Ohio Distance Learning

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Content Providers Found: 312

	ACELINK 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Phone: 260-481-0747 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.acelink.org/field_trips.htm Contact: Sandy Schaufelberger Email: Description: Interactive videoconferencing (IVC) field trips include live, two-way video interactions with content providers that utilize Internet technology to extend your resources and provide students with unique educational experiences. Teachers need two-way video equipment (provided by your school district), a television monitor or LCD projector, and a network connection to access content providers virtually. There are thousands of content providers around the world, ranging from local museums, to zoos, to NASA and the Smithsonian Museum. Virtual field trip content may be provided free of charge, but most content costs from $75-$150 per session. ACELINK supports pioneer teachers in the use of two-way interactive video to create unique educational experiences for students. Allen County teachers can use ACELINK funds to purchase content from recognized providers, or to fund "special projects" that involve two-way video with other classrooms, teachers or partners. Registration Process: Programs
	ACT Out Ensemble P.O. Box 441130, Indianapolis, Indiana 46244-1130 Phone: 317-916-0568 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-278-1287
Website(s): www.cilc.org/program_provider_detail.aspx?id=34 Contact: Sara Riemen Email: Description: The Ensemble is comprised of professional actors. We perform in classrooms,lecture halls,conventions,and corporate settings across the country. We perform interactive scenes that we structure to your needs. Our goal in the feedback session is to empower and listen to our audience. Live performances always available! Registration Process: Programs
	Adora Svitak 16643 NE 89th St., Redmond, WA 98052 Phone: 425-882-1603 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.adorasvitak.com Contact: Joyce Svitak Email: Description: With her down-to-earth charm and audacious wit, writer and literacy expert Adora Svitak embodies the benefits of creative learning. Adora has been teaching writing workshops since she published her first book at age seven. She has been featured on Oprah, CNN’s Young People Who Rock, NBC Nightly News, and countless other programs. Adora’s presentations feature live writing demonstrations, interactive activities, and storytelling. Her social studies workshops teach kids (and teachers) how to use writing as a creative learning tool across disciplines. Adora provides kids with a tangible and exciting example of where writing can take them. Registration Process: Programs
	Adventure Science Center 800 Fort Negley Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 Phone: 615-862-5177 DL Room Phone: Fax: 615-862-5178
Website(s): www.adventuresci.com Contact: Email: Description: Use videoconferencing technology to join in the excitement of a field trip to the Adventure Science Center! Our dynamic, experienced educators will share educational and fun science activities with your students and engage them in active learning experiences. Choose a program from the list below. After you reserve your Electronic Field Trip, you will receive a pre-conference guide with enrichment activities. Sessions are available through IP connections. Cost: 25 minute program: $110 45 minute program: $160 (fees subject to change without notice) Reservations To book a electronic education program or for more information: E-mail: e-education@adventuresci.com or Reservations: (615) 862-5177 Registration Process: Programs
	AIMS 3839 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63108 Phone: 314-977-7377 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): aims.slu.edu Contact: Ray Vollmer Email: Description: Adventures In Medicine & Science (AIMS) provides distance learning presentations originating from the Practical Anatomy and Surgical Education Laboratory on the campus of Saint Louis University. Utilizing human cadavers and specimens, AIMS programs utilize inquiry-based teaching methods to teach anatomy and science, and to increase the health literacy of participants. Students receive instruction that enhances their understanding about how their own bodies work with the goal of increasing their interest in medical careers and making healthy lifestyle decisions by explaining the outcomes of good nutrition and drug and alcohol abuse. AIMS also conducts hands-on interactive field trips designed to enhance any science curriculum. Registration Process: Programs
	Akron Zoo 500 Edgewood Avenue, Akron, Ohio 44307 Phone: 330-375-2550 x8973 DL Room Phone: Fax: 330-375-2575
Website(s): www.akronzoo.org Contact: Carrie Bassett Email: Description: The Akron Zoological Park would like to invite you to see the zoo with a new view, virtually. Your group can go behind the scenes or have a face-to-face encounter with a Sumatran tiger or Malayan sun bear without leaving the classroom. Registration Process: Programs
	Alaska SeaLife Center P.O. Box 1329, Seward, Alaska 99664 Phone: 907-224-7900 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.alaskasealife.org/New/education/distance-learning.php Contact: Laurie Stuart Email: Description: Visit Alaska, virtually! Using interactive two-way videoconferencing equipment, your students will expand their scientific experience via live, multi-media presentations. Using inquiry-based learning, each 55-minute sessions incorporates current research and rehabilitation programs happening here at the dynamic Alaska SeaLife Center. Each session includes specific background information, pre-conference and post-conference activity ideas, and supplies for session activities. Registration Process: Programs
	Albany Institute of History and Art 125 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12210 Phone: 518-463-4478 x405 DL Room Phone: Fax: 518-463-5506
Website(s): www.albanyinstitute.org/z-%20AIHA%20website/7-Education/Videoconferencing/education.videoconferencing.htm Contact: Barbara Collins Email: Description: The Albany Institute's Videoconference lessons are exciting real-time interactive programs. New York State certified teachers use objects, images and inquiry-based teaching methods to engage students in lessons that focus on art and history. Students are active participants in the lesson; they observe, analyze and express their ideas about objects and images presented. Videoconference lessons are intended for individual classes or groups of 30 students or fewer. In addition to a main camera, a special “document camera” allows for close inspection of individual objects. Each lesson is approximately 60 minutes and was co-written with K-12 teachers, and corresponds with New York State and National Standards. Registration Process: Programs
	Alberta Museum 12845-102nd Avenue, Edmonton Alberta, Canada Phone: 780-453-9100 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/education/index.cfm Contact: Email: Description: Bring the Royal Alberta Museum into your classroom via a live and interactive videoconference with one of our dynamic Educators; featuring outstanding objects from our collections, videos of our collections, curators and incredible custom visuals and animations. Registration Process: Programs
	Alberta Parks 2nd Floor, Oxbridge Place 9820-106 Street, Edmonton Alberta, Canada Phone: 780-849-8240 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.albertaparks.ca Contact: Chris Dodd Email: Description: It gives Alberta Parks great pleasure to announce that as of January 1, 2009 Educational Video Conferences (EDVC) will be offered. We realize that not all teachers and schoolchildren can travel to our sites, so we offer what we feel is "The Next Best Thing To Being There"! Any school that is equipped for videoconferencing can enjoy educational programs from the comfort and convenience of their school. However, what we really hope is that our educational video conferences inspire schoolchildren to travel to our sites with their teachers or parents where they can enjoy our sites firsthand. Registration Process: Programs
	America Abroad Media 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Suite 1000, Washington DC, 20036 Phone: DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.americaabroadmedia.org/ Contact: Faisal Khalid Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	American Cabaret Theatre American Cabaret Theatre, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Phone: 317-278-2530 or 800-375-8887 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.thecabaret.org Contact: Sarah Riemen Email: Description: The ACT Out Ensemble is made up of professional actors and IUPUI students, performing in classrooms, residence halls, lecture halls, and corporate settings across the United States, for audiences of junior high, high school, and college students, as well as adults. Since 1995, the ACT Out Ensemble has performed for more than 70,000 people nationwide, and has been covered by such media outlets as CNN and the Washington Post, which said "The ACT Out Ensemble offers powerful and compelling messages packed into dynamic performances. . . . The audience blossomed with the interaction." Performances last from 15 minutes to an hour, and are often accompanied by audience participation and discussion, facilitated with the help of subject-matter professionals. Registration Process: Programs
	American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, New Jersey 07508 Phone: 973-595-7953 DL Room Phone: Fax: 973-595-7291
Website(s): labormuseum.net Contact: Agelica Santomauro Email: Description: Distance Learning Classes provide students with the opportunity to learn more about the history and contemporary issues of working people, workplaces and the labor movement with special attention to immigrants. Classes serve as a source of inspiration for students to become active members of their community, country and world. Registration Process: Programs
	American Museum of Natural History Central Park West @79th St., New York, New York 10024 Phone: 212-769-5039 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): learn.amnh.org/ Contact: Jay Holmes Email: Description: The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has developed science-rich courses to help teachers meet the new national science standards that call for increased rigor and authentic, inquiry-based experiences for their students. In May 2000 AMNH launched a program of distance-learning courses called Seminars on Science designed especially for K-12 educators. Each six-week seminar engages teachers in scientific inquiry and some of the research tools and techniques used by Museum scientists. Learners wrestle with the unanswered questions that intrigue, motivate, and even plague researchers. We have partnered with Classroom Connect, the largest provider of K-12 Internet resources to bring these courses to educators nationwide. Connected University is Classroom Connect's division that offers online courses, which provide teachers CEUs and graduate credit for successful completion of each seminar. Registration Process: Programs
	Amon Carter Museum 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, Texas 76107-2695 Phone: 817-989-5038 DL Room Phone: Fax: 817-989-5039
Website(s): www.cartermuseum.org/distance_learning.html Contact: Nancy Strickland Email: Description: The Amon Carter Museum offers interactive distance learning sessions to schools throughout the United States. The lessons are exciting and engaging real-time interactions between schools and the museum's educators using inquiry-based teaching methods focusing on the museum's strong collection of American art. Each lesson corresponds with Texas and national standards. Students are asked to observe, analyze, and verbally express their ideas about images presented. Registration Process: Programs
	Anglia Polytechnic University , Cambridge, United Kingdom Phone: 44 1245 493131 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home.html Contact: Andrew Wood Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	Ann Arbor Hands-on Museum 220 East Ann Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 Phone: 734-995-5439 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.aahom.org/programs/distance_learning/ Contact: Ana Hernandez Email: Description: Experience LIVE, interactive Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum programs right in your classroom! Our dynamic, experienced educators use videoconferencing technology to share science demonstrations and activities with your students, engaging them in an active, hands-on learning experience. All programs address National Science Education Standards and align with the Michigan Curriculum Framework Registration Process: Programs
	At Bristol Harborside, Bristol BS1 5DB, United Kingdom Phone: 0845 345 3344 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.at-bristol.org.uk/ Contact: Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	AT&T Park, Home of the San Francisco Giants 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco , CA 94107 Phone: 415-972-1852 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sfgiants.com/distancelearning Contact: Alexis Arbizu Email: Description: The San Francisco Giants is a Major League Baseball Team with a long and storied history. Their home, AT&T Park, has been called “baseball’s perfect address”. Since opening in 2000 the ballpark has become known as a landmark in a city of landmarks. It offers a unique and virtually unlimited array of creative options for education. Registration Process: Programs
	ATHENA Excellence in Cities Education Action Zone , Birmingham, United Kingdom Phone: +44 121 464 5726 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.athena.bham.org.uk Contact: Geoff Turrell Email: Description: ATHENA is a very successful Excellence in Cities Education Action Zone based in Birmingham, England. The zone was established 4 years ago to improve the attainment of underperforming pupils attending a cluster of schools in this vibrant, multicultural, urban metropolis. The challenge for the zone was to re-engage pupils in the learning experience and in so doing, raise their attainment to meet national standards. From a starting point some 40% below national standards Zone schools now achieve an average performance rate in excess of national levels. Registration Process: Programs
	Atlanta History Center 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30305-1366 Phone: 404-814-4000 DL Room Phone: Fax: 404-814-2041
Website(s): www.atlantahistorycenter.org/search.cfm Contact: Laura Bendoly Email: Description: Our museum outreach teachers bring "please touch" artifacts, maps and photographs to schools. Outreach presentations are available for all grade levels from pre-K to high school. Each presentation is keyed to State of Georgia curriculum standards. Registration Process: Programs
	Author Ben Mikaelsen 233 Quinn Creek Road, Bozeman, Montana 59715 Phone: 406-587-3068 DL Room Phone: Fax: 406-587-3068
Website(s): www.benmikaelsen.com Contact: Connie Mikaelsen; Email: Description: Author Ben Mikaelsen, has won the International Reading Association Award and the Western Writer's Golden Spur Award. In addition, his novels have won many state Reader's Choice awards. These novels include Rescue Josh McGuire, Sparrow Hawk Red, Stranded, Countdown, Petey, Touching Spirit Bear and Red Midnight. Registration Process: Programs
	Author Janie Panagopoulos PO Box 704, Roscoe, IL 61073-0704 Phone: 815-624-7783 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.jlpanagopoulos.com Contact: Janie Lynn Panagopoulos Email: Description: Award winning author/historian, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos has toured schools throughout the United States sharing her stories of history, research and writing, now, connect with Janie through IP Videoconferencing Registration Process: Programs
	Author Vicki Cobb 302 Pondside Drive, White Plains , NY 10607 Phone: (914) 949-1104 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.vickicobb.com Contact: Vicki Cobb Email: Description: Vicki Cobb is the author of more than 90 popular, award-winning science books for young people, including Science Experiments You Can Eat. With degrees from Barnard College and from Columbia Teachers College, Vicki Cobb enjoyed an early career as a science teacher. She now devotes all her time to writing and to speaking to teachers, children, and librarians all over the country Registration Process: Programs
	Author/Computer Illustrator Bill Dallas Lewis , , Mexico Phone: 650-346-5553 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): Contact: Bill Dallas Lewis Email: Description: Dartmouth College Graduate, and Silicon Valley trained, Bill Dallas Lewis shares with students the importance and fun of reading, and the joy of writing. Finally, he shares the exhilaration of taking your creation to the public, be it friends and family or the world, via computer graphics. You can see his works at www.sillybilly.com. Bill offers three presentation options. Dates and times are upon request and set to meet your needs. Bill Dallas Lewis has presented in more than 600 schools around the world over the last 13 years. He can present in your school live, through web conferencing or video conferencing. Registration Process: Programs
	Badlands National Park PO Box 6, Interior, SD 57750 Phone: 605-433-5242 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nps.gov/badl/forteachers/distancelearningopportunities.htm Contact: Julie Johndreau Email: Description: Bring a Park Ranger into your classroom with our interactive video conferences! Choose from a wide variety of topics that allow your students to explore the history of our country and the unique geology of our area. Lessons include instruction by teaching rangers, visual displays, multimedia demonstrations and student activities. Topics include studies of the geology and biology of the area, as well as some history. Registration Process: Programs
	Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre 100 Pachena Road, Bamfield, BC V0R-1B0 Phone: 250 728 3301 x226 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.bms.bc.ca/computing/videoconf/ Contact: Anne Stewart Email: Description: To provide schools worldwide with video-conferencing opportunities for unique real-time learning experiences at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (BMSC). The Centre will provide students with interactive learning centered on the diversity of coastal marine organisms and their environments. We present classroom- to-lab video conferencing sessions where students interact with dynamic highly qualified instructors along with live specimens and pristine North West Pacific marine habitats. Registration Process: If you are interested in participating, please contact us at: Anne Stewart Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre 100 Pachena Road Bamfield, BC V0R-1B0 Phone: 250 728 3301 x226 Fax: 250 728 3452 Programs
	Baseball Hall of Fame 25 Main St., PO Box 590, Coopertown, NY 13326 Phone: 607-547-0391 DL Room Phone: Fax: 607-547-4094
Website(s): www.baseballhalloffame.org/education/units/default.htm Contact: Samantha Faria Email: Description: The Baseball Hall of Fame situated in historic Cooperstown, NY is known throughout the entire world. The famed museum began collecting its first artifact in 1937 and currently contains over 25,000 representing “all facets of the game from inception to present times.” One videconference program portrays an historical account of America by using the museum baseball exhibits. Registration Process: Programs
	Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial 62 Battleship Place, Camden, New Jersey 08103 Phone: 866-877-6262 x222 DL Room Phone: Fax: 856-966-3131
Website(s): www.battleshipnewjersey.org/education/distance_learning.php Contact: Michael Flynn Email: Description: The USS New Jersey completed her Final Voyage home from Bremerton, Washington to the former Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, arriving there appropriately enough, on Veteran's Day 1999. The Navy's decision to permanently berth the Battleship in Camden was announced on January 20, 2000. The Battleship New Jersey, our Nation's most decorated battleship, is now a floating museum on the Delaware River, along the Camden Waterfront across from Center City Philadelphia. History comes to life as visitors experience a two-hour guided tour through the Iowa-class ship, one of the largest battleships ever built. Registration Process: Programs
	Berrien County ISD 711 St. Joseph Ave., Berrien Springs, MI 49103 Phone: 269-471-7725 x101 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.berrienresa.org/technology/vc/ Contact: Janine Lim Email: Description: SouthwestNet Distance Learning Collaborative is a regional project of school districts in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren Counties. Programs are offered to benefit local districts. Many projects and programs are open to schools outside of our area. In addition, we offer distance learning demonstrations and an online course in using videoconferencing in the K-12 curriculum. Registration Process: Register online Programs
	Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum PO Box 12874, Austin, TX 78711 Phone: 512-936-4682 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.thestoryoftexas.com/education/distancelearning.html Contact: Amalia Runnels Email: Description: Experience the Story of Texas right in your classroom! Distance learning at the Museum allows teachers and students across the State of Texas to explore history in exciting new ways through live, interactive, two-way video conferencing. Led by Dr. Source, Primary Investigator, our distance learning programs transform students into history detectives who conduct historical investigations using the richness of Texas history and the exhibits of the Museum. These immersive, educational experiences are designed with pre- and post- viewing activities for students, a variety of teacher resources, and clear connections to the social studies TEKS. Registration Process: www.connect2texas.net/ Programs
	Boonshoft Museum of Discovery 2600 DeWeese Parkway, Dayton, Ohio 45414 Phone: 937-275-7431 x116 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.boonshoftmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/educators/distance-learning Contact: Liz Landis Email: Description: Experience learning in a virtual classroom where boundaries are a thing of the past! Through Distance Learning, students and teachers can connect with experienced Museum educators without ever leaving the classroom. Through rare video footage, private Museum Collection artifacts, and other resources, each learning session is developed using national science standards as a framework for fun interaction. Registration Process: Programs
	Botanical Research Institute of Texas 509 Pecan Street, Suite 101, Fort Worth, Texas 76102-4060 Phone: 817-332-4441 x31 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.brit.org/education/distance-learning-classrooms Contact: Pam Chamberlain Email: Description: Invite the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) into your classroom! Our education staff is dedicated to empowering students and teachers with the understanding and appreciation of plants and their important role in our natural world. Our LIVE programs will augment your science and social studies curriculum by allowing your students to get face to face and interact with our herbarium and staff, botanists, librarian and the library’s resources, and the scientists and support staff of the Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Project in Peru. K-12 students will benefit from programming carefully created to be fun, factual, grade level sensitive, and to meet the TAKS and national standards. Pre and post activities are provided to enhance the broadcast and to promote student involvement. Emphasis is placed on hands on activities, games, investigations and real world experiences. Join us as we plant seeds of knowledge in young minds! BRIT is a non-profit organization built around a herbarium with a plant collection of over 1 million specimens. It houses a prestigious library, publishing house, extensive research projects, and an education program. Registration Process: Programs
	Brad Tassell P.O.Box 742, Santa Claus, IN 47579 Phone: (812) 660-0191 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.dontfeedthebully.com Contact: Brad Tassell Email: Description: Author/Comedian Brad Tassell is the author of the award winning novel for teens and preteen on Bullying, Don't Feed the Bully. He presents for students, teachers, administrators, and is a comedian for Carnival Cruise lines. Registration Process: Programs
	Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Society 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460 Phone: 718-741-1693 DL Room Phone: Fax: 718-733-2921
Website(s): bronxzoo.com/educators/distance-learning.aspx Contact: Erica Sopha Email: Description: Take your students on a trip to the Zoo without setting foot outside your own classroom! Using two-way videoconferencing technology, the Bronx Zoo can bring engaging programs for K-12 students right into your own classroom—live! All Distance Learning Expeditions include several live animal "guests"—gorillas, alligators, owls and more. Programs are 45 minutes to an hour and all include extensive teacher support materials. These time-tested, teacher-endorsed programs are aligned with the National Science Education Standards and have received rave reviews from students and teachers alike. Registration Process: Programs
