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Do
you know the members of the Great Plains Network?
Current
member states are Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oklahoma and South Dakota.
Current Internet2 Sponsored
Education Group (SEGP) state members are Missouri, North Dakota
and Oklahoma.
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Workshop: Network Resources
For Enhancing Research In The Earth Systems Science Community
When: October 9-10, 2003
Where: University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
What: A free workshop for all
earth systems science researchers and University IT/GPN liaisons at GPN
Alliance Universities
Host: Kansas
Applied Remote Sensing Program,
University of Kansas and the Great Plains Network.
Keynote:
George Strawn, Ph.D., National Science Foundation
and co-Chair of the multi-Federal agency Large Scale Networking
Coordinating Group
Learn more and
register…
Please help to get the word out!
Funding support provided by the National Science Foundation
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The Great Plains Network currently
has three states participating in the Internet2 Sponsored Education Group
Participant (SEGP) program: Missouri,
North Dakota, and Oklahoma. We are excited that both Kansas
and Nebraska are in the process of submitting their paperwork to
become SEGPs.
Current GPN SEGP members
have formed a committee to identify a project for us to focus on this
year. We had several wonderful ideas but we chose "Penning with
the Pro’s".
Penning with the Pro’s will
be working with a selected grade level (TBD), which will interact with
authors via videoconferencing, web pages, and streaming video. The
students will discuss the basics of writing, such as
a) Where
do ideas come from?
b) How
do I get started?
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c) How
do I get published?
Students will use writing
classes or writing instruction to develop poems, stories, articles, etc.
and share them with students in other schools and GPN states. Then they
will participate in a writing contest with the end result being a
publication of the winning pieces of writing. The authors who participated
will judge the contest in the on-going development.
We are at the beginning stages of the project
so things could change, but we are planning on proceeding with the project
for this school year (2003-2004). We will be marketing/advertising
nationwide and the Internet2 community.
If you have any thoughts or
comments, or would like to participate, please contact Kristen Klaver
or (405) 325-5774.
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You are may be receiving this copy
of the GPN Digest because it has been forwarded to you or a university
listserve by a colleague.
So that you don't miss any of the exciting things that are
happening in the Great Plains Network, we invite you to sign up to start
receiving newsletters and emails directly from us. All you have to do
is send an email to GPN
Digest Subscription .
To add to your story, research
project, workshop, event, or campus meeting, let us know at GPN Research and Education
Events.
Don't forget to send this to your
colleagues as well!
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For those of you who are attending the Internet2 members
meeting in Indianapolis, we would like to invite you to join us on Tuesday,
October 14th from 8:15am - 10:15am (room TBD). We will be
discussing various topics such as the GPN SEGP project, new strategic plan,
research and education. Please bring your topics to discuss
too! We hope to see you there!
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Sep. 25, Oklahoma Supercomputing
Symposium, Norman, OK (OU)
Oct. 1-3, IEEE Workshop of IP Operations
& Management, Kansas City, MO
Oct. 9-10, Earth Science
Collaboration Workshop, Lawrence, Kansas (KU)
Oct. 14-16, Fall Internet2
Meeting (GPN BoF), Indianapolis, IN
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We are in the beginning stages of planning a GPN meeting in
February 2004. The location and dates are still to be determined but
if you are interested in being on the planning committee to discuss agenda
and speaker ideas, please contact Kristen Klaver.
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