I haven't heard from 
anyone else yet, but Terence Rogers is reasonably
close
by (I'm in 
NY).  I intend to contact him directly to see if he would 
be
interested.  Would you know his current email address?

As to 
what we need to get this rolling, it depends on a lot of 
things,
but
here's my thinking.

1.  The site to test the idea 
should be one that should be reproducible
nationally with minimum cost and 
would also serve a large and continuing
audience.  I imagine that those 
characteristics would be necessary to
both
justify the cost of 
installation and make any funders happy.  Science
museums close to the 
Abilene backbone would do nicely.  A simultaneous
event
at both the 
Smithsonian and the new Hayden Planetarium in NY should
showcase
the 
capabilities of the Internet2 both to the public and to 
our
country's
legislators.
2.  I'm a high school science teacher 
with big ideas but without enough
of a
track record for this kind of 
project.  In most cases, in order to get
funding and invite important 
people to a party, one needs a reputation
for
successfully completing a 
project of the same size.  That is why I
sought
your group 
out.

What resources and people would the K20innovators be able to 
assemble
for
this project?

Greg




----- Original 
Message ----- 
From: "Klaver, Kristen" <>
To: 
<>
Sent: 
Saturday, March 27, 2004 12:11 AM
Subject: RE: RE: An idea for the future - 
Nanoscale Science Education


Gregory,

First of all 
congratulations on your daughter.  I adopted my son from
Romania 5 years 
ago and it seems just like yesterday!

I am in Oklahoma and am interested 
in your idea.   Have you heard back
from anyone else?   
What do we need to do to get this rolling?

Kristen

-----Original 
Message-----
From:  
[mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 4:15 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: RE: An idea for the future - Nanoscale Science 
Education

Hi folks,

Here's an idea: Narrated tours through 
atomically resolved bionanocapes.
The images produced by atomic force 
microscopes can commented on by
outstanding research scientists in real 
time.  During an online
conference, a moderator could take student 
questions.

This idea would demonstrate the power of Internet2, connect 
the bionano
research community in a powerful way and reach out to an existing 
K-14
audience.

I have developed a list of research scientists that 
might be suitable
collaborators, if you are interested in making this 
happen.

Gregory Louie

P.S.

Since I'm new to your list 
here's a little blurb about myself.

I'm a NYS Authentic Science Research 
in the High Schools (ASR).  I've
taken a year off to ease the transition 
of our newly adopted Chinese
daughter to her new family.

While she 
naps, I'm developing a web portal to recruit, challenge and
support research 
students.  I'm gearing this site to a K-14 audience.

The intention 
is to challenge students to design solutions for medical,
health and global 
environmental problems.  My focus is on bionanotech
designs.  I 
have some experience in this field.  Besides my daughter, it
is one of 
my life's passions.

For those of you unfamiliar with the ASR 
program:  This three year
program provides high school students with an 
authentic experience of
scientific research.  The students select an 
individual project of their
own choosing, read scientific papers, contact 
research scientists and
design and conduct experiments in their mentor's 
laboratory.  The best
students produce papers(in peer-reviewed journals) 
and go on to compete
and win at local, national and international science 
competitions.

For those of you unfamiliar with bionanotechnology:  
This is an emerging
discipline that has resulted from the convergence of 
molecular biology
and nanoscale science (physics, materials science, and 
microprocessor
technologies).

The nanoscale is 1000x smaller than the 
microscale reaching nearly down
to the atomic scale.  It is the scale at 
which molecules operate.

The hope is to shrinking devices like 
microprocessors another 10-1000
fold, so imagine your desktop computer shrunk 
down to the size of your
wristwatch or even smaller.  Inside that 
wristwatch would be a nanoscale
computer processor.  Some even envision 
nanoscale computers embedded in
the very threads of your clothing.

Of 
course, those crafty little cells have been there first - operating
at the 
nanoscale for billions of years.  A cell can be considered as a
package 
of approximately 300,000 to 1 million nanoscale components all
wonderfully 
orchestrated to perform the complex tasks of daily 
life.

Ciao,

Gregory
LIFE IS 
GOOD!