	BSSD IditaProject 225 Polar Bear Ave., Unalaklett, AK 99684 Phone: 907-624-4311 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): mushing.bssd.org Contact: Bill Bryson Email: Description: The BSSD IditaProject is free, flexible mushing theme coverage for your classroom that gets richer each year! Schools and teachers can choose to view all broadcasts live or by archived video stream, participate in our online curriculum activities for students or view the broadcasts only. Registration Process: n order for your school or classroom to participate, please fill out the Live Broadcast Registration form, and one of our students or staff will be in touch to test your connection and equipment. Programs
	Buffalo Museum of Science 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, New York 14211 Phone: 716-896-5200 x386 DL Room Phone: Fax: 716-895-8739
Website(s): www.sciencebuff.org/distance_learning.php Contact: Robin Mancuso Email: Description: Distance learning is coming to your school! If you have videoconference capabilities, your class can participate in virtual fieldtrips to the Buffalo Museum of Science without even leaving your building. Students will be guided through 60 minutes of experiences and lessons taught by museum staff and facilitators. Informational Activity Packets that incorporate important learning objectives of the New York State Standards are included to prepare students and to enhance the experience. For a more hands-on encounter, Activity Boxes containing reproduction pieces, models, or other equipment relating to the topic are available for an additional fee. Registration Process: Programs
	Buffalo Zoo 300 Parkside Ave, Buffalo, New York 14214 Phone: 716-837-3900 ext. 182 DL Room Phone: Fax: 716-834-1106
Website(s): www.buffalozoo.org/distance_learning.html Contact: Rebecca Balk Email: Description: Distance learning programs offer a unique opportunity for students in Western New York and throughout the country to see live interactive footage of exhibits, animals, and staff at the Buffalo Zoo without leaving their classrooms! Distance Learning Program Information: All programs are interactive, multimedia, and employ the use of live animals and live exhibit footage as needed. All programs are designed to help students fulfill the National and New York State Learning Standards. Pre and post program information and materials are provided (except Q & A) and are included in the program fee. Class size is limited to 25-30 students for maximum interactivity and program quality. The Buffalo Zoo’s distance learning equipment is capable of presenting at a speed of 384 kbps (ISDN) or less. Registration Process: Programs
	Burritt on the Mountain: A Living Museum 3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville, Al 35801 Phone: (256) 536-2882 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.burrittonthemountain.com Contact: Joan Morehead Email: Description: Burritt on the Mountain— A Living Museum has been referred to as a "Jewel on the Mountain." Start with Dr. William Henry Burritt's eclectic mansion, add a historic park with restored 19th century houses including a barnyard and animals. Registration Process: Programs
	California Department of Parks and Recreation , , CA Phone: 916-240-1068 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.ports.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23007 Contact: Heather McCummins Email: Description: California State Parks PORTS program provides teachers and students with online lesson plans and live videoconferences. Registration Process: Register online Programs
	Calvert Marine Museum PO Box 97, Solomons, MD 20688 Phone: 410-326-2042 ext. 41 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/ Contact: Melissa McCormick Email: Description: The Calvert Marine Museum explores how our prehistoric past, natural environments, and maritime heritage come together to tell a unique story of Chesapeake Bay. Registration Process: Programs
	Cambridge Motivate CMS Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 OWA, United Kingdom Phone: 44(0)1 2223 764278 or 44(0)777 189 1776 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): motivate.maths.org/ Contact: Jenny Gage Email: Description: The Motivate Project uses videoconferencing to provide school students of all ages with exciting opportunities in maths and/or science. We start with an interactive videoconference and students then carry out their own work away from the camera (either the same day, or over the following weeks). Schools then present an account of what they have done to all the other videoconference participants (who might be anywhere in the world), and answer questions both from other students and from the presenter. The Motivate Project aims to: enrich the students’ experience broaden their horizons raise their aspirations for their own futures develop their communication skills provide experience of collaborative working Registration Process: Programs
	Camden Children’s Garden 3 Riverside Drive, Camden, New Jersey 08103 Phone: 856-365-8733 DL Room Phone: Fax: 856-365-9750
Website(s): www.camdenchildrensgarden.org/education.html Contact: Cate Rigoulot Email: Description: Distance Learning lessons are provided using video conferencing technology equipment over either ISDN or IP networks to schools with reciprocal equipment. Lessons are available on a variety of topics ranging from butterflies, trees, soil and weather to genetics and tropical rainforests, and are designed for students K – 12. Teacher In-Services also are available. All of our lessons are aligned to the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Benchmarks for Science Literacy. Costs range from $60.00 to $80.00 per lesson. Lessons run between 30 to 45 minutes in duration. Registration Process: Programs
	Canadian Museum of Nature PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON Phone: 613-566-4700 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): nature.ca/education/cls/vc/indexvc_e.cfm Contact: Email: Description: Visit the Canadian Museum of Nature's research labs and collections facilities without leaving your school! Meet and talk to our scientists or explore the treasures in our behind-the-scenes "vaults". Hear about fieldwork and research on a variety of topics such as biodiversity, climate change, marine ecology, invasive species, the DNA of plants, mineralogy, palaeontology, and more. Upon booking, teachers will receive an information package, including a set of curriculum-linked classroom activities that will enable their students to prepare for participation in the videoconference. Registration Process: Programs
	Canadian Space Agency 6767 Route de l’Aeroport, Longueuil, Quebec J3Y 8Y9 Phone: 450-926-4800 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/educators/tele-learning/default.asp Contact: Email: Description: The Canadian Space Agency Distance Learning program brings to your class some of the top scientific minds in Canada to deliver curriculum-relevant learning opportunities from a uniquely Canadian space science perspective. The CSA Distance Learning program offers science-based instructional workshops and activities, using primarily videoconferencing technology to K-12 students. These workshops can be tailored to specific grade levels and are in line with the Pan-Canadian Protocols for Science and Technology. The program aims to increase the scientific literacy of students to inspire them to pursue studies and careers in science and technology, while simultaneously bridging the digital divide between the scientific and education communities. Registration Process: Programs
	Cape May County Park and Zoo 4 Moore Road, DN 801, Cape May CourtHouse, New Jersey 08210 Phone: 609-465-6832 DL Room Phone: Fax: 609-465-5421
Website(s): www.capemaycountygov.net/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=5&TPID=2763 Contact: Barbara Agens Email: Description: Through our distance learning program, we can offer an interactive experience to your class and they don't even have to leave their seats! During this video conference we will introduce you to a few animals from our education collection and explain how they relate to the topic you have chosen. These programs are a great addition to your classroom experience and support New Jersey core curriculum content standards. Registration Process: Programs
	Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-609-6422 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): mimp.materials.cmu.edu/hst/index.html Contact: Robert Wesolowski Email: Description: The Material Science Department of Carnegie Mellon's objective of our high school education program is to create an identity for nano- and biomaterials among 9th-12th grade students. Talk to the Professor is a new activity provides an opportunity for middle and high school classrooms to interact with a professor from the CMU MRSEC. Our overall objective is to expose as many students as possible to Materials Science and career opportunities in this field. "Talk to the Professor" brings the expert talking science into the classroom in a question and answer forum. Registration Process: Programs
	Carnegie Museum of Natural History 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Phone: 412-578-2580 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.carnegiemnh.org/educators Contact: Pat McShea Email: Description: Carnegie Museum of Natural History is proud to offer the Integrated Distance Education Activities (IDEA) program, a groundbreaking Distance Learning initiative that combines our scientific and educational expertise with modern technology to deliver an unrivaled educational experience. Registration Process: Programs
	Carol Popelka 4827 Stanley Court, La Crosse , Wi 54601 Phone: 608-781-4961 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): Contact: Carol Popelka Email: Description: Lifetime educator Carol Popelka has shared the "Whoop It Up" program about Whooping Cranes with hundreds of K-12 students and adults from Texas to Wisconsin. Her passion for environmental stewardship and the lively, out-of-their-seats student activities combine for a rich video learning experience. Registration Process: Programs
	Case Western Reserve University - Center for Science in Mathematics Education Guilford House-Suite 412, 1112 Bellflower Ave, Cleveland, Ohio Phone: 216-368-5075 DL Room Phone: Fax: (216) 368-5465
Website(s): www.cwru.edu/artsci/csm/ Contact: Kathryn Kwiatkowski, Assistant Director, Center for Science & Mathematics Education Email: Description: The Center for Science and Mathematics Education in the College of Arts and Sciences serves its university and K-12 constituencies as a clearinghouse for a wide variety of pre-college programs at Case, as a coordinating body for outstanding programs housed at the university, and as a catalyst for the development of new and innovative partnerships. Registration Process: Programs
	Center for Agricultural Science and Heritage, Inc. 1201 E. 38th Street, Indianapolis , IN 46205 Phone: 317.927.7568 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.centerforag.com/ Contact: Mark Brammer Email: Description: Agriculture touches every living person. The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the products we use, the way of life which developed the values, economy, and culture of our nation find roots in agriculture. The Center for Agricultural Science & Heritage bridges the agricultural community to the consumer public through education and entertainment and to each other by addressing the needs of the industry. The Center's emphasis on the future of agriculture uses the present as a springboard to the future, and honoring the past for the lessons and cultural perspectives it provides. Registration Process: Programs
	Center for Educational Technologies 316 Washington Avenue, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 Phone: 304-243-4416 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www2.cet.edu/weather/t151.html Contact: Jane Neuenschwander Email: Description: The NASA-supported Classroom of the Future program has created STORM-E, a distance learning weather simulation that asks students, “Can you predict the weather?” STORM-E (Students and Teachers Observing and Recording Meteorological Events) is an exciting, culminating event to any weather unit. It not only draws upon students’ content knowledge of weather, it also uses many inquiry and processing skills noted in the national science and mathematics standards. Registration Process: Programs
	Center for Holocaust Studies at Brookdale Community College 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, NJ 07738 Phone: 732-224-2074 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.holocaustbcc.org/ Contact: Dale Daniels Email: Description: The Center houses an extensive library of books, periodicals and media materials on all subjects related to its mission. Its Teacher Resource Center contains a collection of curricula, lesson plans, study guides and the opportunity to work with Center professionals to design individualized programs and in-service training. Its Speakers Bureau has scholars, educators and Holocaust Survivors available for programs. Each year the Center provides thousands of students and teachers with services such as: a student leadership conference, theatrical performances, teacher training programs, a writing and art Contest and a Colloquium. Among its community programs and services are: annual scholarly lectures, film series, book discussions, Armenian Genocide Remembrance program, collaborative programs with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in the training of Law Enforcement Officers, and a court-mandated 12-week education program for Monmouth County Juvenile Bias Crime offenders. The Center's school services, as well as most of its community programs, are provided free of charge. Registration Process: Email ddaniels@brookdalecc.edu to register. Programs
	Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Castle Point on the Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Phone: 201-216-5375 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.ciese.org/currichome.html Contact: Pat Slater Email: Description: CIESE collaborates with K-12 and university educators, researchers, policymakers and educational organizations to develop curriculum materials, conduct professional development programs, and research new methodologies to strengthen STEM education. Registration Process: Programs
	Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Phone: 404-881-5117 DL Room Phone: Fax: 404-873-9907
Website(s): www.puppet.org/edu/distance.shtml Contact: Patty Dees Email: Description: The Center for Puppetry Arts uses the latest technology to offer nationwide distance learning programs via videoconferencing for PreK-12th grade, including teacher workshops and demos. The programs infuse the arts with science, social studies, language arts and other disciplines to create a dynamic, interactive virtual classroom for a unique field trip experience. Programs and downloadable study guides complement national curriculum standards in language arts, social studies, science, math and other areas. Programs are booked on demand. Registration Process: Programs
	CERMUSA 117 Evergreen Dr., Loretto, PA 15940 Phone: 814-472-3389 ext. 2704 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cermusa.francis.edu/prototypes/department_prototypes.asp?PrototypeID=2 Contact: Dana Friedman Email: Description: Saint Francis University's Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA) was founded in 1994 and is based at the university's Loretto, Pennsylvania campus. Principally funded by the United States Department of Defense through the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), CERMUSA tests, evaluates, demonstrates, and assesses "best practices" in providing healthcare services and education utilizing appropriate, available technology. Registration Process: Email : director@cermusa.francis.edu Phone: 1-814-472-3389 - Fax: 1-814-472-3377 Programs
	CESA 7 Interactive Learning Services UWGB IS 1040 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311 Phone: 920-465-5216 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cesa7.k12.wi.us Contact: Theresa Neuser Email: Description: One of the neatest things you can do in your distance learning classroom is to take a Virtual Field Trip! Your students will love being able to travel the world without missing a class, administrators will love that it costs less than renting a bus, and you'll love the fact that "experts" are available on just about everything you can imagine! Registration Process: Programs
	Challenger Learning Center - Brownburg, Indiana 725C S. Green St., Brownsburg, Indiana 46112 Phone: 317-852-1008 ext. 1218 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-858-4102
Website(s): challenger.brownsburg.k12.in.us/html/vcprograms.html Contact: Lorrie Bryant Email: Description: The Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center is an interdisciplinary learning laboratory where students in grades 5-8 experience a simulated space mission. Mission Control is modeled after NASA's Johnson Space Center and the airlock transports students to the Space Station. Integrating science, math, and technology, the Challenger experience encourages curiosity, discovery, and the pursuit of lifelong learning. Registration Process: Programs
	Challenger Learning Center - Paducah, Kentucky 4810 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 42002 Phone: 270-534-3343 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.clcpaducah.org/ Contact: Margaret Anna Potter Email: Description: Conduct an exciting interactive mission without ever leaving the classroom! The Challenger Learning Center at Paducah offers an innovative program for digital learning which links providers within a national network to classrooms around the world. The program, dubbed the e-Mission, provides teachers with an all-inclusive package comprised of teacher professional development, curriculum aligned with state and national standards and a live "mission" via technology. This program was designed around best practice models and principles derived from the latest educational research. Our distance learning programs were developed by a team of authorities comprising subject matter experts, curriculum developers, teachers, evaluators, graphic artists, technicians and programmers. Registration Process: Programs
	Challenger Learning Center, Center for Educational Technologies 316 Washington Ave., Wheeling, WV 26003-6243 Phone: 304-243-8740 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): e-missions.net/ Contact: Barb Crawshaw Email: Description: Advances in technology and connectivity allow our Wheeling CLC to offer new programs that bring Challenger missions into your classroom. These programs - called "e-Missions" -use the Internet or other distance learning technology to create a live link between the students and our flight directors at "Mission Control." Before each e-Mission, students complete studies, hands-on activities, and practice that opens doors into science and math discovery. On mission day, they for teams of "experts," examine real-time data, analyze it, and make their recommendations to Mission Control. Challenger's flight directors guide the students to a successful solution of each crisis situation. Registration Process: Book an e-Mission today by filling out the on-line form or emailing Barb Crawshaw. Programs
	Chicago Historical Society Clark Street at North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614-6071 Phone: 312-642-4600 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.chicagohistory.org/ Contact: Marie Scatena Email: Description: Bring the Chicago Historical Society’s educational programs and resources directly into your classroom via our innovative Marshall and Doris Holleb Distance Learning Center. Connected through the North Suburban Higher Education Consortium, this interactive audio/video classroom delivers a real-time class session originating from the Chicago Historical Society to students at one or more remote sites. Registration Process: Programs
	Children’s Health Education Center 1533 North RiverCenter Dr., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 Phone: 414-365-9355 or 866-228-5670 DL Room Phone: Fax: 414-765-0996
Website(s): www.bluekids.org/educators/el.asp Contact: Lisa Krenke Email: Description: Children’s Health Education Center offers resources and programs for children, parents, teachers and caregivers to help keep kids and teens healthy and safe. Field trip, outreach and distance learning programs combine cutting-edge technology, engaging models and hands-on learning for a dynamic group-based learning experience. The Milwaukee-based center encourages children, directly and through the adults who care for them, to make a lifetime of healthy choices. Registration Process: Programs
	Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms Clive Steps King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AQ, United Kindom Phone: +44 (0)20 7760 0132 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): cwr.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00f00900b008 Contact: Jo Hunt Email: Description: The Learning department of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms offers videoconference sessions about the Second World War for schools. We are able to offer a variety of sessions which involve looking at genuine artefacts, posters and photographs. “A Case for Evacuation” for example gives pupils the opportunity to become a detective and explore the contents of an evacuee’s suitcase. Another popular session is the “Civilian War Readiness Committee June 1939”. Pupils prepare presentations and report back to central government with their suggestions for action to take, in response to the threat of war. Registration Process: Programs
	CILC 251 East Ohio Street, #960, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: 317-231-6587 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cilc.org/ Contact: Tonia Carriger Email: Description: Improve student achievement, teacher expertise and content provider effectiveness through the use of videoconferencing and other collaborative technologies. Drawing from 12 years of experience, the not-for-profit CILC provides consulting services, tools and resources, and access to professional development experts and student programs to help you reach your goals. Registration Process: Register online with CILC. Programs
	Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Phone: 513-639-2974 DL Room Phone: Fax: 513-639-2998
Website(s): www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org Contact: Carrie Atkins-Maras Email: Description: Imagine the Cincinnati Art Museum in your classroom. Video conferencing allows classes to interact with professional staff at the Museum to examine artworks in the Museum°Øs collection and enrich their studies of social studies, language arts, science, math, and the visual arts. Programs are designed for K-12, aligned with National and Ohio academic standards. Teacher in-service workshops for teachers are also available. Registration Process: Programs
	Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203 Phone: 513-763-2315 or 1-800-733-2077 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cincymuseum.org Contact: Email: Description: Through interactive videoconferencing, teachers and students can share the resources of Cincinnati Museum Center and the historic Union Terminal without ever leaving the classroom. Multidisciplinary social studies and science programs are aligned to meet state and national content standards and are designed to fit into any curriculum with pre-session and post-session activities available on-line. All programs are delivered live by Museum educators. Registration Process: Call Cincinnati Museum Center Reservations directly at (513)287-7021, or toll-free at (800)733-2077 x7021. Reservations are firm only when Cincinnati Museum Center receives the full payment or purchase order. Final payment or purchase order is due fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled program date. Reservations placed within fifteen (15) days of the scheduled program date must provide a purchase order number or full payment at the time of placing a reservation. Program fees are non refundable, but in the event of technical difficulties or school closings, programs may be rescheduled at no additional charge. Payment should be mailed to: Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203. Programs
	Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Phone: 216-738-4337 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.clevelandclinic.org Contact: Bob Mobley Email: Description: Live surgery Registration Process: Programs
	Cleveland Institute of Music 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio axp99@case.edu Phone: 216-791-5000 ext. 275 or 276 or 216-707-4516 DL Room Phone: Fax: 216-791-3063
Website(s): www.cim.edu/dl/programs/ Contact: Greg Howe Email: Description: CIM offers many exciting distance learning programs for students of all ages and ability. Featured prominently are a number of activities designed for Pre-K through 12 schools. These programs are informative, fun and highly interactive.CIM distance learning programs inspire students of all ages and disciplines to engage, think and create. CIM distance learning programs are supported in part by The Callahan Foundation, The Kulas Foundation and an Ohio SchoolNet Telecommunity grant. In addition to a full array of programs and courses in music, CIM offers a series of interdisciplinary units that address K-12 proficiency skills in science, math, language arts, and history. Registration Process: Programs
