Invited Participants:

• John Stritt - TVDEC Director - jstritt@esu10.org
• Graci Gillming - ESU 10 Technology Trainer - ggillmin@esu10.org
• Jason Everett - ESU 10 Technology Trainer - jeverett@esu10.org
• John Horvath - UNK Communications Director - horvathja@unk.edu
• Sue Reiber - MONA - reibers@unk.edu
• Audrey Kauders - kaudersa@unk.edu
• Mark Foradori - MONA - foradorim@unk.edu
• Mike Webb - Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenanc eTrust - Mike_Webb@WhoopingCrane.org
• Keanna Leonard - Rowe Sanctuary - kleonard@nctc.net
• Charlie Bicak - UNK Biology Department - bicakc@unk.edu

Agenda:

• Background of the grant proposal (Title IID - NCLB)
• Participants:
  • TVDEC Schools - http://tvdec.k12.ne.us/other/schools.html
  • UNK
  • MONA
  • Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust
  • Rowe Sanctuary
• Review Plan of Operation
• Spring Teleconferencing Lesson Ideas
  • Platte River - Rowe
  • MONA
• Methods of Sharing Spring Presentations
  • Two way video conferencing
  • Video streaming
  • I2
• Summer instructional plan
  • Identify K-12 teachers
  • Identify instructional team
  • Set dates
• Other connection opportunities
• Next meeting date

Attendance:

Meeting Overview:

Tele-conference lesson discussion:

• Keanna Leonard shared that she has lessons that could focus on Crane Viewing.
  • Prefer to present on Feb 15 or 17.
  • UNK offered to have this first presentation from UNK site rather then Rowe.
  • Keanna shared that another teleconferencing opportunity might present itself. The focus would be on the geography aspect of the river.
  • The webcam could support the pre-lesson activities.
  • There would be no cost to schools for the tele-lesson.
• Platte River would not have wireless connection no earlier then the summer of 2005.
• Platte River would support Keanna's presentation in any way they could.
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• Michael Forsberg lesson would be presented from MONA on March 1.
  • Check to see if you could use his video as part of the pre or tele lesson.
• Mike and Keanna would both like to have pre-lesson examples to assist in designing of lessons.
• John Horvath will be trying to connect with organizations that might be able to connect over I2 with this project
  • New Mexico, Alaska, Baraboo Wisconsin, etc.

Field Trip Experience

• The Rowe. Platte River, and MONA would all support the field trip follow up experience.
• Rowe Student Cost
  • Rowe charges $2 per student for a 2 to 3 hour educational experience
  • Rowe charges $20 per person for the crane view from the blinds experience.
• MONA has not charges for admission.

Summer Training Program

• Three or four day teacher training for 9 art and 9 science instructors
• Hope to create 2 upper elementary lessons (1 art based and 1 science based); 2 middle school lessons (1 art based and 1 science based); and 2 high school lessons (1 art based and 1 science based.)
• The summer training plan needs organizational planning - January meeting
  • Could UNK be part of the planning and instructional process with graduate credit
  • Spend days at each of the three sites - MONA, Platte River, and Rowe

Brochure

• Discussed creating a brochure similar to the CEC project.
• John Stritt will
  • coordinate the gathering of information for the brochure
  • provide general information material for the brochure
  • funding for the brochure will be through the grant
• MONA will
  • assist in the layout of the brochure
  • check with Forsberg to see if we could use a picture for the brochure. If not, use an Audoban piece
• Each entity (MONA, Rowe, Platte River) would provide a brief statement concerning the project
• Submit information for the brochure ASAP - before Dec. 23 if possible.
• The draft copy of the brochure will be reviewed at the Jan 5 or 6 meeting.
• Print day scheduled for Jan 7 and distribution for the next week.

Next meeting day and location

• January 5 or 6 at UNK Room 241 from 2 - 4 pm.