1. Pine Technical College
Internet 2 Achievements: Engaging the Two-Year College in the K-20 Initiative

2. PTC: Overview
Two-year technical college - - AS, AAS degrees, certificates, diplomas in technical disciplines
Part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system
Rural area of the state

3. PTC: Overview Regional facts:
Degree attainment below state average
College participation below state and national average
Per capita income only slightly higher than Puerto Rico
Smallest stand-alone college in system: 420 FYEs, 1600 headcount

4. PTC: Relationships
Shared degree programs with other colleges via distance learning
Shared AA offering
Multi-site social worker program
Course-sharing for efficiency and cost-effectiveness
Strong commitment to technology solutions

5. PTC: Relationships
Curriculum, courses and technology sharing with regional K-12 districts
PTC courses to area high schools
PTC as telecom hub for 12 districts
PTC as Internet 2 conduit for teachers

6. PTC: Relationships Statewide college connections
Member of 2 of 4 MnSCU Centers of Excellence (Manufacturing & Allied Health)
Involved with U of Minnesota Digital Technology Center

7. PTC: Relationships Economic development and social mission
Regional Manufacturing Alliance
Regional Early Childhood programming
House both Chamber of Commerce and regional welfare-to-work initiative

8. PTC: Infrastructure
High level of bandwidth into building (gigabit-plus level)
Hub for data and ITV for 12 school districts
Hub for regional college consortium
Hub for community fiber backbone with FTTP in local industrial park

9. PTC: Technology Flagship
Founded only Virtual Reality Center in 2-year college in Midwest
Applied research and product development: affordable immersive VR on PC platform for education & training applications
VR applicability to distance learning and applied research through Internet 2
Basis for partnership with universities, including UM

11. PTC: Technology Flagship
Awards from MnSCU System for IT Excellence:
Fiber Optic Backbone
JCVR
Products for industry partners:
Virtual industrial spray paint booth
Virtual welding
Virtual inspection training

12. PTC and Internet 2 Relationships with K-12 in region:
East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative (ECMECC)
12 school districts in rural East Central Minnesota
Share resources, including common data and interactive television backbone at 1 gigabit to the premises.
Culture of using technology to enhance learning or to provide access to learning not otherwise available

13. PTC and Internet 2 ECMECC collaborations:
Virtual field trips for K-12 students
Wolf Center at Ely, MN
Cincinnati Zoo
Classes with Vanderbilt University
Joint classes with Japanese schools including joint band concert
Access through gigabit network to Internet 2 resources via hub at Pine Tech

14. PTC and Internet 2 Partnerships with U of Minnesota and gigapop:
Virtual reality collaboration
National Science Foundation grant
Minnesota grants for application of VR to industrial uses
Legislative demonstrations of VR and Internet 2 with UM and Iowa

15. PTC and Internet 2
Partnerships with industry related to Internet 2 initiative
Improved infrastructure at college =
‘Bulk buying’ of bandwidth at discount by combining needs of several public sector entities
Installation of Pine City fiber backbone
FTTP into industrial park
Affordable rate broadband to major industry users

16. PTC and the Internet 2 Complete win-win scenario for all parties:
K-12 received higher bandwidth at lower cost
City, county government acquired broadband
PTC students networked city hall to take advantage
Cost savings for broadband Internet for government, healthcare, education, industry in region
Created grassroots support for infrastructure improvement

17. PTC and Internet 2
Infrastructure improvement empowered and enabled greater K-12 access and use
Gigabit network to each school district
Access through PTC hub to Internet 2
Snowball effect in terms of teacher usage
Now ‘under the radar’ - - school tech directors handle Internet 2 projects without need for coordination or special help

18. PTC, VR and Internet 2
Live demo with JCVR and University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center