	Cleveland Metroparks Zoo 3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland, Ohio 44109 Phone: 216-661-6500 x 4479 DL Room Phone: Fax: 216-661-3391 Attn: Cathy Ryan-Smith
Website(s): www.clemetzoo.com/education/dstlrn/distlearn.asp Contact: Cathy Ryan-Smith Email: Description: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo brings education to life in their zoo adventures. Join zoo educators in programs where “biofacts and/or live animals provide an up close experience” that will be both “enjoyable and educational.” Special programs from the trumpeter swan to the wild world are long remembered after the videoconference. Registration Process: Programs
	Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Dr., Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 216-231-4600 x3202 DL Room Phone: Fax: 216-231-9960
Website(s): www.cmnh.org Contact: Lee Gambol Email: Description: Infuse your classroom with a virtual learning adventure with our highly interactive science and health programs! Combining the educational forces of the Natural History Museum's world-renowned collections and the former HealthSpace Cleveland's popular health programs, these sessions are sure to keep your students focused and having fun. Our Mission Statement: To inspire, through science and education, a passion for nature, the protection of natural diversity, the fostering of health, and leadership to a sustainable future. Registration Process: Programs are scheduled on demand based on availability. Please call 216-231-8002 or e-mail poverhol@cmnh.org at least two weeks in advance to schedule a program. Please include the following information: • Date(s) & time(s) requested (all times in Eastern Time, please) • Name of program • Grade & number of students • Teacher’s name & phone number • School address (for sending kits) • Technical contact name & phone number • Connection information (IP or DID number) • Test connection date & time • Billing information • Additional information to help us understand any special needs for you or your students. $120 per program Bundle up and save! $10 off per program when 5 or more programs are scheduled. Programs
	Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University 4600 Sunset Avenue, Inidianapolis, Indiana 46208 Phone: 317-940-8052 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-940-9271
Website(s): www.cloweshall.org/education/dl.lasso Contact: Donna Rund Email: Description: Made possible by the “magic” of fiber optics, Distance Learning utilizes teleconferencing technology to connect students in the classroom to artists and educators at Clowes Memorial Hall. The mission of the CMH Distance Learning Program is to help educators meet state academic standards and curriculum goals through interactive sessions that link the arts with other core subject areas. The content of sessions varies yearly to offer students new and innovative programming that correlates with current Clowes Hall performances. Registration Process: Programs
	Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum Wasco County Historical Museum, 5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles, Oregon 97058 Phone: 541-296-8600 x209 DL Room Phone: Fax: 541-298-8660
Website(s): www.gorgediscovery.org/educationTourGroupsElectronicFieldTrip.html Contact: Steve Thompson Email: Description: We are pleased to be able to offer two-way interactive video conference opportunities for education with the Polycom 7400, document camera and dual monitors. Our purpose is to enhance learning by connecting students with experts and information available at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum. Teachers and their students will be able to collaborate with museum staff and other classrooms throughout the Northwest as they explore lesson topic Registration Process: Programs
	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium PO Box 400, Powell, Ohio distance.learning@columbuszoo.org Phone: 614-724-3609 DL Room Phone: 614-724-3656 Fax:
Website(s): www.columbuszoo.org/the_zoo_to_you/distance_learning/default.aspx Contact: Laura Frasher Email: Description: Visit the Zoo without ever leaving your classroom! The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium broadcasts videoconferencing programs directly from the zoo, and incorporates a variety of hands-on activities into every class. Each teacher will receive a teacher packet upon scheduling a program. This packet will contain information and materials for each session. Registration Process: We conduct our programs Monday through Thursday from August through June. We register on an on-demand basis. Please email distance.learning@columbuszoo.org or call 614-724-3609 to schedule. It is helpful for you to have a date and time preference when you contact us. We will begin scheduling on August 1st for the 2011-12 school year. Programs
	Connect2Texas 3001 North Freeway, Fort Worth , TX 76106 Phone: 817-740-3625 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.connect2texas.net/ Contact: Laurie Hogle Email: Description: Connect2Texas provides a searchable database of interactive videoconferencing providers in the State of Texas. It is also intended to be used by schools and other entities to register for programs from one of our providers. Current providers include Amon Carter Museum, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth Museum of Science, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, River Legacy Science Center and Educational Service Center Region XI. Registration Process: Programs
	Conner Prairie Museum 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers, Indiana 46038 Phone: 317-776-6000 x 261 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-776-6014
Website(s): www.connerprairie.org Contact: Cassie Mallory Email: Description: Conner Prairie is committed to offering nationally recognized historic programming to schools and other institutions in Indiana and around the nation. As a result, we offer two-way video Distance Learning so we can bring programs to you. Curriculum-based programs are offered on a regularly scheduled basis (see program descriptions and dates below). In addition, most advertised programs can be scheduled on other dates for a higher fee. Please contact us four weeks prior to discuss dates and times. If you are looking for a special or unique program to fit into your curriculum, please let us know so we can develop a program based on your needs. Conner Prairie can offer programs focused on history, sciences, humanities, language arts, fine arts and more! Pre-program materials will be sent prior to the event. Videotaping is allowed for educational purposes for 30 days after the program unless otherwise noted. Registration Process: Programs
	Cook Children’s Medical Center 801 7th Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76104 Phone: 682-885-4172 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cookchildrens.org/education/professionaleducation/Pages/DistanceLearning.aspx Contact: Barry Boardman Email: Description: We are committed to providing up-to-date health care information via video conferencing to schools and organizations in our communities, in north Texas, and across the country. Registration Process: To schedule a program, contact Region XI Education Service Center www.Connect2Texas.net Programs
	Cooperating School Districts New Links to New Learning 1460 Craig Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63146 Phone: 314-692-1274 DL Room Phone: Fax: 314-872-9128
Website(s): www2.csd.org Contact: Rebecca Morrison Email: Description: In today's isolated school environment, educators need to push the boundaries of time and space to provide students with a rich blend of learning experiences. Cooperating School Districts' (CSD) New Links to New Learning program uses two-way video conferencing technology to create live, interactive educational opportunities that are flexible, user-friendly and motivational. Registration Process: Programs
	COSI Columbus 333 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: 614-228-2674 DL Room Phone: 614-205-1955 Fax:
Website(s): www.cosi.org/educators/education-programs/electronic-education/ Contact: Gail Wheatley, Director of Electronic Education, or Barbara Gary, Videoconferencing Coordinator Email: Description: COSI Columbus is among the country's most highly respected science centers. For over 40 years, COSI has empowered more than 15 million visitors by helping each to find their true learning potential. COSI distinguishes itself by creating programs and experiences that make science learning fun through hands-on discovery. Connect to COSI Columbus to Explore Science and Discover Fun! Our videoconferences are designed to be learner-led and involve the whole class. All programs involving hands-on activities come with a kit of materials that has everything you need, including a teacher's guide that classroom teachers helped develop. Join us for live surgery, simple machines, weather, autopsy, or experts! Registration Process: Programs
	Cranbrook Institute of Science 39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303-0801 Phone: 248-645-3769 DL Room Phone: Fax: 248-645-3050
Website(s): science.cranbrook.edu/for-teachers/distance-learning/science-screen Contact: Cameron Wood Email: Description: Experience unique science programs presented by expert staff at the Institute brought to your students via videoconferencing. Interactive programs address national standards and align with Michigan Curriculum Frameworks. Programs include a teacher's guide, session outline, references, resources and activity kits. You must have videoconferencing equipment in your school or ISD to participate in virtual classroom and teacher workshops. Registration Process: Programs
	Delaware Bay Schooner Project 2800 High Street Bivalve, Port Norris, New Jersey 08349 Phone: 856-785-2060 x152 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.ajmeerwald.org/ Contact: Kristoffer Whitney Email: Description: The Delaware Bay Schooner Project is a not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to increasing awareness, appreciation and stewardship of and for the natural, cultural, and historic resources of the Delaware Estuary and New Jersey’s coastal waters. DBSP carries out its mission through operation of the A.J. MEERWALD, a 115-foot authentically restored Delaware Bay oyster schooner that is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places. On April 21, 1988, Governor Christine Todd Whitman signed a bill designating the MEERWALD as New Jersey’s Official Tall Ship. Registration Process: Programs
	Discovery Center of Springfield (The) 438 E. St. Louis St, Springfield, Missouri 65806 Phone: 417-862-9910 x726 DL Room Phone: 417-862-9910 x720 Fax: 417-862-6898
Website(s): www.discoverycenter.org/Programs/DistanceLearning.htm Contact: Hayley Budd Email: Description: Video conferencing can take your class around the world in a day. Learn how you can bring science to your classroom by visiting top educational facilities worldwide. Registration Process: Programs
	Distance Learning Solutions LLC 6 Pear Tree Lane , Lafayette Hill , PA 19444 Phone: (610) 572-4050 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.dlsworld.net Contact: Yitzchak Schwartz Email: Description: We bring content from Israel for K-12 students from our studios in Jerusalem and from remote locations throughout Israel. Our primary focus is upon archaeology, history and culture. In addition, we provide consulting services to empower schools to become independent interactive videoconferencing providers for their students. Registration Process: Programs
	Downtown Aquarium Houston 410 Bagby St, Houston, Tx 77002 Phone: 713) 315-5106 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.aquariumrestaurants.com Contact: Patricia Shoemaker Email: Description: No busses, not enough chaperones? No problem, we'll come to you! The Downtown Aquarium will provide lessons covering ocean, aquatic and other wild topics in your classroom via videoconferencing. We provide the standards aligned programs and the animal experts, you provide the students. Note: Some classroom programs involve live animals so anything…including lots of fun…can happen. Registration Process: Programs
	Dr. James H. Porter Center for Science and Mathematics 8140 Auburn Road, Painesville, OH 44077 Phone: 440-352-8850 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): porterscience.lcesc.k12.oh.us/PorterAbout.htm Contact: Cookie Cardina Email: Description: Our Distance Learning (DL) program has been growing by leaps and bounds. During the 2004-2005 school year, we unveiled our new Distance Learning Studio (thanks to a generous NEO-LINC SchoolNet grant)! With the addition of this new lab, we now have three classrooms here at the Porter Center! Registration Process: To schedule distance learning sessions, please e-mail Yvonne Delgado at lc_delgado@lgca.org. Programs
	Durham Museum , Omaha, NE 68108 Phone: 402-444-5027 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.durhammuseum.org Contact: Mike Irwin Email: Description: Beautiful architecture blends with memories of a time gone by at The Durham Museum. Making its home in one of Omaha's most unique treasures, Union Station, The Durham Museum offers a fascinating look at the history of the region and offers a broad-range of traveling exhibits covering subjects ranging from history and culture, to science, industry and more. Registration Process: Programs
	Earlyworks Museum 404 Madison Street, Huntsville, Alabama 35801 Phone: 256-564-8126 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.earlyworks.com/ Contact: Debbie Beupre Email: Description: The EarlyWorks Museum Complex is comprised of three separate but complementary museums located in Huntsville Alabama. Lessons and programming provided are correlated with national history and social studies standards and incorporate living history, hands on experiences, and discovery learning. Registration Process: Programs
	East Central Ohio Educational Service Center 834 East High Avenue, New Philadelphia, Oh 44663 Phone: 330-308-9939 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.ecoesc.org Contact: Michele Carlisle Email: Description: The ECOESC provides high-quality, standards-aligned, engaging and interactive video conferencing for K-12 classrooms. We also provide pre-and post conference activities that supplement our programs! Registration Process: Programs
	East Liverpool City Hospital 425 W. Fifth Street, East Liverpool, Ohio 43920 Phone: 330-386-2670 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.elch.org Contact: Karen Tice Email: Description: East Liverpool City Hospital provides “Well Kids” distance learning lessons currently designed for third grade but can be adjusted to other elementary grades. Registration Process: Programs
	Education Service Center Region XI 3001 North Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas 76106 Phone: 817-740-3607 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.esc11.net/823932115441/site/default.asp Contact: Gerri Maglia Email: Description: Education Service Center Region XI is located in Fort Worth, Texas…sometimes referred to as "Where the West Begins." The Education Service Center Region XI (ESC Region XI) produces and delivers videoconferencing programs using their innovative two-way interactive satellite based systems. Programs are delivered from remote areas including dinosaur excavation sites, nature centers, and wildlife refuges. Join us in our adventures … where the west begins and the learning never ends! Registration Process: Programs
	Education Solutions Global Network 2100 I-70 Drive Southwest, Columbia, MO 65203 Phone: (573) 445-9920 ext. 418 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): esgn.tv Contact: Jeanie Rhoades Email: Description: ESGN, the Education Solutions Global Network, provides a range of video production and video distribution services. Programs offered include professional development, school board training, and unique educational student opportunities. For more information about ESGN, see the ESGN website (www.esgn.tv) or contact ESGN by email (esgn@esgn.tv). Registration Process: Programs
	Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art 500 West Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Phone: 317-636-9378 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-264-1724
Website(s): www.eiteljorg.org Contact: Leon Jett Email: Description: Through permanent and traveling exhibitions, hands-on workshops with real artists and interaction with members of this country's earliest cultures, the Eiteljorg Museum immerses visitors in the indigenous cultures of the American West and Native America - the only museum in the Midwest to offer this combination. Registration Process: Programs
	Elephant Sanctuary PO Box 393, Hodenwald, Tennessee 38462 Phone: 931-796-6500 DL Room Phone: Fax: 931-796-4810
Website(s): www.elephants.com Contact: Carol Buckley, Educational Outreach Director Email: Description: Elephant Sanctuary is a natural habitat refuge located in Hohenwald, Tennessee. Students can take a videoconference trip to the Sanctuary - the only way to visit the Elephant Sanctuary. “Image and voice are transported live, allowing the visitor to view an elephant's daily life without causing any intrusion.” Visit Barbara, Tarra, and Jenny the elephants that “loaded up their trunks and moved to Tennessee! Registration Process: Programs
	Eli Lilly and Company Lilly Corporation Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285 Phone: (317) 276-0384 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-276-9117
Website(s): www.scienceoutreach.lilly.com/pro_overview_enroll.html Contact: Debbie Off Email: Description: Eli Lilly and Company offers a variety of interactive distance learning experiences for K-12 students and organizations world-wide via the use of videoconferencing. Take advantage of these unique programs and learn from experts in the field of science or provide students the opportunity to explore various careers by participating in our interactive career panel discussions. Sites outside of Indiana wanting to connect to an AAVS content provider via IP are required to complete a one-time certification with Sensory Technologies before your site will be scheduled into this event. Bridging is free of charge for IP sites outside of Indiana connecting to this AAVS content provider and you may certify at any time by contacting Sensory Technologies via email at join@sensorytechnologies.com , or by phone at 1-800-488-4336 to request a Site Certification form. Registration Process: Programs
	Expressive Concepts 1806 Oak Grove Dr., New Albany, Indiana 47150 Phone: 812-246-2424 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.keepcustomers.com Contact: Kelly Watkins Email: Description: Specializing in customized, interactive programs for corporations, educators, school administrators, students. Expertise is communication skills. Topics: leadership, listening, public speaking, email etiquette, behavior styles, self-esteem, attitude, motivation. Speaker has traveled to all 50 US states and seven continents. Has written five books and 100+ articles. Company established in 1992. Registration Process: Programs
	Fernbank Science Center , , Phone: 678-874-7142 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): fsc.fernbank.edu Contact: Pam Preston Email: Description: “Investigation Sand” (grade 8) “Earthquake Waves” (grade 8) “Air Track Lab” (HS Physics) Inquiry based Science Workshops Registration Process: Programs
	Folksongs and Foolery Entertainment 8540 Hawthorne Drive, Munster, Indiana 46321 Phone: 219-923-5997 DL Room Phone: Fax: 219-923-6602
Website(s): www.class-act.com/acts/catalog2.asp Contact: Dan LeMonnier Email: Description: Dan LeMonnier has been caught telling stories all his life but began professionally in 1983 when commissioned by Encyclopedia Britannica to develop an educational show for children. From world folktales to local history, fairy tales to literature, and even special holiday and seasonal shows, Dan offers a program to suit every fancy and stimulate every imagination. Singer, storyteller and writer, Dan performs worldwide, delighting audiences of all ages with his renditions of American folklore, literature and tall tales. Dan has performed at the Smithsonian Institute, 53rd Presidential Inaugural and the Shanghai Children's Palace in the People's Republic of China. Registration Process: Programs
	Fort Mifflin on the Delaware Fort Mifflin and Hog Island Roads, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153 Phone: 215-685-4165 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.fortmifflin.us/ Contact: Lee Anderson Email: Description: Fort Mifflin is the oldest fort in continuous operation. From 1774 to 1952 Fort Mifflin was used by the U.S. Army as an artillery platform and finally a weapons depot. In 1777 Fort Mifflin was the site of the largest bombardment that the North American continent has ever witnessed. Registration Process: Programs
	Fort Worth Museum of Science and History 1501 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 Phone: 817-255-9521 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.fwmsh.org/distance-learning Contact: Anne Herndon Email: Description: Dedicated to lifelong learning and anchored by rich collections, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History engages diverse communities through creative, vibrant educational programs and exhibits interpreting science and stories of Texas and the Southwest. The Museum features core exhibit galleries, Noble Planetarium, and the IMAX Omni Theater. Registration Process: Programs
	Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge 9601 Fossil Ridge Road, Forth Worth, Texas 76135 Phone: 817-237-1111 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.fwnaturecenter.org/ Contact: Ken Seleske Email: Description: "To enhance the quality of life by enrolling and educating our community in the preservation and protection of natural areas while standing as an example of these same principles and values in North Central Texas." Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge mission statement is the guiding principle that drives all facets of this 3,600 acre nature center and wildlife refuge. From our educational and recreational program offerings, to the location and routes of trails, to our choice of habitat restoration methods, we strive to introduce everyone to the natural history of the region. Registration Process: Programs
	Frazier International History Museum 829 Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: 502-753-1046 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.fraziermuseum.org Contact: Nancy Shives Email: Description: History comes alive at The Frazier International History Museum in Louisville, Kentucky in our 100,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art museum encompassing three floors. Here you can relive historical events that challenged our ancestors. Here you can meet heroes, generals, and famous leaders of America and the world whose military victories –- and defeats –- changed history. Join us for an unforgettable journey through 1,000 years of history covering two continents! Registration Process: Programs
	Freetown Village Living History Museum , , Phone: 317-631-1870 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.freetown.org Contact: Ophelia Wellington Email: Description: Our program focuses on the Underground Railroad. We offer a teacher’s guide and training materials at no cost. Registration Process: Programs
	George Eastman House 900 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607 Phone: 585-271-3361 x217 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.eastmanhouse.org/education/k-12/distance.php Contact: Roxana Aparicio Wolfe Email: Description: An international museum of photography and film. Distance Learning connects George Eastman House staff and collections with teachers and students in a live, real-time interactive program. Units were developed alongside educators in history, language arts, and visual arts and employ photographs and other visual media, objects, and inquiry-based teaching methods. Connections Before registering for a distance learning program, teachers should discuss their connection plans with the technical coordinator for their school, district or region to confirm whether the school’s videoconference room or equipment will be available at the selected time and that the connection is technically possible. You must have an ISDN-based videoconferencing system (or bridge) to participate. Registration Process: Programs
	Gerald R. Ford Museum 303 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 Phone: 616-254-0374 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/museum/educationhomepage.asp Contact: Kristin Mooney Email: Description: The Ford Museum opened to the public in September 1981. It is part of the Presidential libraries system of the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal agency. Unlike other Presidential libraries, the museum component is geographically separate from the library/archives. The Ford Museum is in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the Library is in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Despite the separation, the library and museum are a single institution sharing one director. Registration Process: Programs
	Global Education Motivators Chestnut Hill College, 9601 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118 Phone: 215-248-1150 DL Room Phone: Fax: 215-248-7056
