Grades 9-12: A Conversation with Mark Dion

A Conversation with Artist/Archeologist/Naturalist/Flea Marketer Mark Dion
Part of the new MAGPI/Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage Partnership Series!
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
Target Audience: High School Students, Higher Education Institutions, Public/Cultural Institutions
How to Participate:
Interactive Videoconference Site: In order to be an interactive videoconference site for this event, your site must have H.323 videoconferencing capabilities. Your site must also be connected to your national high speed research and education network (i.e. Internet2 in the United States).
Watch the webstream! See the webstream instructions on the website! (Registration is NOT required for this option)
This program is open to MAGPI and NON-MAGPI MEMBERS
Description:
Celebrated artist Mark Dion began a historic journey last November to retrace the trips of noted 18 th century Philadelphia botanists John Bartram and his son William. Dion’s trip is in preparation for a site specific art exhibition at Bartram’s Garden, America’s oldest living botanic garden. Join us for an inspiring conversation with him about his project and travels!
The exhibition Travels of William Bartram – Reconsidered will examine the history and culture of the Bartrams. Using their travel journals, drawings, and maps, Dion is retracing their exploratory journeys including, specifically, William’s expedition to northern Florida. The artist and his companion “explorers” are often traveling in the same ways the Bartrams did: by horseback, boat, and on foot.
Dion is collecting specimens and man-made artifacts found in the landscape, which has clearly changed a great deal since the Bartrams’ travels 200 years ago. In keeping with Dion’s longstanding interest in “mail art,” he will send his findings back to Bartram’s Garden. The artifacts and specimens will be installed in souvenir cabinets that Dion is designing and building for the exhibit in John Bartram’s historic house.
“This is an exciting opportunity to combine the physical beauty of history and science,” said Dion. “To me, this is the quintessential exploratory road trip: part Lewis and Clark, part Jack Kerouac, part Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, and part Borat.”
More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/programs/dion.html

Meet Congressman Zack Space **FREE**

Congressman Zack Space has agreed to meet with our schools via video conferencing on Thursday May 1st from 8:30 - 9:20 a.m. Congressman Space continues to fight for issues that are critical to the economic development of the 18th Congressional District. Zack highlights the importance of re-establishing an honest, transparent government in order to return Americans' sense of trust in government and in their public officials. Please join us to discuss key issues with our Congressman. To register for this event, go to www.tchesc.org and click on VC Scheduler.If you have any questions, please contact us. There is no cost for this video conference and we would like to have a big turnout for Congressman Space since he has graciously agreed to reschedule this session. Since we have more time to get this information to your teachers we are hoping to have a better response. Please make every effort to see that all teachers get this notice, especially the government teachers.Thanks for your interest and support!

Marilyn Roder & Michele Carlisle

Tuscarawas-Carroll-Harrison ESC

834 E. High Ave.

New Philadelphia OH 44663

330.308.9939 x251 Phone (Marilyn)

330.308.9939 x220 (Michele)

330.308.0964 Fax

Noam Chomsky: Power, Politics, and Propaganda

This is John Haas from Cerritos College. My Megaconference presentation was on Burma with the Buddhist monks. On Tuesday April 29th, Professor Noam Chomsky will videoconference with the Global Consortium from MIT. This global dialog will take place from 1:45a.m-3:00(EST). I have included a flier as an attachment. I would like to extend an invitation to anyone who might be interested. It would be great to have some locations outside of the U.S. for this global discussion on Power, Politics, and Propaganda. If you are interested please contact Bernice Watson a.s.a.p to run a tech test: watson@cerritos.edu. All other questions may be directed to me: jhaas@cerritos.edu or Profhaas@aol.com.

