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MAGPI Virtual Forums
Arts and Humanities
Next Forum:
May 1, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ET
Please see working agenda below
View Past Agendas/Notes
Interested in attending this virtual forum? Please register (registration coming soon!) . Only one registration per site is necessary.
There will be a courtesy open testing period for this event on Monday, January 28, 2008 from 10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET. If you'd like to conduct a videoconference test prior to this event, please mark this date and time on your calendar.
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Working Agenda
Coming soon!
Past Meetings/Agendas:
January 29, 2008
December 14, 2006
April 6, 2006
Agenda for January 29, 2008
Watch the webstream - available until 2/15/2008
Welcome/Introductions
Each site will have a moment to introduce themselves and speak about their latest Internet2 or MAGPI projects.
Boston University HiPArt
Dr. Glenn Bresnahan
Director, Scientific Computing and Visualization
Boston University
Boston University's Scientific Computing and Visualization group, through its HiPArt and other programs, strives to create collaborations between scientists, software developers and computers artists, as well as to engage underrepresented and nontraditional communities in computing and emerging technologies. Many of these projects are centered in the creation of collaborative, distributed virtual environments. These virtual environments, which are linked together using high-performance networks, are populated with the sounds, imagery, 3D models and animations created by the collaborating artists. In this presentation, we will discuss a number of past and current artistic collaborations, as well as a current educational project which uses the context of virtual reality to engage underrepresented groups in computer science and technology. Download the Power Point Presentation.
STRINGS! Kansas
John Harrison, Wichita State University
Strings, Kansas! is a one-credit hour workshop in which WSU string students introduce stringed instruments to 4th and 5th graders in rural and underserved communities throughout Kansas. WSU students participating in the course will adopt these communities, engaging the 4th and 5th graders and learning about their lives. WSU students will also design, present, and interact with the rural students to foster their appreciation of music with stringed instruments. Interaction will be facilitated through distance technology, such as videoconferencing, blogging, and email. Click here for the presentation outline.
Philadelphia Orchestra's Global Concert Series
Greg Palmer, MAGPI
Live concerts combined with interactive content, are available at your venue through a partnership between The Philadelphia Orchestra and Internet2. You have the first-ever opportunity to champion and incorporate this new program’s vast potential into your schedule of campus activities.
Global Concert Series - Live and Interactive brings live concerts to you through cutting edge Internet2 capabilities. From classrooms to performance halls, the program has appeal for students, educators, administrators, and the community in your area. There’s something for everyone in a Philadelphia Orchestra Global Concert Series partnership. Download the Power Point Presentation.
The New Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage/MAGPI Artist Series for Higher Education!
Roy Wilbur
Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage
Opened in November 2005, The Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage (PCAH) houses seven existing initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trusts that are dedicated to assisting cultural organizations in the five-county Southeastern Pennsylvania region develop high-quality public programs and effective management practices. Learn about the new artist series of virtual interactions over Internet2 that PCAH is developing with MAGPI! Find out more about the Leah Stein Event or the Mark Dion Event.
Discussion
December 14, 2006
Welcome/Introductions
The following sites attended this virtual forum: CERMUSA, MAGPI, Manhattan School of Music, Montgomery County IU, National Endowment for the Humanities, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School, Rutgers University and Spring-Ford Area High School
Rutgers University's Arts and Humanities Internet2/Technology Symposium
Tom Grzelak, Associate Director for Research Technology
Rutgers University
Tom Grzelak discussed the planning process, tentative agenda and challenges of structuring a multi-campus Arts and Humanities Internet2 Awareness Day, scheduled for March 21, 2007. This particular event will utilize high definition videoconferencing. Remote sites are welcome to attend the event virtually, or MAGPI members are welcome to attend one of Rutger's three campuses. Visit http://internet2.rutgers.edu/ for more information.
National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Initiative
Fred Winter, Senior Program Officer
NEH
Fred Winter discussed NEH's new Digital Humanities Initiative and related grant opportunities. Grant programs include: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants, Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership, Digital Humanities Challenge Grants, Digital Humanities Workshops , Digital Humanities Fellowships. For more information about the initiative visit: http://www.neh.gov. Discussion concluded with an announcement of an upcoming MAGPI-sponsored Digital Humanities Grant Program Workshop, coming in early 2007.