Website(s): www.gem-ngo.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=27 Contact: Sabrina Cusimano Email: Description: Throughout most of GEM's history there has been the use of modern communication technology to help students get a better understanding of their interdependent world. Recent advances in videoconferencing have taken GEM programming to a new level. GEM provides both IP and ISDN videoconferencing applications. Though GEM offers packaged videoconferencing programs, most of the programming done in schools is customized through brainstorming with teachers to fit the individual classroom situation. Registration Process: Programs
	Global Leap PO Box 446, Pinner Middlesex, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)20 8866 6036 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.global-leap.com/ Contact: Mike Griffith Email: Description: Former Deputy Head teacher, Mike Griffith, works with teachers to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom through videoconferencing. By providing CPD to teachers, Mike facilitates the integration of videoconferencing into the curriculum. In addition, Mike develops and delivers VC activities, and also supports providers from Museums, Galleries and Archives, and independent presenters, making high quality interactive experiences available to classrooms worldwide. Mike works towards developing and supporting sustainable international partnerships through his website, www.global-leap.com, which enables subscribing teachers to work collaboratively. The Global-Leap/ Videoconferencing in the Classroom project was initially funded by the DfES in the UK. Mike is an independent education consultant. Contact mikeg@global-leap.com or telephone +44 (0) 208 866 6036 Registration Process: Please email mikeg@global-leap.com with your requests, and proposed timing of VC sessions. Programs
	Global Nomads Group 381 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10013 Phone: 212-529-0377 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.gng.org/home.html Contact: Tonya Muro Phillips Email: Description: Founded in 1998, the Global Nomads Group (GNG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to heightening children's understanding and appreciation for the world and its people. Using interactive technologies such as videoconferencing, GNG brings young people together face-to-face to meet across cultural and national boundaries to discuss their differences & similarities, and the world issues that affect them. Global Nomads Group programs aim to: Increase young people's knowledge of the world and its people. Increase collaboration and dialogue between students of different cultures and nationalities. Highlight critical world issues ranging from HIV/AIDS to global warming, to war. Provide an educational framework in which students can become the active leaders in their own education. To date, GNG participants have explored amazing places thousands of miles away, such as the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, or the Mayan ruins of Copan in Honduras, while meeting and speaking directly with the young people living in those locations. Our programs have delved into highly complex issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 9/11, or the war with Iraq, and encouraged youth, tomorrow's leaders, to begin seeing themselves as citizens of the world. Registration Process: Programs
	Grace Museum , , Phone: 877-880-0022 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.thegracemuseum.org/teachers/teachers_distance.html Contact: Becky Brownfield at IDSolutions Email: Description: The exhibition Dinosaurs of Texas allows your class to take a virtual tirp through geologic time with videoconferencing to learn about prehistoric animals of Texas by looking at authentic and cast fossils. Your distance learning journey follows the different periods of geologic time, beginning in the Permian Period--before dinosaurs. Then your students will explore the three periods of dinosaurs--the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods. Finally, your class will arrive back in the present for a brief lesson in paleontology and to view the preparation laboratory of the Bonehead Paleontology Club. Registration Process: Programs
	Grand Canyon National Park P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023 Phone: 928-638-7691 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nps.gov/grca/forteachers/distancelearningopportunities.htm Contact: Jay Johnstone Email: Description: Do you live thousands of miles away from Grand Canyon and wish you could bring your class to Grand Canyon? Why don't you bring Grand Canyon to your classroom? The Environmental Education Branch has the capability to conduct interactive classroom visits from our video conference center. If you have video conferencing capabilities please contact us. We are in the process of acquiring a remote video conference station that will allow us to conduct video conferences from the heights of the rim or the depths of the inner gorge. Look to this site in the future for more details and developments. Registration Process: Programs
	Great Barrier Reef HQ , , Australia Phone: 61 7 4750 0800 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.reefed.edu.au/home/reefhq/reef_videoconferencing Contact: Fred Nucifora Email: Description: Wherever you are in the world, experience the Reef with Reef Videoconferencing. During this underwater fact-finding mission, your classroom will be transported to the Coral Reef and Predator exhibits at Reef HQ in Townsville, Australia. State-of-the-art technology unlocks unique teaching and learning experiences, including information delivered live by a scuba diver. Reef Videoconferences are supported by comprehensive teaching materials, and educate students about a range of marine issues. Videoconferencing is a tool that allows users to see and hear the person they are communicating with. It is exciting, stimulating, easy to use and a great way to involve students in learning about the Great Barrier Reef. Reef Videoconferences are very different from other multimedia resources, such as video recordings or television presentations, because they are interactive. Reef Videconferences can be facilitated nationally and internationally. Registration Process: Programs
	Greenbush Interactive Distance Learning Network: Abernathy Science Center 947 West 47 Highway, Girard, Kansas 66743 Phone: 620-724-6281 DL Room Phone: Fax: 620-724-6938
Website(s): www.greenbush.org/index.php/idl.html Contact: Carol Woolbright Email: Description: Since 1989, the Greenbush Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) Network has endeavored to provide exceptional learning opportunities and enhanced curricula for schools, students, staff, and communities throughout Kansas. Our mission is to provide equal educational opportunities to the thousands of students who have participated and continue to participate in network programs. The network is provided via a fiber optic backbone using three interactive digital technologies: motion JPEG, MPEG 2, or IP or Internet Protocol video. The classes are completely interactive with video and audio. Up to four sites may be connected simultaneously for any class. Registration Process: Programs
	Griot Drum, Inc. 1138 Villa Ave., ndianapolis, Indiana 46203 Phone: 317-465-0958 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-264-8745
Website(s): www.storytellersdrum.com/ Contact: Khabir Shareef Email: Description: Griot Drum, Inc.(GDI) is a performing arts and education entity. GDI is dedicated to educating in an engaging and interactive manner. GDI uses the oral tradition as the primary medium often accompanied by music & singing; Theatre, first-person interpretation & storytelling are main ingredients of a GDI interactive presentation. Registration Process: Programs
	Hank Fincken: A National Theatre Company of One 6303 Evanston Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana 46220 Phone: 317-255-3566 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-255-3566
Website(s): www.hankfincken.com Contact: Hank Fincken Email: Description: A spell-binding wordsmith, Hank Fincken has the distinction of being named Master Artist by the Indiana Arts Commission and given the Achievement and Service Award by the Indiana Theatre Association. Mr. Fincken has written and produced 12 original plays, published 25 stories, and tours the country with 5 original one-man plays. Mr. Fincken's programs are available in Spanish. Registration Process: Programs
	Heart Mind Productions 11644 Maple Road, Plymouth, Indiana 46563 Phone: 574-936-3896 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.heartmindproductions.com/start_page.htm Contact: George Schricker Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	HEC-TV 3655 Olive St, St. Louis, MO 63124 Phone: 314-531-4455 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.hectv.org Contact: Helen Headrick Email: Description: HEC-TV is a leading producer of education, arts, and cultural television programming in the Midwest. Our Interactive Field Trips broadcasts live into classrooms via videoconferencing, on the web and on the HEC-TV cable television channel, connecting educational and arts groups with students in their classrooms. Registration Process: To enroll as a videoconference school (interactive or view only), contact HEC-TV Live! at live@hectv.org or call 314-531-4455. Once enrolled, teachers will receive the program's preparatory and evaluation materials. Programs
	Helmshore Textile Museum Helmshore Mills Textile Museum Holcombe Road, Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4NP, United Kingdom Phone: (+44) 01706 226459 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/museums/helmshore/index.asp Contact: Gill Brailey Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	Historic Cold Spring Village 720 Route 9, Cape May, New Jersey 08204 Phone: 609-898-2300 x17 DL Room Phone: Fax: 609-884-5926
Website(s): www.hcsv.org Contact: Jim Stephens Email: Description: Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit educational institution established primarily as an outdoor living history museum. Its purpose is to function solely and exclusively as an educational, historical and literary foundation. This is carried out by supporting, conducting and sponsoring literary and artistic endeavors through displays, publications, live performances, films, traveling and loan exhibits representative of the 19th century. Registration Process: Programs
	Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana 340 West Michigan St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-3204 Phone: 317-639-4534 x 106 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-639-6734
Website(s): www.historiclandmarks.org Contact: Suzanne Stanis Email: Description: Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana is the largest statewide non-profit preservation organization in the United States. With 10 offices, two house museums, and over 30 staff located throughout Indiana we provide educational programming related to our architectural heritage, work to save endangered historic buildings, and provide technical assistance on restoration projects. Registration Process: Programs
	Historically Speaking... PO Box 488, Cameron Mills, New York 14820 Phone: 607-695-2656 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.speakinghistorically.com/ Contact: Paul and Bonnie Stillman Email: Description: Currently, we offer 10 different characterizations, in several forms: live performance, video conference, and workshop formats, or a combination. All programs adhere to the New York State Curriculum Standards and can be modified to suit other state curriculum. Registration Process: Programs
	HM Tower of London and Royal Armouries , London EC3N 4AB, United Kingdom Phone: DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=136 Contact: Email: Description: The Tower of London Education Service offers a wide range of opportunities for students to learn about history, science, art, design, music and more. The service is delivered through a partnership between Historic Royal Palaces and the Royal Armouries. The Tower of London is a World Heritage Site which embodies a thousand years of history and is an inspiration for the future. We look forward to welcoming you and your students to the Tower. There is a core team of full-time education professionals who lead many of our education sessions. Other sessions and workshops are led by costumed interpreters, specialist presenters and professional artists. Please see individual session descriptions for details. Registration Process: Programs
	Homestead National Monument of America 8523 W. State Highway 4, BEatrice , NE 68310 Phone: 402-223-3514 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nps.gov/home/ Contact: Tina Miller Email: Description: The National Park Service promotes excellence in educational experiences at all NPS sites. A Distance Learning connection with Homestead National Monument of America provides a quality enrichment activity. Programs support state and national curriculum standards. Registration Process: Programs
	IDSolutions 14701 Cumberland Rd., Suite 400, Noblesville, Indiana 46060 Phone: 317-770-3523 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-770-3528
Website(s): www.e-idsolutions.com Contact: Linda Lentz Email: Description: Our education staff is enlisting the efforts of a variety of "experts", non-traditional content providing organizations, and K-12 educators and students to create and deliver original programs that will enrich and enhance your curriculum. Author/Illustrator Chats, Career Explorations, Current Event Debates, even a 2002 Women in Sports and Sports Related Careers Extravaganza are just a sample of the types of programs that are or will be available. Many of these events even contain a student project element so that your class can collaborate, share, and learn from peers across the nation. Registration Process: Programs
	Independence National Historical Park , , 7115 Phone: 1-215-597-7115 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nps.gov/inde/forteachers/distancelearningopportunities.htm Contact: Robert A. Leone, Ed.D. Email: Description: Independence National Historical Park, located in downtown (called "Center City"), Philadelphia, is often referred to as the birthplace of our nation. At the park, visitors can see the Liberty Bell, an international symbol of freedom, and Independence Hall, a World Heritage Site where both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were created. In addition, the park interprets events and the lives of the diverse population during the years when Philadelphia was the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800. A section of the park where Benjamin Franklin's home once stood is dedicated to teaching about Franklin's life and accomplishments. Spanning approximately 45 acres, the park has about 20 buildings open to the public. Independence National Historical Park has provided customized video distance learning lessons for a school in the NOECA service area. Registration Process: Programs
	Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street, ndianapolis, Indiana 46202 Phone: 317-234-1595 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-234-0427
Website(s): www.indianahistory.org Contact: Matt McMichael Email: Description: The Indiana Historical Society is Indiana's Storyteller: Connecting People to the Past. Since 1830, the IHS has collected, preserved and shared the history of Indiana. Our home, the Indiana History Center, is a 165,000 square-foot structure that serves as a starting place for history education in Indiana and the world. Registration Process: Programs
	Indiana University Art Museum 1133 E 7th St., Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Phone: 812-855-1045 DL Room Phone: Fax: 812-855-1023
Website(s): www.indiana.edu/~iuam/ Contact: Edward Maxedon Email: Description: Regarded by scholars and museum professionals as one of the premier university art museums in the nation, the Indiana University Art Museum (IUAM), has an encyclopedic collection of over 35,000 works of art, ranging from ancient gold jewelry and African masks to paintings by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso. Developed as an educational resource and housed in an impressive building designed by I.M. Pei and Partners, the collection comprises excellent examples of the major artistic traditions Registration Process: Programs
	Indianapolis Art Center 820 East 67th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46220 Phone: 317-255-2464 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.indplsartcenter.org/ Contact: Gary Clark Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	Indianapolis Museum of Art 4000 Michigan Road, ndianapolis, Indiana 46208 Phone: 317-923-1331 ext. 218 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-931-1978
Website(s): www.ima-art.org/distancelearning.asp?SID=8D4A393B0D2A4DED802196CA04905730 Contact: Wendy Wilkerson Email: Description: The IMA offers interactive video distance learning sessions to schools throughout the United States. Program topics are varied and cover Impressionism, China, Hoosier artists, Japan, contemporary art and much more. Most programs can be adapted to any grade or interest level, including elementary, middle and high school students, educators and community members. Standards and disciplines addressed are listed with individual program descriptions. Registration Process: Programs
	Indianapolis Zoo 1200 W Washington St, Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46222 Phone: 317-630-2042 (office) 1800-556-7612 IHETS DL Room Phone: Fax: 317.630.5114
Website(s): www.indyzoo.com/SitePages/Education/distanceLearning.aspx Contact: Allison Yound Email: Description: Zoos have the power to carry us from the frozen fields of Antarctica to the deepest jungles of South America. With a Distance Learning program, your class can reach across the miles for an amazing learning experience. The Indianapolis Zoological Society (IZS) invites you to connect with that power right in your own classroom. An Interactive Experience Beyond the Exhibits As one of the first zoos in the country to offer two-way interactive video adventures, the Indianapolis Zoo connects with students across Indiana, throughout the United States, and around the world. Students learn about the Earth, the environment, and the wonderful range of creatures that share it during each of these video adventures. We expand their classroom walls beyond their community. Registration Process: Programs
	Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center 324 Goodbody Hall 1011 East Third Street , Bloomington , IN 47405 Phone: (812) 856-5263 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.iub.edu/~iaunrc Contact: Michael Hancock Email: Description: The Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center is a Title VI National Resource Center dedicated to raising awareness about its target area: namely the Turkic, Iranian, Mongolian, Uralic, and Tibetan cultural spheres. Some countries included are Turkey, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. Registration Process: Programs
	Institute of Texan Cultures 801 East Durango Blvd, San Antonio, Tx 78205-3209 Phone: 210-458-2225 or 458-2238 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.connect2texas.net/ Contact: Karen Sanchez Email: Description: Welcome to the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio (ITC) Outreach and Distance Learning programs. The Institute of Texan Cultures, one of the three campuses of The University of Texas at San Antonio, is a museum dedicated to enhancing the understanding of cultural history, science, and technology and their influence upon people. Through exhibits, programs, and publications that encourage acceptance and appreciation of our differences as well as our common humanity, the Institute provides a forum for diversity and the dynamics between cultural history and scientific discovery. Our outreach programs offer Texas and American History, science and a variety of interdisciplinary sessions that supplement formal K-12 curricula and professional development. Each session emphasizes an assortment of National Standards and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) elements, runs 45 - 50 minutes, and highlights key topic concepts. Students and teachers actively participate with traditional artifacts, photos, drawings, models, worldwide folk tales, and multimedia resources. Resource guides with pre/post information and activities are currently available for some programs and are in development for others. Please visit our web site http://www.the-museum.org for additional resources and program updates. Registration Process: Programs
	Intermediate Unit 29 17 Maple Avenue, Marlin, Pennsylvania 17951 Phone: 570-544-9131 x2382 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.iu29.org/EducationalServices/Technology/DistanceLearning/Programs/ Contact: Charles Sacavage Email: Description: "Perspectives on History" Would you like your students to talk to Meriwether Lewis, John Wilkes Booth, or Theodore Roosevelt? Through the educational artistry of Professor Charles Sacavage, these historical figures will come to life for your classroom. Mr. Sacavage has spent a lifetime studying, teaching, and living history, allow your students to experience through his eyes the people and events that changed our world. Field trips are available on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Lincoln Assassination, and Rough Rider Theodore Roosevelt. These stories will feature Mr. Sacavage in historic dress and displaying realistic artifacts. Sessions are intended to allow students the opportunity to ask their own questions and interact with these figures. Mr. Sacavage also offers a field trip dealing with the Holocaust and Tolerance Education. This field trip follows a different format from the other tours he offers. Mr. Sacavage has personally visited many of the horrible death camps in Europe. He has worked with the ADL and participated in numerous seminars on both the Holocaust and Tolerance. Registration Process: Programs
	International Studies in Schools 201 North Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana 47408-4001 Phone: 812-856-1768 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): crlt.indiana.edu/isis/ Contact: Nick Clark Email: Description: International Studies In Schools (ISIS) programming provides a fantastic alternative to the traditional classroom guest speaker. Since 1995, ISIS has been providing innovative video distance-learning programs which connect Indiana University (IU) international students, scholars, and specialists with K-16 schools and community groups in Indiana and other states. ISIS coordinators work directly with the various world resource centers on campus to identify quality presenters and design program content based on curriculum standards under the guidance of the requesting teacher. Programs include, but are not limited to, conversations with returned Peace Corps volunteers, international career days, daily life in (country of your choice), international education week every November, and exploratory language series. Registration Process: Programs
	International Wolf Center 1396 Highway 169, Ely, Minnesota 55731 Phone: 218-365-4695 x31 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.wolf.org/wolves/learn/educator/distancelearning.asp Contact: Tara Johnson Email: Description: The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wild lands and the human role in their future. Distance Learning programs feature dynamic, interactive learning experiences and real-time viewing of our resident ambassador wolves running, playing, napping or tussling in their naturalized northern Minnesota habitat. Registration Process: Programs
	Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum Pier 86 12th Ave. & 46th St., New York, New York 10036 Phone: 212-957-3701 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.intrepidmuseum.org/Education/Distance-Learning-(3rd---8th-Grades).aspx Contact: Gene Carlucci Email: Description: Step aboard the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum, a 900 foot-long aircraft carrier celebrating over 20 years of honoring our country’s heroes. Here your students can embark on scientific investigations and become submersed in history with hands on lessons. Choose to learn by taking part in one of our many exciting Educational Programs or by exploring the exhibits with your class on your own. You decide which type of Intrepid adventure will best enhance your curriculum! Can’t make it to the Intrepid Museum? Video conferencing is an excellent way to bring our museum into your classroom through technology. Our Techno Trips are interactive, allowing students to ask questions and receive immediate feedback from Museum Education Team Members. Within the curricula the students will be able to examine the many historically significant artifacts in the museum. Registration Process: Programs
	Isobel Arvin 1210 W. Wabash Ave., , Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933 Phone: 765-362-6226 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): Contact: Isobel Arvin Email: Description: Isobel Arvin, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, retired in 1994 after 40 years of teaching at the elementary level. Her last 12 years were spent with gifted and talented fourth grade students. Although a native of Montgomery County, IN she has presented Meet Mrs. Graber, An Amish Woman to many schools throughout the state. Isobel has combined her love of quilting and her long standing friendship with the real-life Mrs. Graber into this unique distance learning program for students and community groups. Registration Process: Programs