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is a renowned professor of linguistics at MIT and is one of America’s most prominent political dissidents. He has authored over 90 books on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, international affairs, U.S. Foreign policy and propaganda and corporate media. His recent works include 9/11(Seven Stories Press, 2003), Pirates and Emperors, Old and New,(South End Press, 2003) and Power and Terror(Seven Stories Press). Other works include: Fateful Triangle(South End Press,1999), Chronicles of Dissent(Common Courage Press, 1992), Manufacturing Consent(Pantheon Books, 1988).

VC for Hope

On Wednesday, April 30th, students from over 50 schools around the Globe will be gathering via Video Conference to help raise awareness and funds for the building of a school for street children in Esteli, Nicaragua. Students will come together to listen to experts, debate issues, share personal stories, sing, dance, and celebrate and promote education, free of persecution and hardship. We will have a remote connection direct to the school in Esteli through which the students can interact directly with the kids for whom they are raising money.
For more information and registration, visit our web page, http://www.changeforchildren.org/vch/vch.html or contact Terry at, terry.godwaldt@epsb.ca.

INFOhio: Reports to Promote Your Library *FREE*

April 10, 2008

3:30-4:30 p.m.

FREE

Reports for public relations - Share ideas on what data to include in your annual reports to administrators, methods for obtaining that data, and ways to present the data effectively.

This session will focus on running SirsiDynix/INFOhio reports to obtain information such as circulation statistics, titles used in the library, average publication year of your collections, value of your collections and more.

Hear from INFOhio experts with SirsiDynix software, discuss unique situations and needs, and come away with some tools to promote your library program.

Presenters: Greg Perciak, Support Specialist, Library Systems, LNOCASuzanne Johnson-Varney, INFOhio Liaison, HCCA

Cost? Nothing!

Contact:
Melissa Higgs-Horwell
Curriculum Integration Coordinator
SCOCA
175 Beaver Creek Rd.
Piketon, OH 45661
800-634-8828
Cell: 740-352-6820
Fax: 740-289-2082
melissah@scoca-k12.org

Buckeye Bicentennial: Roots of American Music

The Roots of American Music (ROAM) will be hosting programs focusing on the "Buckeye Bicentennial" (grades K-5) and the Civil War, "Unchained: From Slavery to Reconstruction" (Middle School).
Join us for a celebration of America's heroes via distance learning and music. Roots of American Music is dedicated to ensuring that our diverse communities remain connected to the history and spirit of our country through preservation, performance and education using traditional American music.
Please share this information with your K-8 Social Studies and Music departments. Do not miss this great opportunity for your students to participate in FREE and great educational opportunity.
Schools interested in participating in this program should contact my office by April 10. Thank you. John R. Ramicone Director of Distance Learning Services-WVIZ/NOTA 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 phone: 216-916-6360 fax: 216-916-6361 email: jramicone@ideastream.org

Grades 9-12: At Your Service: How Government Works

How many chances does a high school student have to ask a direct question of the Governor of the State of Ohio or to pose a query to a state Supreme Court Justice? The answer: Few to None. Thanks to interactive video technology, WOSU is raising the odds for local schools. In collaboration with Instructional Technology Services of Central Ohio (ITSCO), WOSU has organized a series of four one-hour videoconferences via the Internet between state government officials and high school social studies classes. The project, At Your Service: How Government Works, will connect students with state leaders in a "live" discussion of how different branches of state government function; how they interact with each other; and their impact on issues affecting the citizens of the state.


The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government are represented in this series. The videoconferences are scheduled as follows:

Thursday, March 27 - 1:00 p.m. Supreme Court Justice Robert Cupp
Tuesday, April 1 - 11:00 a.m. Attorney General Marc Dann
Tuesday, April 1 - 1:00 p.m. Speaker of the House Jon Husted
Tuesday, April 8 - 11:30 a.m. Governor Ted Strickland

Schools that wish to participate in this exciting series of videoconferences should sign up with ITSCO by calling (614)-247-8400 or email at david@itsco.org

David Hayward, ITSCO
2400 Olentangy River Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210
614-247-8834