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November 6, 2007

Educators! Bring your students along on a live visit to Missouri’s Riverbluff Cave

This Wednesday, November 7, schools can connect to the live video streaming virtual tour of the Riverbluff Cave in Springfield, MO.

Attention Mac Users!

Mac users can participate in this stream by installing the Flip4Mac Windows Media Components for QuickTime.

Two events will be streamed. The events are specific to grade levels – please choose the event most appropriate for your students:

Grades 3–8: 10:15–11:00 a.m. CST
Grades 9–12: 1:15–2:00 p.m. CST

Please create a bookmark for the following page: http://www.more.net/services/videostreaming/events.html

On the event day, located at the end of the Riverbluff Cave event description on this page, there will be a link to the live streaming event. This link will be live on the morning of November 7th.

On this “Streaming Events” page, there is a link to test the stream on your equipment. If your computer(s) needs Windows Media Player version 10 or later please follow the link provided to download the free software.

Remember each connection to the stream by computers in your building/district will deplete network bandwidth to access this event. The higher the bit-rate you choose to connect to – the higher the stream quality. Likewise, this will further deplete your network bandwidth. To avoid this, please minimize the number of machines that will be connecting to the stream. Schools may want to consider projecting the streamed video and attach external speakers to amplify the sound so more students can observe a single stream.

This link should not be filtered but it would be best to check the link ahead of time in case it is blocked at your school.

Particpants in the live streaming event may e-mail questions to Matt Forir, Lead Paleontologist and David Harrison, author, The Cave Detectives at cave@more.net. Selected questions will be answered as time allows.

For a week following this event the cave@more.net e-mail account will remain active for you and your students/patrons to send additional questions to the presenters. Similar questions may be grouped together and edited for a response. The question and response will be shared with all participating groups.

November 2, 2007

Do you have inventive students or young entrepreneurs?

New youth category in the annual inventors' contest Marketplace for Entrepreneurs

Marketplace for Entrepreneurs holds an annual inventors' contest. This year
they have added a new youth category. Please share this link with anyone in
your district who might be interested.

http://www.marketplaceforentrepreneurs.org/content/view/353/78/

K-12 Students....You are invited!

Two additional opportunities to "expand the walls of the classroom".

Missouri Geography Share
1. Concept:
a. Grades 4-5 students share geographic information about their region with the other class.
b. Could decide topic in advance - i.e. physical features, culture, recreation, industry etc.
c. Each site prepares a brief presentation about their area and then opens up for Q & A
d. Could include artifacts, images, video clips, etc to highlight the discussion topics

2. Time Frame
a. November 5,7,8,12,14
b. Best times for MO schools are 9-9:30 am or 1:15 - 3:00pm CST
c. Length of videoconference event - 30-45 minutes



Meet with the Senator

1. Concept:
a. 2-4 middle or high school classes are invited to visit with Senator Byron Dorgan by videoconference to discuss current political issues of interest.
b. Decide topic in advance - students prepare questions or debate points on the selected topic

2. Time Frame:
a. Any time Fall 2007 or Spring 2008
b. Length of videoconference event - 30-45 minutes


COMING SOON......

Connecting to NDSU's new electron microscope