	IUPUI School of Science 402 North Blackford St., , Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Phone: 317-274-1126 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-274-0628
Website(s): www.science.iupui.edu Contact: Kim S. Nguyen Email: Description: The School of Science at IUPUI offers programs leading to bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science, Geology (including Environmental Geo-Science) Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics and Actuarial Science), Physics, and Psychology. Secondary school teaching programs in math and science are also degree programs provided by the School of Science. The faculty of the School honors teaching and research roles equally. Community engagement activities are strongly encouraged across units of the university. Registration Process: Programs
	J. L. Panagopoulos PO Box 704, Roscoe, Illinois 61073-0704 Phone: 815-624-7783 or 815-978-5774 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.jlpanagopoulos.com/ Contact: Janie Lynn Panagopuolos Email: Description: Award winning author/historian, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos has toured schools throughout the United States sharing her stories of history, research and writing, now, connect with Janie through IP Videoconferencing. Registration Process: Programs
	Jason Foundation-Suicide Prevention Programs 181 East Main Street, Hendersonville, TN 37075 Phone: 615-264-2323 ext. 103 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.jasonfoundation.com/resources/ Contact: Linda Dunlap Email: Description: The Jason Foundation provides specialized training in the area of youth suicide prevention and awareness for educators. This program promotes awareness and prevention through detailed information and discussion. Information pertinent to the teacher-student relationship is explored as well as resources for the teacher to help a depressed or suicidal student. Registration Process: Visit www.cilc.org to register Programs
	Jay Myers-CEO(ISI) Author of 3860 Forest Hill-Irene Road Suite #100, Memphis, Tn 38125 Phone: (901) 866-1474 ext. 201 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.keepswingingbook.com Contact: Jay Myers Email: Description: Jay Myers is the Founder/CEO of Interactive Solutions and author of "Keep Swinging" An Entrepreneurs Story of Overcoming Adversity and Achieving Small Business Success(www.keepswingingbook.com) ISI is a 14 year old Memphis based firm that specializes in the sales and support of audio visual,videoconferencing, distance learning and telemedicine systems. Registration Process: Programs
	John G. Shedd Aquarium 1200 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Phone: 312-939-238 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sheddaquarium.org/ Contact: Adrian Perez Email: Description: Shedd Aquarium is the World's Aquarium. Opened in 1929, it is one of the oldest public aquariums in the world. Shedd has a rich history. Its history spans decades! Registration Process: Programs
	Johnson Space Center , , Phone: 281-244-7325 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/education/index.html Contact: Shelia Bass/David Kiss Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	Judges Lodgings Church Street, Lancaster, United Kingdom Phone: (+44)0152432808 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.lancashire.gov.uk/acs/sites/museums/venues/judges/index.asp?siteid=3775&pageid=12960&e=e Contact: Anthea Dennett Email: Description: Lancaster's oldest town house, dating from the 17th century. Originally home to witch hunter Thomas Covell. Displays a wealth of furniture, porcelain, silver and paintings. Stunning collection of Gillow furniture displayed in period rooms. Impressive recreation of an Edwardian schoolroom. Enchanting childhood collection of dolls, toys and games from the 18th century to the present day. Registration Process: E-mail office@cleo.net.uk with details of the session you require, as well as details of your school, contact details of the person requesting the VC session, your E164 number, the class name and number of pupils wanting to take part in the VC session. Programs
	Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: 502-564-1792 ext. 4454 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): history.ky.gov/sub.php?pageid=89§ionid=9 Contact: Greg Hardison Email: Description: The Kentucky Historical Society recently became a videoconference site, and plans are underway to create history-based distance learning programs for schools and other audiences. Registration Process: Contact Greg Hardison at 502-564-1792, ext. 4454 or email greg.hardison@ky.gov Programs
	Kigluait Educational Adventures PO Box 1027, Talkeetna, Alaska 99676 Phone: 907-733-4410 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.kigluaitadventures.com/ Contact: Richard Hum Email: Description: Kigluait Educational Adventures offers complete standards based programs delivered via onsite, videoconference, and web based methodologies. We provide 3 day, 2 week and customizable curriculums based on your needs. Registration Process: Programs
	Knowledge Career Development Network Box 489, Air Ronge, Canada Phone: 866-966-5232 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.kcdn.ca/ Contact: Brenda LaRocque-Hill Email: Description: The Breaking Barriers programs aim to compliment and enhance students' education, better preparing them for active participation in the modern western Canadian economy. As well it will provide students with the opportunity to interact with inspirational individuals. The series allows for a wide number of motivational guests from community elders to astronauts. Most importantly students will learn more about leading corporations and careers as well as have the opportunity to interact with talented peers. Registration Process: Email Brenda LaRocque-Hill to register. Programs
	LACA 195 Union St. Suite C-2, Newark, Oh 43055 Phone: 330-308-9939 ext. 8251 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.laca.org Contact: Marilyn Roder Email: Description: LACA, the Licking Area Computer Association, is one of 23 Information Technology Centers (ITCs) in the state of Ohio that make up the Ohio Education Computer Network (OECN ). LACA is a non-profit organization, owned and governed by the schools it serves. LACA has been involved with providing high quality video service for 10 years and works closely with trained educators to provide content. Registration Process: Programs
	Lake County Solid Waste Management District 7820 Broadway, Merrillville, Indiana 46410 Phone: 219-769-3820 x 23 DL Room Phone: Fax: 219-769-3890
Website(s): www.lcswmd.com Contact: Rita Mazza Email: Description: The Lake County Solid Waste Management District is an award winning government entity created by statute to develop a plan for the managment of solid waste in Lake County, Indiana. This innovative District has three education sites and two mobile units that bring environmental curriculums directly to the schools using hands on, minds on activities. Registration Process: Programs
	Lancashire Conservation Studios , St. Preston, United Kingdom Phone: 01772 534070 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cleo.net.uk/resources/displayframe.php?src=521/consultants_resources/cleovc/ Contact: Heather Davis Email: Description: Come on a journey through time as we visit Britain in the decades since 1948. Registration Process: Use the online form or e-mail office@cleo.net.uk with details of the session you require, as well as details of your school, contact details of the person requesting the VC session, your E164 number, the class name and number of pupils wanting to take part in the VC session. Programs
	LEARNnco (North Central Ohio ESC) 65 St. Francis Avenue, Tiffin, Ohio 44883 Phone: (419) 332-8214 ext. 36 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.ncoesc.esu.k12.oh.us/distancelearning/index.htm Contact: Andy Campbell or Kathy Mohr Email: Description: These forty-minute sessions were developed using established National Science Standards as a framework for fun interaction! The programs are also correlated to the Ohio academic content standards. They present science concepts using hands on group explorations between the LEARNnco educator and your classroom. These learning modules complement classroom curriculums, and all sessions are personalized with the format adjusted according to the ages and ability levels of the participating sites. Registration Process: Email Andy at acampbell@ncoesc.org to request distance learning programs. Programs are schedule by request to meet the needs of the classroom teachers. Programs
	Lee Richardson Zoo 312 E. Finnup Drive, Garden City, KS 67846 Phone: 620-276-1250 or 620-271-1555-studio DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.garden-city.org/zoo/education/distancelearning.htm Contact: Misty Ayers Email: Description: The Lee Richardson Zoo provides free distance learning programs from our interactive television studio. Students of any age can connect for a one-on-one visit with our education staff and some of our special animal ambassadors. Choose one of our pre-planned program topics, or let us create a program to fit your interests. Programs can be adapted for any grade level. We do not currently charge a program fee; however, schools requesting a program are responsible for any connection costs. Registration Process: Programs
	Liberty Science Center 222 Jersey City Blvd, Jersey City, New Jersey 07305 Phone: 201-253-1382 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.lsc.org/lsc/edprograms/studentprograms Contact: Hassana Harrison Email: Description: Let Liberty Science Center's dynamic instructors become your partners in an exploration of exciting science concepts -- from the convenience of your own facility! Electronic Field Trips (EFTs) are interactive lessons delivered directly to your students at school via videoconferencing. They are broadcast live from our exhibition floors or our new laboratory setting in the Jennifer A. Chalsty Center for Science Learning and Teaching. Our science educators will help your students explore a range of dynamic cross-curricular themes. There are three different types of EFTs (Explore-A-Stories, E-Connections and E-Trails), and each comes with classroom curriculum alinged with the National Science Education Standards, New Jersey Core Curriculum Science Content Standards and New York Learning Standards for Math, Science and Technology. Registration Process: Programs
	Library of Congress 101 Indpendence Ave., SE, Washington, DC, 20540 Phone: 202-707-2562 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/video/index.html Contact: Judy Graves Email: Description: The Library of Congress is the Nation's Library. With over 13 million books plus millions more multimedia non-book resources, it is the largest library in the world. Its web site contains digitized sound recordings, films, photographs, maps, and texts from its national and international collections, plus online search tools and educational resources. Videoconference staff development programs help educators to navigate, search, and use these primary sources. Some content-based programs for students are planned for the future. Registration Process: Programs
	Life Science Education Center at Marian College 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, IN 46206 Phone: 317-524-7700 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.lifescienceed.org/index.asp?p=39 Contact: Email: Description: The Life Science Education Center (LSEC) at Marian College provides life science education to schools, youth groups, churches, and other organizations. The mission of the LSEC is to encourage exploration of the life sciences in order to captivate, motivate, and educate learners. Using interactive and hands-on education techniques, standards-based curriculum, and dynamic instructors, LSEC engages Pre K through grade 12 students in science exploration and learning. Registration Process: http://www.lifescienceed.org/programrequest.asp?p=50 Programs
	Lincoln Park Zoo 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago, Il 60614 Phone: 312-742-7806 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.lpzoo.com Contact: Robin Sinclair Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	London Symphony Orchestra 161 Old Street, London EC1V 9NG, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)20 7490 3939 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): lso.co.uk/lsostlukes/ Contact: Email: Description: LSO St Luke's is an 18th-century Grade 1 listed Hawksmoor church, restored to become the home of the LSO's community and music education programme LSO Discovery. As well as LSO rehearsals it plays host to a diverse selection of concerts and has seen artists and groups perform from across the spectrum: from Elton John, Sting and Bruce Springsteen to the London Sinfonietta, Asian Music Circuit and Aled Jones. See below for more names. Downstairs, in the hub of LSO Discovery, LSO St Luke's is buzzing with activity. There are regular creative sessions in the Jerwood Hall, a constant flow of groups making music in the Clore Rooms, playing Balinese gamelan and using music technology equipment in the Candide Discovery Room. The fully-accesible Centre is a hive of activity with diverse music events for all. Located on London's Old Street, EC1, LSO St Luke's is a stylish and sophisticated venue, available to hire for rehearsals, recordings and chamber music performances as well as a wide variety of corporate and private events. Registration Process: Programs
	Lorain County Distance Learning Consortium 1885 Lake Avenue, Elyria, Ohio 44035 Phone: 440-324-5777 ext. 195 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): lcdlc.org/ Contact: Dave Miller and Paul Hieronymus Email: Description: Lorain County Distance Learning Consortium About our Consortium... The Lorain County Distance Learning Consortium (LCDLC) is an innovative approach to enhance teaching in Northern Ohio using televisions, cameras, and large capacity phone lines. Imagine sitting down in front of your television and having the capability to talk with the person on your screen! Interactive Videoconferencing does just that. Both sides see each other in real time, can communicate simultaneously, and can hear and see one another as if actually there. A total of 11 school districts in the LCDLC are equipped with interactive videoconferencing equipment. Each classroom has two 32” televisions, which displays a near and far side picture. PC based systems allow teachers to utilize and share any pc program during a videoconference. High tech document cameras provide a great means to show 3 dimensional objects, photo negatives, 35 mm, and transparencies in fine detail. Registration Process: Programs
	Lorain County Metro Parks 12886 Diagonal Road, LaGrange, Ohio 44050 Phone: 440-949-5200 or 800-LCM-PARK DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.loraincountymetroparks.com/dlc-classroom.htm Contact: Gary Gerrone Email: Description: French Creek Nature Center offers distance learning programs geared toward grades 2-4 but can be adjusted for specific grade levels. Registration Process: Programs
	Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90036 Phone: 323-932-5877 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.lacma.org/programs/TeachersSchoolsDistanceLearning.aspx Contact: Antoniette M. Guglielmo Email: Description: LACMA offers teachers and students the opportunity to experience and explore the museum's collection of over 100,000 works of art through live, interactive videoconferencing. Classes incorporate images, activities, and inquiry-based teaching methods to engage students in lessons that focus on art and history. Most programs can be adapted for any grade or interest level including elementary, middle and high school students, educators, and community groups. Programs are aligned with the National and California content standards. Registration Process: Programs
	Louisville Science Center 727 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Phone: 800-591-2203 ext. 6143 DL Room Phone: Fax: 502-461-6690
Website(s): www.louisvillescience.com/site/teachers-distance-learning/ Contact: Megean Kincaid Email: Description: The Louisville Science Center offers a variety of hour-long Distance Learning programs via the Kentucky TeleLinking Network (KTLN). They are designed to support National Science Standards in science, mathematics and technology. Teacher preparation materials and supplies for hands-on activities are provided for each interactive link. Students have the opportunity to perform experiments while participating in a live, interactive video conference link. Each program includes an equipment kit of supplies, pre-lab and post lab activities, and suggestions of ways to expand the learning experience. Dates and times of hands-on programs are scheduled by request. Registration Process: Programs
	Lower East Side Tenement Museum 91 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 Phone: (212) 431-0233 ext. 232 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.tenement.org Contact: Sarah Litvin Email: Description: The heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is its landmark tenement building, home to nearly 7,000 immigrants from more than 20 nations between 1863 and 1935. Anchored in a neighborhood that has long been home to thousands of poor and working class people, the Tenement Museum is dedicated to using the history of its site as a tool for addressing issues that are still pressing today, including the role of immigration in American life. Registration Process: Programs
	Manhattan School of Music 120 Claremont Ave., New York, New York 10027 Phone: (917) 493-4488 DL Room Phone: Fax: 212-749-5471
Website(s): www.msmnyc.edu/special/distancelearning/ Contact: Juliana Han Email: Description: In 1996, Manhattan School of Music instituted an innovative distance learning program — the first of its kind at a major conservatory — devoted to exploring the use of videoconference technology for music performance and education. Such uses include private lessons, master classes, informances, educational outreach, composer colloquiums, professional development sessions, and educational exchanges among schools both nationally and internationally. Regular videoconference lessons are available to students enrolled in the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program. The Recording & Distance Learning Department oversees development, production, and adminstration of the School's distance learning program and provides audio and technical support for these events. Registration Process: Programs
	Marine Education Center and Aquarium 30 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411 Phone: 912-598-2335 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.marex.uga.edu/aquarium/DL1.html Contact: Stephanie Edgecombe Email: Description: MECA's programming reflects our focus on ecosystems, coastal flora and fauna, water quality issues, and the physical character of the coastal and marine environments. Programs are presented by our teaching and marine advisory faculty, educators from NOAA's Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, and scientists from the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. Many of our programs are taught from our multimedia enhanced video conferencing studio. We also have the capability to take your class on interactive tank-by-tank tours of our public aquaria, conduct behind the scenes programs, visit our invertebrate "touch tanks," and collect water samples and organisms right from the edge of the Skidaway River. Registration Process: aquavid@uga.edu S Programs
	Mariners’ Museum 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, Virginia 23606 Phone: 757-591-7743 DL Room Phone: Fax: 757-591-7320
Website(s): www.mariner.org/education/distance-learning Contact: Tracey Neikirk Email: Description: The Mariners’ Museum is dedicated to providing engaging school programming designed to enhance and supplement classroom instruction and to meet th National Standards of Learning. If your class can’t travel to The Mariners’ Museum, the Museum can travel to your classroom through two-way interactive video streaming. Registration Process: Programs
	Marty Chan 11759 Groat Road;, Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6; CAN Phone: (780) 975-9292 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.martychan.com Contact: Marty Chan Email: Description: Playwright Marty Chan is best known for his play, Mom, Dad, I’m Living with a White Girl, which had a successful Off Broadway run in 2004. Marty’s book, The Mystery of the Frozen Brains won the 2005 City of Edmonton Book Prize. The sequel, The Mystery of the Graffiti Ghoul, won the 2008 Diamond Willow Award. His third book, The Mystery of the Mad Science Teacher, was nominated for the Golden Eagle Children's Choice Award. In 2009, Marty teamed up with illustrator Lorna Bennett to create True Story, the picture book inspired by his two real-life cats, Buddy and Max. For more information about Marty, please visit martychan.com. Registration Process: Programs
	McDonald Observatory HC 75 Box 1337-VC, Fort Davis, TX 79734 Phone: 432-426-3672 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): mcdonaldobservatory.org/lfmo/ Contact: Marc Wetzel Email: Description: "Live...From McDonald Observatory!" is an interactive science learning experience that takes you and your students on a virtual field trip to the University of Texas McDonald Observatory, in the remote Davis Mountains of West Texas. The TEKS- and TAKS-aligned content of the video conference program includes a virtual tour of McDonald Observatory and a lesson on the sun, including (weather permitting) live views of the sun with special telescopes and unique science demonstrations. Videoconferences are available for grades 3-5, 6-8, or 9-12 (recommended for IPC, Physics, or Astronomy classes). Registration Process: www.connect2texas.net/ Programs
	McMillen Center for Health Education 600 Jim Kelley Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN 46816 Phone: 260-456-4511 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.mcmillencenter.org/ivc Contact: Linda Hathaway Email: Description: The McMillen Center for Health Education mission is to provide vital, effective, preventive health education that promotes physical, emotional, and social well being. "Building Healthy Communities One Life at a Time." Create excitement for your group and encourage them to make healthy lifestyle choices when you participate in one of our programs. When you partner with the McMillen Center, we provide up-to-date, engaging and fun-filled programs that were developed to align with the Indiana Academic Standards for Health Education. Our programs add-to and reinforce your lesson plans. Registration Process: To schedule a session or for more information, please call (260) 456-4511 or email mcmillen@mcmillencenter.org Programs
	McWane Science Center 200 19th Street North, Birmingham , AL 35203 Phone: (205) 714-8414 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.mcwane.org Contact: Kathy Fournier Email: Description: McWane Science Center is a unique, hands-on science center whose mission is to change live through science and wonder. We are a non-profit organization that strives to create programs that parents and teachers value and kids love. McWane Science Center provides teachers and students with the tools needed to make science concepts come to life. Implemented at developmentally appropriate levels, we utilize experiential education to spark not just an interest but a desire to learn about science. Registration Process: Programs
	Megaconference Jr. c/o St. Clair County RESA 499 Range Road PO Box 1500, Marysville, Michigan 48040 Phone: 810-364-8990 x420 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): megaconferencejr.org/ Contact: Sue Rutkofske Email: Description: Megaconference Jr. is a project designed to give students in elementary and secondary schools around the world the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other’s learning in real time, using advanced multi-point video conferencing technology. Presenters will design and conduct videoconference-based presentation and activities focused on both academic and cultural issues. Participants will be able to address questions to presenters and to collaborate with geographically diverse peers in collaborative learning activities, thus building international cultural awareness. The conference addresses local and national curriculum standards in multiple subject areas. It will also help students and teachers develop the capacity to effectively utilize high-speed networks, videoconferencing and other emerging technologies to enhance learning experiences. Registration Process: Programs
	Melbourne Zoo PO Box 74, Parkville, Victoria Australia 3052 Phone: 9285 9355 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.zoo.org.au/Melbourne/Learning_Experiences Contact: Email: Description: Melbourne Zoo is the first zoo in Australia to offer this interactive video conference experience. Under the guidance of our Education Officers, students will be able to see live animals and ask questions about them and be challenged about conservation issues. Zoo Trek offers a truly interactive experience to schools anywhere in Australia and overseas. Contact Melbourne Zoo mz@zoo.org.au or 9285 9355 for further details. Registration Process: Programs
	Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium 3280 South Miami Avenue , Miami, Florida 33129 Phone: 305-646-4267 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.miamisci.org/www/virtualfieldtrips.html Contact: Email: Description: The Virtual Field Trip Expedition offers an opportunity for your class to participate in a close-up, two-way videoconference with science educators at the Miami Museum of Science to explore science in a new and unique way. Your Virtual Field Trip Expedition includes pre- and post-conference teaching materials that support National Science Education Standards and provide a total learning experience for your students. Our current videoconference expedition is "When Animals Talk." Registration Process: Programs
	Michigan State University Museum West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824-1045 Phone: 517-353-3882 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): museum.msu.edu/ProgramsandPartnerships/Educational/VirtualOutreach/ Contact: Judy Smyth Email: Description: The Virtual Outreach Program at the Michigan State University Museum offers exciting virtual field trips for your students. These programs allow teachers to provide fun and meaningful learning experiences without the expense, permission forms, and geographic limitations of ordinary field trips. Using videoconferencing technology, museum experts and objects come to you in the classroom or conference room. Students, teachers, and museum staff can all see and hear each other via the video and voice connections. Everything happens in real time, so it's almost like being there! MSU Museum's field trips are conducted by professionals recognized in their disciplines and experienced in presenting content to students with a range of educational needs. We will contact you prior to your program to discuss any specific interests and prior knowledge your students have. Most programs last 45-60 minutes followed by time for questions. We provide field trips in the science and social studies curriculum areas. Our trips have been designed around the Michigan Curriculum Standards, so they are easy to incorporate into existing lesson plans. Programs may be arranged for any grade level. If you are located in the East Lansing area, we can also act as a host site for your conferences with other institutions. Please explore our options currently available for your students. We welcome your questions and inquiries. Registration Process: Programs
	Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts 1048 Washington Street, Cape May, New Jersey 08204 Phone: 609-884-5404 x 134 or 1-800-275-4278 DL Room Phone: Fax: 609-884-0574
Website(s): www.capemaymac.org/education/index.html Contact: Robert E. Heinly Email: Description: All of MAC's classroom programs are available as interactive distance learning programs. Through video conferencing, we can introduce your students to the Victorian lifestyle, give them a video tour through the Cape May Lighthouse or discuss an on-going exhibit at the Carriage House Gallery. Students can visit with a variety of living history characters or participate in a spirited debate. During the programs, Museum Educators use artifacts, reproductions, photographs and vintage illustrations to bring to life a unique era in American history. Distance Learning programs can be scheduled almost daily in January, February and March. Availability is limited at other times of the year. Evening programs can be arranged. Teacher resource kits with classroom activities are available for most programs. Please call 609-884-5404, extension 134, to request a kit. Registration Process: Programs
	Milwaukee Public Museum 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 Phone: 414-278-6146 DL Room Phone: Fax: 414-278-6108
Website(s): www.mpm.edu/education/distance/ Contact: Gaye-Lynn Clyde Email: Description: The nearly 125 years of research, collections, exhibit and educational resources of the Milwaukee Public Museum are not limited to the physical constructs of the building itself. Through interactive videoconferencing, a resource-laden website and well-trained professional education staff, the Milwaukee Public Museum can come right to your classroom. Explore natural and cultural history in an exciting videoconference format with the Passport Distance Learning Series. Mix live interaction between students and Museum educators with a detailed, content-rich curriculum that can't be found in textbooks. Students can see artifacts and collections unavailable to the public and ask questions during real-time learning sessions. Point-to-Point programs are available on-demand with a minimum of two weeks notice for scheduling. Registration Process: Programs
	Minnetrista Cultural Center and Oakhurst Gardens 1200 North Minnetrista Parkway, Muncie, Indiana 47303 Phone: 765-282-4848 x 128 DL Room Phone: Fax: 765-213-3537
Website(s): www.minnetrista.net/index.html Contact: Melissa Venable Email: Description: Minnetrista is a museum and nature education site. In addition to an extensive collection of artifacts and a restored historic home we encompass 35 acres of gardens and lawns as well as an 8 acre Nature Area. Distance Learning experiences by Minnetrista are led by Indiana State Licensed teachers and Content Area Specialists who understand children. Presentations are designed as a series of sensory rich experiences and activities that channel student interest and energy to on task behavior. Their classroom experience and understanding of the content flow of Indiana State Standards has allowed them to use Minnetrista resources to create experiences for you and your students that are topically embedded with your classroom curriculum. Registration Process: Programs
	Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 21280 SD Hwy. 240, Philip , SD 57567 Phone: (605)-433-5552 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nps.gov/mimi Contact: Chris Wilkinson Email: Description: Here you will find remnants of the Cold War, including an underground launch control center and a missile silo. Minuteman missiles held the power to destroy civilization. Yet the same destructive force acted as a deterrent which kept the peace for three decades. At Minuteman Missile it is possible to revisit the Cold War and learn how nuclear war came to haunt the world. Our programs focus on Modern American History, Cold War History, American Foreign Policy, Military History, The Space Race One correction for the entry A distance learning connection with Minuteman Missile NHS will provide an enhanced teaching activity. Interactive ranger programs right to your classroom! • Activities will support State and National curriculum standards. • Launch Control Facility Delta-01 and Launch Facility Delta-09 offer a unique window into the “top-secret facilities” which protected the United States during the Cold War • Access to the first and so far only Cold War structures protected by the National Park Service as a National Historic Site • Educational activities suited to the needs of each classroom Registration Process: Programs
	Monnig Meteorite Gallery at TCU Texan Christian University Box 298830, Fort Worth, Texas 76129 Phone: 817-257-MARS DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): monnigmuseum.tcu.edu/distance-learning.htm Contact: Teresa Moss Email: Description: Through interactive distance learning, Texas Christian University’s Monnig Meteorite Gallery will provide you and your students with the opportunity to explore the mysteries of meteorites. Meteorites are the oldest materials known – even older than our 4.5 billion year old Earth! The Monnig Meteorite Gallery is a high-tech, state-of-the-art museum that houses one of the nation’s largest collections of meteorites. In fact, as of May 2003, the Monnig meteorite collection was the 13th largest in the world and the 2nd largest among American universities. Meteorites of all types are on display in the gallery, including specimens from the Moon and Mars. The gallery features audio presentations at each exhibit, a mini-theater featuring an educational film on the formation of the solar system, and an interactive computer exhibit where visitors can build their own virtual meteorite and watch it travel through space to Earth’s surface. Through our 50-minute videoconferencing sessions, you can experience a virtual tour of the gallery, learn how to identify meteorites, obtain an introduction to many aspects of meteorite and space science, and interact live with museum educators and TCU professors. All videoconferencing sessions are aligned with national and state science standards. Registration Process: Programs
	Mote Marine Laboratory 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida 34236 Phone: 800-691-6683 x263 DL Room Phone: Fax: 941-388-4381
Website(s): www.seatrek.org Contact: Kasey Gaylord-Opalewski Email: Description: Mote Marine Laboratory, a leader in marine science education is housed in Sarasota, Florida. The distance learning program, which is known as “Sea Treck,” offers a variety of videoconferencing programs. Favorites include “An Introduction to Sharks” and “The Lost Years of the Seal Turtle.” Registration Process: Programs
	Motivate CMS Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom Phone: 44(0)1223 764278 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): motivate.maths.org/ Contact: Jenny Gage Email: Description: The Motivate Project uses videoconferencing to provide school students of all ages with exciting opportunities in maths and/or science. We start with an interactive videoconference and students then carry out their own work away from the camera (either the same day, or over the following weeks). Schools then present an account of what they have done to all the other videoconference participants (who might be anywhere in the world), and answer questions both from other students and from the presenter. The Motivate Project aims to enrich the students’ experience, broaden their horizons, raise their aspirations for their own futures, develop their communication skills, and provide experience of collaborative working. Registration Process: motivate.maths.org/getinvolved/getinvolved.php Programs
	Mount Rushmore National Memorial 13000 Highway 244, Bldg. 31, Suite 1, Keystone, SD 57751 Phone: (605) 574-3184 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm Contact: Marvin Achtenberg; Email: Description: Bring a Park Ranger into your classroom with our interactive video conferences. Choose from a wide variety of topics that allow your students to explore the history of our country and the meaning of our memorial. Lessons include instruction by teaching rangers, visual displays, multimedia demonstrations and student activities. Join a network of classes around the state and around the nation in unique learning opportunities. If you are interested in participating in a video conference, please fill out and submit the application form below. Specific program descriptions will be posted on this website soon. Registration Process: Programs
	Mount Washington Observatory 2779 White Mountain Highway/PO Box 2310, North Conway, NH 03860 Phone: (800) 706-0432 ext 225 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.mountwashington.org Contact: Michelle Cruz Email: Description: Through interactive videoconferencing, your class will go live to the summit of Mount Washington and learn about climate and weather from the people who know it best: the hardy men and women living and working in the Observatory's legendary summit weather station. They'll share their first-hand knowledge and experience in an exciting, interactive format. Registration Process: Programs
	Museum of London 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN, United Kingdom Phone: 0870 444 3850 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/ Contact: Email: Description: The Museum of London’s mission is to inspire a passion for London by: communicating London’s history, archaeology and contemporary cultures to a wider world, reaching all of London’s communities through playing a role in the debate about London, facilitating and contributing to London-wide cultural and educational networks. Registration Process: Programs
	Museum of Modern Art, New York 11 West 53 Street, New York, New York 10019 Phone: 212-333-6574 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): moma.org/education/distance_learning.html Contact: April Kim Email: Description: MoMA’s inquiry-based teaching approach fosters an ideal environment for live, interactive videoconferencing. Looking with MoMA videoconference classes provide multipart programming to teachers and students outside the New York metropolitan area. (Please note that ISDN equipment with at least 128K connection speed or IP is required.) Programs are conducted in English or Spanish. Registration Process: Programs
	Museum of Science and Industry 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60637 Phone: 773-753-6254 DL Room Phone: Fax: 773-684-1591
Website(s): www.msichicago.org/education Contact: Sarah Tschaen Email: Description: The Museum’s mission today is to inspire the inventive genius in everyone. Why inspire? Because inspire means to stimulate a person to creativity, to fill or instill someone with feeling, to animate or put life into something. Inspiration is a catalyst that helps people find the wonder, the creativity, the spark…the genius within themselves. We can only guess how many youngsters decided to become biologists or doctors, geneticists or chemists or rocket scientists, right here. Registration Process: Programs
	Museum Of Tolerance Museum of Tolerance, 9786 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90035 Phone: 310-772-2509 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.museumoftolerance.com/mot/youthedu/index.cfm Contact: Marcie Meier Email: Description: The Museum of Tolerance understands that its educational mission extends beyond its walls. Bridging the Gap is a program that utilizes video conferencing technology to actualize this vision by connecting disciplines, generations, communities, and experiences. It magnifies the resources of the Museum and the impact of its message to audiences everywhere. Registration Process: Programs
	Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center 205 N. 7th Street, Zanesville, Ohio 43701 Phone: 740-452-4518 x 133 DL Room Phone: Fax: 740-455-6702
Website(s): www.mvesc.k12.oh.us/tap/ Contact: Leslie Charles Email: Description: It is the mission of the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center to make Connections to Create services that Contribute to learning (Connect, Create, and Contribute). Registration Process: Online registration is available through our website. Please click on DL Reservation. You may also call or email Leslie Charles for assistance. Programs
	NASA Digital Learning Network Office of Education MS400, Hampton , VA 23681 Phone: (757)-864-5032 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): dln.nasa.gov/ Contact: Caryn Long Email: Description: NASA's Digital Learning Network (DLN) is about connecting with the next generation of Explorers. The DLN assists in the fulfillment of NASA's demanding mission, '"to inspire the next generation of explorers," by sharing the knowledge and expertise of NASA scientists, engineers, and researchers with students in today's classrooms. Through the DLN, learners at all levels have the opportunity to interact directly with NASA experts, often from their workplace, to gain a new appreciation for the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Registration Process: Programs
	Nashville Zoo 3777 Nolensville Road, Nashville, Tennessee 37211 Phone: 615-833-1534 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nashvillezoo.org Contact: Mark Ferguson, Director of Education Email: Description: Go wild and join the zoo in a videoconferencing program. Fables and folk tales accoompanied by live encounters with feathery or fury friends all via videoconferencing give students a great introduction to the animal kingdom. Registration Process: Programs
	National Archives Southwest Region 501 West Felix Street, Building 1, Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405 Phone: 817-831-5917 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.archives.gov/southwest/ Contact: Jenny McMillen Email: Description: The National Archives Southwest Region is a center for historical and genealogical research, we have both an Archival and Microfilm Research Room for researchers. Our historical records date from the 1800s to the late 1900s, and include letters, photographs, maps, architectural drawings, and other documents received from over 100 Federal agencies and courts in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Registration Process: Programs
	National Aviary Alleghany Commons West, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5248 Phone: 412-323-7235 x241 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.aviary.org/educ/outrch.php Contact: Steve Carbol Email: Description: RAVEN distance-learning program offers schools and other organizations anywhere in the world a unique opportunity to study and learn about birds. RAVEN uses video-conferencing technology that allows the participants and the instructor to hear, see and interact with each other from remote locations, via IP or ISDN. Registration Process: Programs
	National Baseball Hall of Fame 25 Main Street, PO Box 590, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607-547-0347 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): education.baseballhalloffame.org/experience/videoconferences.html Contact: Katie Morris Email: Description: Baseball Hall of Fame The next best thing to visiting the Hall of Fame is participating in a videoconference. The EBBETS Field Trip Series (Electronically Bringing Baseball Education To Students) transports the wonders of Cooperstown to your very own classroom. Choose any of our 10 thematic units and participate in a live, interactive lesson with a Museum educator. Learning objectives and artifacts abound in this hour long visit to one of America's premier education destinations...choose any of our 13 thematic units... Registration Process: Email education@baseballhalloffame.org to register. Programs
	National Coal Mining Museum Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, WAKE WF4 4RH Phone: 01924 848806 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.ncm.org.uk/displaypage.asp?id=6 Contact: Tim Boundy Email: Description: The latest development in the Museum’s education programme is videoconferencing. For pupils who are too far away to visit the Museum, or for teachers wishing to consolidate learning following a visit, a videoconference workshop is an exciting and interactive way for pupils to access the Museum’s resources and learn about coal mining. All videoconference sessions are FREE. Registration Process: Register through Ja.Net. http://www.jvcs.ja.net/cgi-bin/vcng/welcome.cgi. Programs
	National Constitution Center 525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Phone: (215) 409-6644 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_edu_TheExchange.aspx Contact: Jason Allen Email: Description: The National Constitution Center is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of, and appreciation for, the Constitution, its history, and its contemporary relevance, through an interactive, interpretive facility within Independence National Historic Park and a program of national outreach. Registration Process: Programs
	National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame 1720 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 Phone: 817-509-8967 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cowgirl.net/ Contact: Cindi Collins Email: Description: The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is the only museum in the world dedicated to honoring women of the American West who have displayed extraordinary courage and pioneer spirit in their trail blazing efforts. Since it was established in 1975, the Museum has become an invaluable educational resource nationally known for its exhibits, research library, rare photography collection, and the honorees in its Hall of Fame. Registration Process: Programs
	National History Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)20 7942 6052 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nhm.ac.uk/education/index.html Contact: Sarah Hone Email: Description: Schools can now meet some of the interesting characters from history that wander our galleries, as part of our pilot videoconferencing scheme. Students will come face to face with actors playing the role of key science figures of the past or representing key scientific ideas. It will be a chance for them to quiz the experts and an exciting, interactive way to learn. Workshops are on limited Wednesday mornings during term time for Key Stages 1 to 3. Key Stage 1 can meet Circadian Sam to help sort out which animals should be asleep and which should be awake, by looking at their features. Key Stage 2 will meet Mary Anning, the pioneering nineteenth-century fossil hunter to find out about her life and the importance of her scientific discoveries. Hans Sloane explains to Key Stage 3 students the reasons he amassed one of the greatest collections of plants, animals, antiquities, coins and many other objects of his time. Registration Process: Programs
	National Maritime Museum Greenwich, London SE10 9NF, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)20 8312 8577 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nmm.ac.uk Contact: Flora Gordon Email: Description: The National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory provide an engaging and inspiring programme of video conferences. Booking a video conference will benefit your school by: giving virtual access to the taught programmes and objects at the Museum and Observatory helping you prepare or follow up a site visit to the Museum or the Observatory – please call to discuss your requirements. meeting your ICT requirements engaging your pupils in a fun and interactive way. Registration Process: Programs
	National Museum of American History , , Phone: 202-633-9159 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): americanhistory.si.edu Contact: Michael Judd Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	National Museum of Natural History 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 20560 Phone: 202-633-8031 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.mnh.si.edu/education Contact: Jim Wehmeyer Email: Description: National Museum of Natural History is one of the 16 museums, galleries and a national zoo that make up the Smithsonian Institute. The National Museum of Natural History houses an innovative hands-on learning facility. Videoconferencing programs are not regularly scheduled but big changes are a foot! The museum plans to coordinate and conduct an assortment of videoconferencing fieldtrips. Registration Process: Programs
	National Museums and Galleries, UK William Brown Street, Linverpool, L3 8EN, United Kingdom Phone: 0151 478 4291 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ Contact: Steve Cross Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , , Phone: 301-713-1208 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.education.noaa.gov Contact: Michelle Crockett Email: Description: Provide an assortment of lesson plans, resource guides, activity guides, and coloring books. Registration Process: Programs
	National Park Service-Northeast Center for Education-Fort Wadsworth 210 New York Avenue, Stasten Island,, New York 10305 Phone: 718-354-4517; 917734-0842 DL Room Phone: Fax: 718-354-4702
Website(s): www.nps.gov/ Contact: Noelle Conrad Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	National Portrait Gallery St. Martin’s Place, London WC2H OHE, United Kingdom Phone: 020 7312 2437 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.npg.org.uk/live/edvideoconf.asp Contact: Email: Description: Our videoconferences are always discussions between your pupils and our gallery educators, not straight presentations. Registration Process: Programs
	National Science Center One 7th Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901 Phone: 800-325-5445 ext.0222 DL Room Phone: Fax: 706-821-0250
Website(s): www.nscdiscovery.org/eo/outreachprograms/distancelearning/livevideo.aspx Contact: Rebecca Ussery Email: Description: The National Science Center’s (NSC's) VTC program is connected to Georgia’s Statewide Academic & Medical System (GSAMS). As one of the world’s largest two-way interactive video and audio networks, GSAMS enables the NSC to provide educational programs statewide, nationally and internationally without the restrictions of time or distance. Programming is provided at no cost to Georgia sites Registration Process: Programs
	National Space Centre Exploration Drive, Leiscester LE4 5NS, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)116 261 0261 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.spacecentre.co.uk/Page.aspx/83/VIDEO_CONFERENCING/ Contact: Chris Email: Description: Welcome to the National Space Centre - a visitor attraction, educational facility and a research establishment dedicated to space. With a vast array of interactive challenges, audio-visual presentations and hundreds of artefacts charting mankind's desire to reach beyond the Earth, the National Space Centre is unlike any other attraction in the UK. Our facilities bring together many strands of the National Curriculum at each of the Key Stages including science, ICT, maths, literacy, history, geography and citizenship. As well as the centre's galleries we offer a wide range of educational programmes and resources including the Challenger Learning Centre, workshops and our acclaimed Space Theatre shows. To supplement your visit we have a range of trails to guide you around the galleries and on-line support materials. And if you cannot come to us we come to you… our Outreach programme includes workshops, loan boxes and the StarDome - an inflatable planetarium. Of course, we wouldn’t expect you to book without taking a look for yourself. Throughout the year we hold regular open evenings and INSET days that are free to teachers. If you can’t make those then give our Bookings Team a ring and arrange to look over the centre in your own time. Could this be the voyage of discovery your class has been waiting for? The only limit to your learning is your imagination… Scouts and Brownies are also invited to join us for spectacular space activities and bespoke days catering for individual badges. Considering a career in space? We have gathered links to some of the top UK companies and universities for you to consider Registration Process: Programs
