R&E NETWORKS AND TEACHING AND LEARNING AROUND THE WORLD K20 INITIATIVE

10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 K-20 Education in the United States

K20 INITIATIVE K-20 Students are already doing it: – Internet Gaming – Facebook – My Space – YouTube – Twitter – And through other emerging social networking applications and applications yet to be developed. And through other emerging social networking applications and applications yet to be developed. Just about every K-20 institution has international collaborations and partnerships as part of their mission. 10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 Why Are International T&L Collaborations Important in K-20 Classrooms?

K20 INITIATIVE Most K-20 Teachers are either already doing it...or want to do it. The #1 request from K-20 teachers is for international introductions and connections 21 st Century Skills Require It The Future of the US’s Economy Requires It The Sustainability of a Global Economy Requires It The Future of Global Basic and Applied Research Requires It... 10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 Why Are International T&L Collaborations Important in K-20 Classrooms?

K20 INITIATIVE A teacher has many options when choosing a style by which to teach, but any style must:style – Support state and federal standards – Be supported by the teacher’s principal, department chair, school board, Academic Dean, district superintendent, President/Chancellor and in some cases the labor union. – Have the technical and financial support of the university/district – Support the teacher’s curricular goals – Build 21 st Century Skill Sets 10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 What Impediments Prevent International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?

K20 INITIATIVE – Teaching & Learning Across the Pond – Cross Atlantic Alternative Energy Debate – Global Climate Change Debate – What Would The World Look Like If There Was Never an American Revolution? – Cross Cultural Pedagogy – Global Post-Olympic Discussion – Zhongguancun No.2 Primary School, Beijing, China – Large Hadron Collider/CERN, Geneva, Switzerland – Cairo Museum, Egypt SUNY Geneseo/University of East London/Jamaica/Trinidad Enabling Global Collaborations 10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 Current K-20 International Programs

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K20 INITIATIVE Teachers are incredibly busy people with little time for experimentation – Especially when using R&E Networks since they can only access these networks at school – Need point and click access – Need information delivered directly to them 10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 What Impediments Prevent International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?

K20 INITIATIVE Lack of Centralized Outreach and Information Sharing by RONs and Internet2 – MUSE is a good start but requires effort by teachers and providers to get and/or share information – Few content providers promote Internet2 as a vehicle for their programs and services – Ad-Hoc communication between RONs and their members regarding content and opportunities 10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 What Impediments Prevent International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?

K20 INITIATIVE It’s in our best interest: – Disruptive Technologies –those technologies that are game changers – For the foreseeable future, K-20 schools will be looking for ways to reduce expenses by cutting services and programs that do not provide a positive return on investment. – K-20 schools are slowly starting to migrate to 21 st Century T&L applications most of which can only be optimized only over R&E Networks...for now. – If it hasn’t already happened, relying solely on research-enabling applications will reach a point of diminishing returns million children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2009 — from nursery school to college. They comprised 27 percent of the entire population age 3 and older. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2009, Table /6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 Why Should RON’s Care About International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?

K20 INITIATIVE Each RON and Internet2 needs to determine for themselves where K-20 T&L falls as a priority. Publish on their web site: – the contact information for their K-20 T&L Coordinator. – a list of K-20 T&L connectors/schools with contact information. – a list of connected K-20 content providers with contact information. Facilitate “People Networking” among all your connectors. 10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 What Can RON’s Do To Enable International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?

K20 INITIATIVE Work with content providers to promote connectivity through R&E Networks and Internet2. Create a “Facebook” type page through which teachers and content providers can “Like” in order to receive or promote programs and services. Work with Internet2 to create a T&L web page or portal as part of its current web presence through which access to all of the above is made possible. What role should Internet2’s T&L SIG assume? 10/6/2011, © 2010 Internet2 What Can RON’s Do To Enable International T&L Collaborations in K-20 Classrooms?