Educators may be interested in utilizing NEH's online resource, EDSITEment. EDSITEment is the best of the humanities on the web from the National Endowment for the
Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the
Verizon Foundation. From the EDSITEment website: this educational partnership brings online humanities
resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural
institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
Internet2 Archeology Special Interest Group and Related Projects
Greg Palmer, Executive Director,
MAGPI
Co-Chair, Internet2 Archeology SIG
Greg Palmer discussed the Internet2 Archeology Special Interest Group (SIG)and its digital initatives, including a digital archival and retrieval database project involving the Corinth Computer Project. The mission of the Internet2 Archaeology SIG is to
increase awareness of and engagement in the uses of advanced networking
technologies in support of archaeology teaching and research activities
throughout the Internet2 member community. For more information about the SIG or to sign up for the mailing list, visit http://www.internet2.edu/archaeology/.
Manhattan School of Music
Christianne Orto, Assistant Dean of Ddistance Learning & Director of Recording
Jessica Kepler, Distance Learning Program Coordinator
Manhattan School of Music
Jessica Kepler and Christianne Orto discussed MSM's distance learning program, which offers a wide selection of educational videoconferences over Internet2, including master classes, private lessons, clinics, workshops, coachings, sectionals, colloquia, educational & 5community outreach, telementoring, professional development, and humanities exchanges. MSM's programs are presented to institutions of higher education, K–12 schools, and performing and community organizations both nationally and internationally. New program areas currently under development include remote auditioning and recruitment via videoconferencing. For more information, visit: http://www.msmnyc.edu/special/distancelearning/.
Discussion
Donna Bost White, Director of Arts Education at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, talked about NJPAC's use of videoconferencing and plans to develop a virtual dance education program. Donna also discussed NJPAC's involvement in developing intergenerational programming and the National Conference on Arts & Aging: Creativity Matters event they held in conjunction with the National Center for Creative Aging. Look for more information about pilot distance education programs coming this spring.
Erika Thickman Miller, Librarian at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School, suggested that NJPAC collaborate with the One Book, One Philadelphia program and offer distance education salsa classes.
Heather Weisse, MAGPI Applications Coordinator, talked about MAGPI's involvement with the One Book, One Philadelphia Program and partnership with Dr. Carlos Eire, writer of this year's selected book Waiting for Snow in Havana- Confessions of a Cuban Boy. Look for more information about book discussions and virtual writing workshops to come in early 2007.
Jennifer Oxenford, Associate Director of MAGPI, talked about the upcoming Internet2 and New World Symphony
Performance and Master Class Production Workshop. The workshop will be held on January 28-30, 2007 in Miami, Florida. This hands-on workshop will emphasize real-time experience connecting with remote sites over Internet2
advanced networks. Sessions include setting up incoming and outgoing audio,
creating a multi-camera shoot, placing lights and projectors and operating
codecs. Pre-registration is required and the workshop fee is $200. For more information/registration, please visit: http://events.internet2.edu/2007/nws/.
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April 6, 2006
Welcome and Introductions
Dale Hilton, Director of Distance Learning at the Cleveland Museum of Art, talked about the museums distance education programs. Programs included one-hour sessions for K-12 students and a new, 15-week survey course on non-western art for colleges/universities.
CERMUSA/St. Francis' Didgeridoo Project
Kent Tonkin and Michael Shanafelt from CERMUSA (The Center for Remote and Medically Underserved Areas) talked about their recent international music videoconference event, "The Didjeridu: Exploring the Dreamtime with Jim Gagnon", a performance and lecture delivered electronically to participating schools as an interactive videoconference via Internet2.
The National Constitution Center - Coming on Internet2/MAGPI this summer!
Lenni Basso/Group Motion Project at Montgomery County Community College
Michael Knight and Helen Hayes from Montgomery County Community College showed video from their "Rondo" project, a dance project that involved sites in Pennsylvania and Tokyo, Japan using DVTS technology.
Jimmy and Beth Miklavcic talked about the Art Grid Project, the Center for High Performance Computing at the University of Utah, and their arts organization, Another Language. The Art Grid Project is an informal consortium of sites on Internet2 that utilize the Access Grid as an art medium.
Discussion
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