	Natural History Museum in London Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)20 7942 6052 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nhm.ac.uk/education/index.html Contact: Sarah Hone Email: Description: Schools can now meet some of the interesting characters from history that wander our galleries, as part of our pilot videoconferencing scheme. Students will come face to face with actors playing the role of key science figures of the past or representing key scientific ideas. It will be a chance for them to quiz the experts and an exciting, interactive way to learn. Workshops are on limited Wednesday mornings during term time for Key Stages 1 to 3. Key Stage 1 can meet Circadian Sam to help sort out which animals should be asleep and which should be awake, by looking at their features. Key Stage 2 will meet Mary Anning, the pioneering nineteenth-century fossil hunter to find out about her life and the importance of her scientific discoveries. Hans Sloane explains to Key Stage 3 students the reasons he amassed one of the greatest collections of plants, animals, antiquities, coins and many other objects of his time. Registration Process: You must register with JVCS before booking with the museum. Programs
	Naval Air Station Wildwood 500 Forrestal Cape May Airport, Rio Grande, New Jersey 08242 Phone: 609-886-8787 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.usnasw.org/ Contact: Jim Stephens Email: Description: NASW Foundation is in the process of developing a wide range of educational resources at Hangar #1. NASW was recently selected as a member of the Cape May County Distance Learning Consortium. Distance Learning using compressed video and ISDN technology is now available which enables museum educators to interact with students at alternate sites via interactive video/teleconferencing. Students are now able to take "virtual" field trips to NASW as well as actual ones. In addition to development of our video conferencing program, we are presently installing an aviation library which is incorporated into the Cape May County Library system. Registration Process: Programs
	Nelson Thornes Distant Learning 145 London Road Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom Phone: 01242 267111 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nelsonthornes.com/distancelearning Contact: Paula Willerton Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	Neuhaus Education Center 4433 Bissonnet, Bellaire, Texas 77401-3233 Phone: 713-664-7676 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.neuhaus.org/ Contact: Jennifer Schmidt Email: Description: Live video-conferencing makes professional development available to educators at off-site locations. The instruction is interactive, with participants at the far site able to engage and ask questions as if they were at the center. Neuhaus Education Center has been involved with video-conferencing technology since 1997 and has served districts throughout the state of Texas as well as national locations.The following are available: All workshops Language Enrichment Multisensory Reading and Spelling Registration Process: Programs
	New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences 1 Riverside Drive, Camden, NJ 08103 Phone: 856-365-0352 ext. 7025 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.njaas.org/education/distance_learning.html Contact: Sharon Morrell Email: Description: The New Jersey State Aquarium is now offering exciting electronic field trips via 2 way videoconferencing technology! Our 30 minute programs are aligned with New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and National Science Benchmarks. Schedule the program of your choice and download your free companion curriculum guide, full of materials and activities that will enhance your student's learning experience! Registration Process: Reservations are required at least two weeks in advance. Some programs have limited availability. For more information or to receive your free companion curriculum packet by mail, call (856)365-0352 ext. 7025 or email smorrell@njaas.org. To reserve your program now, go to http://www.njaquarium.org/Forms2/DistanceLearningApp.htm Programs
	New York State Historical Association 5798 State Hwy 80, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607-547-1414 ext. 476 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nysha.org/nysha/for_teachers/distance_learning Contact: Sarah Loveland Email: Description: The New York State Historical Association is committed to engaging and connecting a broad public audience to New York State’s unique cultural heritage through exhibitions, extensive library collections, statewide educational programs, and publications that provoke, delight, and inspire. Utilizing the collections of the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers' Museum and the New York State Historical Associations Research Library, our Distance Learning Programs bring the art, history, and culture of New York State and Early American History to life. Registration Process: Please call 1-888-547-1450 (Ext.410) to book a distance learning program or for more information or email us at schoolprograms@nysha.org Programs
	North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 11 W. Jones St, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Phone: 1-919-733-7450 x621 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.naturalsciences.org/education/online-adventures Contact: MT Palmer Email: Description: Want to visit the Museum without a long bus trip? Ride the N.C. Information Highway (NCIH) instead and experience an interactive Museum “field trip” using two-way full motion audio and video. The hour-long program comes to you, live and direct from the Museum’s Windows on the World studio. Your class will interact with a Museum guide they see and hear on a large TV monitor at your closest NCIH classroom site. Your students will appear on a monitor at the Museum. Students actively participate throughout the program and can see and hear responses from students at other participation sites, getting a taste of the high-tech environment of today’s workplace. They work with instructional materials and natural history specimens from the Museum teaching collection sent to you prior to the session. Registration Process: Programs
	North Carolina State Museum of History 4650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4650 Phone: 919-807-7972 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): ncmuseumofhistory.org/edu/DistLearn.html Contact: Jerry Taylor Email: Description: If you can’t come to the Museum of History, arrange for the museum to come to you! Distance learning programs are offered free of charge each Monday and Tuesday over the North Carolina Information Highway, a statewide system of schools and community buildings linked for two-way interactivity through full-motion video. Registration Process: Programs
	North Central Ohio Educational Service Center 65 St. Francis Avenue, Tiffin, Ohio 44883 Phone: 419-447-2927 DL Room Phone: 419-939-3645 Fax: 419-447-2825
Website(s): www.ncoesc.org/distancelearning/ Contact: Kathy Mohr Email: Description: The North Central Ohio Educational Service Center collaborates with educators and content providers to host standards-based learning experiences for students and educators. Examples of programs include - Chapters web-based and videoconference writing experience for K-12 students - Ohio Math Marvels problem-solving videoconferences between school partnerships - The Great Race and Guess What Town geography projects The NCOESC also hosts the LEARNnco content provider featuring science and math lessons for K-12 students. Registration Process: Programs
	Northern Michigan University 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: 906-227-2912 or 2913 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): av.nmu.edu/k12.htm Contact: Max Graves Email: Description: Northern Michigan University, located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is a comprehensive academic community set in the middle of one million beautiful acres. Drawing upon student, faculty, community, and local public broadcasting resources, our K-12 interactive video programs strive to address specific Michigan curriculum standards while providing engaging content through a fully interactive medium. Some programs may have a fixed schedule, while others try to accommodate classroom needs. We do our best to reduce expenses, with most of our programs available at no cost to schools. NMU provides gateway and videoconferencing facilities to the Marquette/Alger and Dickinson/Iron Area Public Schools as scheduling and availability permits. Using a closed fiber and microwave network, the A.V.S. Department has the ability to connect to the distant learning facilities in the Gwinn, Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, Munising, Superior Central, Westwood, Iron Mountain, and Kingsford High Schools. Registration Process: Programs
	OASIS 6101 N. Keystone Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana 46220 Phone: 317-253-1951 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-253-3069
Website(s): www.oasisnet.org/ Contact: Mary Dorney Email: Description: OASIS is a national not-for-profit organization offering a variety of educational, cultural, and health information programs for adults 55 and over. Classes are held in non-traditional settings enabling adults to enrich their lives by renewing past interestes and learning new skills and talents. OASIS provides over 500 volunteers serving in the community through their Intergenerational Programs including the OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring Program with over 450 tutors working weekly with over 600 students in 9 area school districts; Ameritech/OASIS Internet Mentoring for Middle School Students pairing adults and students via e-mail; Bytes Build Bridgges involving area high school students working as tutors to teach older adults basic computer skills. The distance learning programs are designed to provide life long learning for students of all ages and to strengthen partnerships between schools, businesses, and senior members of the community. Through these unique intergenerational programs, they will promote understanding between generations. Registration Process: Programs
	Ocean of Know Apt 7 US 60 Morrow Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583 Phone: 845-797-0968 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.oceanofk.org/ Contact: Daniel McVeigh Email: Description: Ocean of Know is a not for profit 501(c)3 corporation founded in 1989. It was driven by a vision of how true integration of technology could transform the experience of education for everyone. The cornerstone of Ocean of Know is Young McDonald's Farm (YMF), a tele-robotic aquaponics farm located at the Rutgers University Research Greenhouse in New Jersey also partnered with Teachers College Columbia University. Students can connect with the YMF via videoconferencing link, no matter where they are. YMF is the learning incubator for both teachers and students in our programs. It is the place where they learn to put technology to work for them, to achieve their own goals, satisfy their curiosity, and in the process learn math, science, programming, strengthen their literacy skills---seamlessly. Registration Process: Email dpm36@columbia.edu to register. Programs
	Ohio Historical Society 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211 Phone: 800-850-3245 614-297-2663 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.ohiohistory.org/dl Contact: Janet Leffler, Scheduler Matt Schullek Roger Norfleet Email: Description: The mission of the Ohio Historical Society is to help people connect with the past in order to understand the present and create a better future. As a part of that effort, our award winning distance learning programming provides an interactive, informative, and engaging experience that differs from the typical classroom activity by bringing history to life while reinforcing the importance of past events with real life experiences. Explore a variety of cross-disciplinary programming in our three themed styles. · Interact with first person characters from the past in our Back In Time series. · Get the facts from a professional in our Ask the Expert series. · Test your knowledge of social studies in our So You Know... game show series. Discover for yourself why schools, libraries, community centers, and assisted living facilities across the country and continent connect to the past through a catalog of over 20 programs presented by the Ohio Historical Society. Registration Process: Programs
	Oiada International Inc. 464 Parker Street, Newark, NJ 07104 Phone: (973) 230-0813 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.oiadaintl.org Contact: Eric Kofi E Jones Email: Description: The ANCCs primary goal is to link the US and the residents of Ghana via the ANCC TELEPRESENCE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. This will be the foundation for a nationwide network of students, residents, academicians and professionals concerned with connecting or reconnecting with the African people, ultimately bridging the gap between the US, Ghana and the world. By utilizing the Tele-Presence technology, we will bring people of all nations face to face, thus, eliminating the oceans of water and misconceptions that separate us. Registration Process: Programs
	Old Jail Center 201 S 2nd, Albany TX , TX 76430 Phone: DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.theoldjailartcenter.org/education/educators-resources/distance-learning-classes Contact: Email: Description: Experience the museum virtually! The Old Jail Art Center is pleased to offer classes via distance learning. Students can go on a guided virtual tour of the museum, create art projects with a museum educator, or participate in an Art to Go class tailored to suit the classroom curriculum. The museum provides all of the necessary supplies and materials. All materials will be shipped in advance via FedEx. Some materials may have to be returned after the class. Fees vary per class. Registration Process: Programs
	Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo 3701 S 10th Street, Omaha, NE 68107 Phone: (402) 738-6903 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.omahazoo.com/index.php?p=education&s=educatorscorner&u=learningopportunities&t=longdistancelearning Contact: Education Department Email: Description: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo has four primary objectives: conservation, research, recreation, and education. In promoting these objectives on a local, regional, national, and global scale, the Zoo provides exciting experiences that simultaneously enhance our visitors' real world knowledge of conservation and the natural world. Registration Process: Programs
	Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214 Phone: DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.omsi.edu Contact: Blair Baldwin Email: Description: Founded in 1944 and one of the nation's top ten science museums, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is a world-class tourist attraction and educational resource that puts the "WOW!in science for the kid in each of us.."In addition to enjoying one of the featured exhibits at temporary display at OMSI, you can touch a tornado, uncover a fossil, surf the internet, enter the world of virtual reality, experience an earthquake, or simply experiment on your own in one of our many hands-on labs. OMSI also offers a variety of camps and classes as well as the largest outreach program in the nation. Registration Process: To schedule a program or for more info about OMSI Outreach call 503.797.4649 or 888.674.OMSI, or email outreach@omsi.edu. (Please include your school name, city and phone number.) NEW! You may also register online! Programs
	Paley Center for Media Education Programs (Formerly the Museum of Television and Radio, NY) 25 West 52 Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-621-6664 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.paleycenter.org/education Contact: Paul Sargent Email: Description: The Paley Center's Education Department uses the collection in partnership with schools and other educational institutions to explore important themes and issues that have shaped contemporary history, as well as to develop and refine our audience's critical thinking and viewing skills. While the medium is television or radio, the subject may be advertising, animation, political campaigns, the Cold War, or many others. The Paley Center offers on-site classes in New York and Los Angeles, distance learning classes that originate from each city, and workshops for educators. Registration Process: To schedule a videoconference program for your students or staff, call (212) 621-6664 or e-mail distancelearningny@mtr.org. Programs
	Peninsula Fine Arts Center 101 Museum Drive, Newport News , VA 23606 Phone: 757-596-8175 ext. 205 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.pfac-va.org/ Contact: Jessica Martinkosky Email: Description: ARTreach: Experience Mali - is an exciting distance-learning initiative designed to enhance Standards of Learning-based education. These 50-minute programs on the West African country of Mali include storytelling and dance demonstrations, a visual arts workshop and a presentation by a collector and scholar on Malian art. Registration Process: Programs
	Pennsbury Manor 400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, Pennsylvania 19067 Phone: 215-946-0400 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.pennsburymanor.org/distantlearn.html Contact: Diane Nadler Email: Description: Pennsbury Manor is the 17th century reconstructed home of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. Programs offered are A Tour of Pennsbury Manor and The Voyage of the Submission. Registration Process: Programs
	Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 300 North Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0024 Phone: 717-787-6560 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_programs/1586/distance_learning/466908 Contact: Candee Farrell Email: Description: The PHMC is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PHMC's Trail of History will lead you from one end of the state to the other with stops in twenty-six historic sites and museums; all contributing to the story of Pennsylvania's past. Our eight new distance learning programs are delivered from five of the sites on the trail including: Anthracite Heritage Museum, Eckley Miners' Village, Ephrata Cloister, Somerset Historical Center, and The State Museum of Pennsylvania and cover topics in history, science and language arts. Registration Process: Programs
	Performing Arts Fort Worth/Bass Performance Hall 330 East Fourth Street Suite 300, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Phone: 817-212-4320 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.basshall.com/indexa.html Contact: Clint Dawley Email: Description: Here at Performing Arts Fort Worth, we offer the children of Fort Worth and surrounding communities, in grades 1st through 12th, the opportunity to embrace the joy of live performance in the celebrated Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall. Performing Arts Fort Worth's commitment is based on the belief that a broad range of classical performing arts are critical to education and that we are planting the seeds to cultivate our audiences and artists of tomorrow. Our goal is "every child, every grade, every year" for students from the Fort Worth community to attend programs at Bass Performance Hall. Students outside of Fort Worth are invited to attend via videoconferencing..."the next best thing" to actually being there! Registration Process: Programs
	Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant 6610 Nuclear Road, Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241-9516 Phone: 800-880-8463 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.we-energies.com/ Contact: Lauretta Krcma-Olson Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	Polycom Special Events 4750 Willow Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588 Phone: DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.polycom.com/education Contact: Elaine Shuck Email: Description: The most comprehensive portfolio of integrated, standards-based, end-to-end solutions for all class sizes and networks. As an educator, you are challenged daily to achieve increased educational equity, comply with standards, and improve student performance. There is also the task of managing instructor shortages, while keeping up with a constant stream of professional development, certification programs, and required training courses. With these challenges and others, video conferencing is increasingly a standard part of your educational tool set. But providing the best video conferencing equipment alone is not sufficient. That’s why Polycom works with educators to create the most comprehensive portfolio of integrated, standards-based, end-to-end solutions for all class sizes and networks. Those solutions provide exclusive access to global content, educational applications, public funding, and Polycom training. That’s why more educators entrust Polycom for their video conferencing needs than all of our competitors combined. And why we remain the leader in driving new technology, standards, and programs to improve audio, video, and content sharing. Registration Process: Use the registration link from the program description. Registration coordination varies by program. Programs
	Potter Park Zoological Society 1301 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Lansing, MI 48912 Phone: 517-342-2714 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): potterparkzoo.org Contact: Dennis Laidler Email: Description: Can't get to the zoo? Now the zoo can come to your classroom via the Internet. Now you can experience the wonderful world of wildlife at the zoo without leaving your school! Whether you are down the street or across the country, we can be in your classroom via videoconferencing. These live distance-learning programs are inquiry-based presentations that feature lots of up-close animal viewing, extensive use of biofacts, interactive discussions with presenters, hands-on activities for your students, and pre-and post-visit activity suggestions. The learning is equivalent to onsite experiences! In one of the first studies of its kind, the Potter Park Zoological Society's distance learning program was evaluated in a research study conducted by a MSU graduate student. The results of the study showed that the learning from virtual field trips was statistically the same as learning from onsite visits. Registration Process: Programs
	President Benjamin Harrison Home Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 26th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130 Phone: 215-684-7333 DL Room Phone: Fax: 215-236-4063
Website(s): www.philamuseum.org/education/32-128-195.html Contact: Candace LeClair Email: Description: The distance learning initiative of the Philadelphia Museum of Art uses ISDN-based videoconferencing to enable virtual tours of the Museum's collections. In this pioneering program, real-time interactions with the Museum's expert staff allow students and teachers to explore the fascinating world of art without ever leaving their classrooms. Registration Process: Programs
	President Benjamin Harrison Home 1230 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Phone: 317-631-2717 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.presidentbenjaminharrison.org/ Contact: Dave Pleiss Email: Description: The home of President Benjamin Harrison, our country's 23rd U.S. President (1889-1893) and Indiana's only President, figured prominently in Harrison's campaign for the Presidency and provides insight into his family's life and history. The three-level "historic landmark" is beautifully furnished with many of Harrison's paintings, furniture, and political artifacts. Registration Process: Programs
	PRISM Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics Blanton Hall 1st Floor, Montclair, NJ 07043 Phone: 973-655-7753 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): prism.montclair.edu/prism/video.html Contact: Jacalyn Willis Email: Description: PRISM is a professional development center for K20 teaching of science and mathematics at Montclair State University. Registration Process: TO REGISTER: E-mail your request to prism. Programs
	Pro Football Hall of Fame 2121 George Halas Drive NW, Canton, Ohio 44708 Phone: 330-456-8207 DL Room Phone: Fax: 330-456-9080
