[AG-USERS] AG in Education Virtual Institute

[Jennifer Teig von Hoffman]

Colleagues,

Edee Norman Wiziecki (NCSA) and I (BU) are the co-leads for a new 
"Virtual Institute" that will be meeting to discuss Access Grid in 
Education. This is intended to be a forum for discussion of AG in 
any/all aspects and levels of teaching and learning, including (but not 
limited to!) both K-12 and higher education. We welcome participation 
from educators, technologists, and everybody in between.

This Institute is part of the NSF-funded "Engaging People in 
Cyberinfrastructure" project; more information about EPIC is available 
at http://www.eotepic.org/ .

Our Virtual Institute will involve discussions both asynchronous (via a 
Moodle web site), and synchronous (via monthly AG meetings). The first 
of these meetings will be held Tuesday, September 13, at 3:30 PM CDT 
(20:30 UTC); an invitation to this meeting is copied below my signature.

If you are interested in joining us, please drop a note to Edee and 
myself (edeew at ncsa.uiuc.edu and jtvh at bu.edu). We'll be glad to have you 
join us on the AG, or on the Moodle, or both!

Cheers,
Jennifer

***********************

Welcome to the Access Grid in Education Virtual Institute

This message serves as an invitation to join the first meeting of the 
Virtual Institute on using Access Grid technology for teaching and 
learning. It will be held on September 13, 2005 beginning at 3:30 PM CDT 
(4:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PDT). (We are scheduled to be in the Schoolhouse 
venue in the NCSA Lobby for those of you who can navigate there). 
Please share this message with others.

A reminder and more information on how to join the VI will be sent 
nearer the date, but should you have any questions now please feel free 
to contact us.  We are happy to assist you and/or give you more 
information about Access Grid technology for the classroom.

We hope to see you there, as we explore ways to bring the world into 
classrooms every where!

Jennifer Teig von Hoffman                Edee Norman Wiziecki
Boston University                        NCSA
jtvh at bu.edu                              edeew at ncsa.uiuc.edu