Website(s): www.profootballhof.com/hall/DistanceLearning.jsp Contact: Jerry Csaki Email: Description: The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s mission focuses on educating, promoting, preserving, and honoring the great individuals and moments in pro football history. Helping to fulfill this mission are the many educational and youth initiatives offered by the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame, a non-for-profit 501(c)(3) institution, unveiled its unique Educational Outreach Programs in 1984. Since that time, thousands of students and educators have taken advantage of the program that offers a variety of options. The thrust of the program, which is available to any school, is an attempt to integrate the pro football and museum experience with classroom studies while encouraging the use of critical thinking skills. The programs have grown over the past two decades to incorporate many education initiatives such as educational field trips, distance learning, black history programs, art contests, and teacher enrichment days. Each year, thousands of students tour the museum. In an effort to perpetuate the game of professional football, the Hall of Fame brings these gridiron greats to your school. The Hall of Fame is offering distance learning programs to schools nationwide. Each program is educationally based and is supplemented by classroom activities which are aligned with national standards of education. Join in on these programs to learn such things as Language Arts in Football, NFL Geography, Careers in Sports, and African American history. Registration Process: Call staff at 330-456-8207 or email educationalprograms@profootballhof.com Programs
	Queens Bontanical Garden 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, New York 11355 Phone: 718-886-3800 x230 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.queensbotanical.org/schoolprog.html Contact: Betty Scott Email: Description: Queens Botanical Garden, "the place where people, plants and cultures meet" is located in Flushing, New York. The Garden has a wide array of enjoyable educational programming available to classrooms around the country via a videoconference. In the "Bees and Flowers" videoconference program, the instructor will dress up in costume as a beekeeper to deliver the lesson. "Growing Together" and "George Washington Carver" are two other distance learning topics available. Registration Process: Programs
	Queens Borough Public Library 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11432 Phone: 718-990-0887 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.queenslibrary.org/ Contact: Kathy Degyansky Email: Description: Typical library programs: Storytelling, songs, and book talks. Also offer a “Baby Babble” lapsit program for babies and their caregivers which includes bouncing rhymes, finger plays, and tips for sharing books with babies. Registration Process: Programs
	Reef HQ Aquarium 2-68 Flinders Street, Townsville Queensland, Australia Phone: 617 4750 0700 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.reefed.edu.au/home/reefhq/reef_videoconferencing Contact: Fred Nucifora Email: Description: Wherever you are in the world, experience the Reef with Reef Videoconferencing. During this underwater fact-finding mission, your classroom will be transported to the Coral Reef and Predator exhibits at Reef HQ in Townsville, Australia. State-of-the-art technology unlocks unique teaching and learning experiences, including information delivered live by a scuba diver. Reef Videoconferences are supported by comprehensive teaching materials, and educate students about a range of marine issues. Videoconferencing is a tool that allows users to see and hear the person they are communicating with. It is exciting, stimulating, easy to use and a great way to involve students in learning about the Great Barrier Reef. Reef Videoconferences are very different from other multimedia resources, such as video recordings or television presentations, because they are interactive. Reef Videconferences can be facilitated nationally and internationally. Registration Process: Book your session of Reef videoconferencing today by phoning; (07) 4750 0881 or email education@gbrmpa.gov.au. Programs
	River Legacy Science Center 703 NW Green Oaks Boulevard at Cooper Street, Arlington, Texas 76006 Phone: 817-860-6752 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.riverlegacy.org Contact: Rick Ashley Email: Description: Dive into a virtual science investigation without leaving your classroom. Distance Learning Classes from River Legacy Living Science Center provide real-time interactive explorations in Earth Science, Life Science and Environmental Science. All lessons are designed to build your students' knowledge of science practices and processes and are taught by our team of experienced Naturalists. Our lessons correspond with Texas and National Standards. Teachers are provided both pre-conference investigations and post-conference activities to extend the lessons and deepen the learning experience. Branch out and provide your students a Wonder-Full experience. Registration Process: Programs
	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1100 Rock and Roll Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216-515-1202 studio 216-515-1260 DL Room Phone: Fax: 216-515-1932
Website(s): www.rockhall.com/distancelearning/ Contact: John Goehrke Email: Description: Rock & Roll: (noun) African American slang dating back to the early 20th Century. In the early 1950s, the term came to be used to describe a new form of music, steeped in the blues, rhythm & blues, country and gospel. Today, it refers to a wide variety of popular music -- frequently music with an edge and attitude, music with a good beat and -- often -- loud guitars. Registration Process: Programs
	Rosalyn Schanzer 11630 Havenner Road, Fairfax Station , VA 22039 Phone: (571) 748-4923 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.rosalynschanzer.com Contact: Rosalyn Schanzer Email: Description: I am the award winning author and illustrator of nonfiction books about the greatest adventurers, scientists, and movers and shakers in history. My interactive shows introduce grades K-8 to the unknown inventions of Ben Franklin, Charles Darwin's amazing discoveries, the reason Pocahontas was bald, the daring escapades of George Washington and Lewis and Clark, and much more! Registration Process: Programs
	RoundTrips #2 Mark Twain Circle, Clayton, MO 63105 Phone: 314-773-6934 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.roundtrips.org/Technology.html Contact: Tim Gore Email: Description: RoundTrips is student-centered distance learning developed by classroom teachers for use by classroom teachers and delivered via innovative and engaging technology. Through the unique resource of RoundTrips' portable satellite transmitter and video studio, expand your classroom beyond its four walls and textbooks. Connect your students to a wide range of topics and experts through live, interactive virtual field trips and videoconferences. Apply learning objectives in meaningful and authentic settings. Have students ask questions of experts they couldn't otherwise meet. Go places that bring your curriculum to life in new and powerful ways. Registration Process: To view as a videoconference school, contact Rebecca Polityka of Cooperating School Districts of St. Louis at rpolityka@csd.org. Programs
	Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada) 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Canada Phone: 905-527-1158 ext. 249 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.rbg.ca Contact: Davidson-Taylor Karin Email: Description: Royal Botanical Gardens is a living museum which serves local, regional and global communities while developing and promoting public understanding of the relationship between the plant world, humanity and the rest of nature. Registration Process: Programs are by request except Special Presentations which are advertised for specific dates and times. Contact: Karin Davidson-Taylor, Outreach Education Coordinator, by email — kdavidsontaylor@rbg.ca, or phone — 905-527-1158, ext. 249. Programs
	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology PO Box 7500, Drumheller Alberta, Canada Phone: DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.tyrrellmuseum.com/programs/distance_learning.htm Contact: Colin Regamey Email: Description: The Royal Tyrrell Museum celebrates the long history and spectacular diversity of life - from the tiniest grains of pollen to the mightiest dinosaurs. Set in the Alberta badlands in Canada, the Museum’s mandate is to collect, conserve, research and interpret palaeontology with special reference to Alberta’s fossil heritage. Now into its third year offering Distance Learning, video conference programs have been delivered to over 8,600 students throughout Alberta, Canada, the United States and beyond! Registration Process: To register for any of the following programs, please check availability at VC Sheduler . Once you have selected three available times complete the on-line booking request at Booking Request Form. Programs
	Rutgers Camden Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Third and Pearl Streets, Camden, New Jersey 08102-1403 Phone: 856-225-6350 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): rcca.camden.rutgers.edu Contact: Lynda Hitchman Email: Description: Since 1987, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts has conducted innovative, curricular-based arts education programs that teach about the arts and through the arts. RCCA’s Arts Education Programs include services to K-12 schools for students and teachers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and beyond. D’ARTS offers real-time, interactive experiences via videoconferencing in a museum or theater setting, lead by RCCA’s professional teaching staff. D’ARTS education programs combine dynamic, responsive teaching with high quality artistic content conveyed in a curricular-related context. Registration Process: Programs
	Rutgers University, CMSCE 118 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: 732-445-0670 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): cmsce.rutgers.edu/profdev/0809/content_areas/vc.php Contact: Judy Bornstein Email: Description: The Center (CMSCE) sponsors more then 30 programs. Over the past twenty-one years, teachers and students from every legislative district in New Jersey and from two-thirds of all NJ school districts have benefited from participation in Center-sponsored projects. The leadership cadre spawned by these programs is improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, science, and technology statewide and even nationally. Registration Process: Email jsborn@rutgers.edu to register. Programs
	Saint Louis University School of Medicine 3839 Lindell Blvd., Saint Louis, MO 63108 Phone: 314-977-7390 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.slu.edu/index.xml Contact: Lisa V. Suggs Email: Description: In addition to on-site field trips, Adventures in Medicine and Science (AIMS) provides distance learning presentations originating from the AIMS Virtual Anatomy Classroom. The AIMS Virtual Anatomy Classroom can also provide hands-on interactive field trips designed to enhance any science curriculum. Future plans include video conferencing surgeries to schools throughout the country. Registration Process: Utilizing state-of-the-art videoconferencing technology and the power of the internet, all hands-on activities can be scheduled one month in advance for distance learning programs on Thursdays and Fridays or upon request. Programs
	Saint Louis Zoo One Government Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110 Phone: 314-781-0900 ext. 754 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.stlzoo.org Contact: Lisa Berman Email: Description: The Saint Louis Zoo was voted #1 Zoo in America by a Zagat's and Parents' Magazine survey. Our mission is to conserve animals and their habitats through animal management, research, recreation, and educational programs that encourage the support and enrich the experience of the public. Our videoconferencing classes will take you and your students on virtual tours of our most popular exhibits and then teach your students about animal habitats and adaptations. Older students will also learn about our conservation programs going on here at the Zoo and around the world. Registration Process: To schedule a program or learn more about these classes, please call the Outreach Coordinator at 314-781-0900, ext. 754 or berman@stlzoo.org. Programs
	San Diego Zoo PO Box 120551, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: 619-231-1515 ext. 4139 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sandiegozoo.org/teachers/video_index.html Contact: Kathy Myers Email: Description: San Diego Zoo is located on Zoo Drive in Balboa Park, north of downtown San Diego. Its collection of animals, as well as its plant collection of over 6,500 species, is acknowledged as one of the finest in the world. Visit the zoo via a live interactive videoconference session! Programs for all ages and grades are available. Registration Process: To make a reservation, please call (619) 557-3963, Mondays thru Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or email kmyers@sandiegozoo.org. Programs
	Schuylkill County Intermediate Unit 29 17 Maple Avenue, MarLin, PA 17951 Phone: 570-682-3753 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.iu29.org/EducationalServices/Technology/DistanceLearning/Programs/ Contact: Charles Sacavage Email: Description: Charles M. Sacavage, Adjunct Professor of History for Alvernia College, Reading, PA and award winning distance educator will bring these historical characters and eras to your classroom. Dressed in period costumes and using replica equipment, he brings these people to life for students, combining entertainment and education. Mr. Sacavage can also be contacted for on-site presentations. Subject matter can be tailored for elementary, middle, or high school audiences. He has also given these programs for colleges and Elderhostels. Mr. Sacavage can be contacted at: Phone: (570) 682-3753 Cell Phone: (570) 640-8833 Email: csacavage@comcast.net Alternate: csacavage@hotmail.com Registration Process: ldm@iu29.org Programs
	Science Central 1950 North Clinton St., Fort Wayne , IN 46805 Phone: 260-424-2400 ext. 452 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sciencecentral.org Contact: Eileen Farrell Email: Description: Science Central, "Indiana's Premier Playground for the Mind", is committed to creating an entertaining, informative, interactive, and family-oriented environment where the inspiration to participate in science and technology emerges from hands-on learning. Science Central's goal is to also be a recognized educational resource throughout the community through integrated programming and collaboration. Registration Process: Please visit www.cilc.org to register. Programs
	Science Museum Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom Phone: 020 7942 4707 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educators.aspx Contact: MT Palmer Email: Description: Want to visit the Museum without a long bus trip? Ride the N.C. Information Highway (NCIH) instead and experience an interactive Museum “field trip” using two-way full motion audio and video. The hour-long program comes to you, live and direct from the Museum’s Windows on the World studio. Your class will interact with a Museum guide they see and hear on a large TV monitor at your closest NCIH classroom site. Your students will appear on a monitor at the Museum. Students actively participate throughout the program and can see and hear responses from students at other participation sites, getting a taste of the high-tech environment of today’s workplace. They work with instructional materials and natural history specimens from the Museum teaching collection sent to you prior to the session. Registration Process: For general information and to book contact: Science Museum Outreach Team The Science Museum Exhibition Road London SW7 2DD tel: 020 7942 4707 fax: 020 7942 4730 e-mail: outreach@nmsi.ac.uk Programs
	SCOCA 175 Beaver Creek Road, Piketon, Ohio 45661 Phone: 800-634-8828 DL Room Phone: Fax: 740-289-2082
Website(s): www.scoca-k12.org Contact: Peggy Whyte Email: Description: The South Central Ohio Computer Association facilitates professional development for librarians, teachers and administrators. Registration Process: Email Melissa for program information and registration. Programs
	Seacoast Science Center 570 Ocean Boulevard, Rye, NH 03870 Phone: 603-436-8043 ext. 17 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/programs/distance_learning.php Contact: Perrin Cothran Chick Email: Description: Beginning in May 2007, the Seacoast Science Center will be capable taking you and your students on multimedia video-conferenced "virtual field trips". If your school or facility has video conferencing capacity you can partici-pate in interactive programs delivered LIVE from the Center. You can choose a stand-alone interactive educa-tional unit or valuable pre- or post-field trip activity to make the most of a visit to the Center. Contact us now to learn more about how our Interactive Learning Studio (ILS) will not only engage students in an all-new way, but also provide a "window" to explore oceans all around the world. Registration Process: Contact: Perrin Chick, Education Director 603-436-8043, ext. 17 or p.chick@seacentr.org to register Programs
	Seneca County Soil & Water Conservation District 3140 S. SR 100, Ste D, Tiffin, Oh 44883 Phone: 419-447-7073 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.senecacountyswcd.org Contact: Beth Diesch Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 21 New Globe Walk Bankside, London, United Kingdom Phone: 020 7902 1437 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.shakespeares-globe.org/globeeducation/schools/ Contact: Ryan Nelson Email: Description: Globe Education’s Distance Learning programmes provide virtual access to the Globe Theatre. Students around the world can gain insights into the playing conditions of the Elizabethan playhouse and how they affect our understanding of Shakespeare’s plays. All Distance Learning programmes are individually designed for your school, college or university, in conjunction with relevant members of your organization. Distance Learning programmes can be developed for all age groups and can be devised to suit the level and duration of your desired scheme of work. Programmes focus on a single or series of video conferences. They can also use a combination of the following elements, subject to course duration and the availability of practitioners: Focused work on a play selected for classroom study; interviews with Globe practitioners eg. actors, designers, musicians and the architect; audio clips of Globe practitioners in discussion; photographic images; costume – in design and performance; interactive discussion forums; and tasks and activities for students based around the issues or challenges faced by Globe practitioners. Distance Learning programmes can be used as part of a scheme of study that includes a workshop, lecture or study day at Shakespeare’s Globe. They can also provide an introduction to the Globe and its resources for those students unable to visit. Registration Process: globelink@shakespearesglobe.com Programs
	Sid Richardson Museum 309 Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102 Phone: (817) 332-6554 ext.106 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org Contact: Mary Burke Email: Description: Experience the sense of time and place embodied in the extraordinary paintings by Frederic Remington, Charles Russell and other late 19th century artists who shaped our perception of the American West. In real-time interactions, education staff will promote exploration and discovery of these powerful images. Through inquiry-based teaching methods, students will be encouraged to use their observations to interpret past events and to investigate ideas the artworks evoke. These interdisciplinary sessions can be designed to complement your curriculum and support state/national standards. The Sid Richardson Museum houses one of the finest and most focused collections of western art. The works, reflecting both the art and reality of the American West, are the legacy of the late oilman and philanthropist, Sid W. Richardson. Registration Process: Programs
	Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Sts., N.W, Washington, DC 20001 Phone: 202-633-8062 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): americanart.si.edu/education/video/ Contact: Sarah Mellace Email: Description: Visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum without leaving your school! Free of charge, we offer videoconference field trips for students from kindergarten through college. Via real-time videoconferencing, museum docents lead the study of U.S. history and culture using our extensive holdings of American art. We have already held video visits with teachers and students across the country—from the Garden State to the Golden State! Pre- and post-visit materials are available for school use. Planned for typical classroom periods, our video field trips range in length from thirty minutes to one hour. We welcome multiple visits with the same class! Registration Process: Programs
	Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, Maryland 21037 Phone: 443-482-2218 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.serc.si.edu/education/dl/index.aspx Contact: Mark Haddon Email: Description: SERC's distance learning programs, all supported by teacher-developed curriculum, bring Smithsonian science into classrooms and homes across the country. By participating in videoconferences or Electronic Field Trips, you get to go behind the scenes of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center where conventional visitors seldom get to go. SERC offers two types of distance learning: Videoconferences: One-on-one connections between a school and SERC during which time students interact with SERC education and research staff. Videoconferences are typically between 30 and 60 minutes long and can be scheduled all year round and Electronic Field Trips: Live, interactive, satellite broadcasts that can be viewed simultaneously by millions of students nationwide. Registration Process: Programs
	Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Independence Ave. @ 6th St. PO Box 37012 SW, Washington , DC 20013 Phone: 202-633-2569 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nasm.si.edu/education/classroom_videoconf.cfm Contact: LeRoy London Email: Description: The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. It is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics Registration Process: Use online form to register. Programs
	South Central Kansas Education Service Center -Clearwater PO Box 160 13939 Diagonal Road, Clearwater , KS 67026 Phone: (620) 584-3300 ext. 115 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sckesc.org Contact: Debbie Ives Email: Description: South Central Kansas Educational Service Center (SCKESC) provides exceptional services to enhance educational opportunities and student achievement. SCKESC adds value to school districts with interactive video conferencing opportunities including classes and enrichment programs. Registration Process: Programs
	Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art 1210 11th Ave.; PO Box 3061, Altoona, PA 16603 Phone: 814-472-3920 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sama-art.org/ed_pr/inschool.htm Contact: Elaine Baney Email: Description: The Museum also offers supplemental education services in the form of videoconferencing. The videoconferencing package includes four one-hour interactive, art history-enriched presentations followed by a hands-on classroom project. Videoconferences may be purchased for $350 per conference plus a data link fee. Supplies and pre- and post-videoconference exercises are provided Registration Process: Email ebaney@sama-art.org to register Programs
	Southwestern Ohio Instructional Technology Association (SOITA) 150 East Sixth Street, Franklin, Ohio 45005 Phone: 937-746-6333 DL Room Phone: Fax: 937-746-1029
Website(s): www.soita.org Contact: Bob Striker Email: Description: SOITA offers several choices for professional development and student learning via distance learning. Registration Process: Programs
	Space Center Houston 1601 NASA Road 1, Houston, TX 77058 Phone: 281-244-2149 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.spacecenter.org/distancelearning.html Contact: Katie Browns Email: Description: Space Center Houston now offers state of the art distance learning for you and your students! Space Center Houston has taken electronic learning to a new level with hands-on, active sessions from multiple locations on the museum floor. Learn about spacesuits in front of actual suits that have orbited the Earth and even gone to the Moon. Experience rocketry amongst the real thing – actual flown Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules. Space Center Houston offers several, interactive options for each grade level. Excite the minds of your students – experience intelligent fun and use SPACE to help you reach your curriculum goals! Each of the distance learning modules is aligned with the national standards and designed to be easily implemented into your classroom. Make the adventure even more interactive by downloading the activities ahead of time – that way your students can be prepared to interact with us for an amazing space adventure Registration Process: Register online. Programs
	Stamford High School 507 S. Orient St., Stamford, TX 79553 Phone: 325-773-2701 ext. 2110 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): stamfordhigh.org Contact: Thelia Lisle Email: Description: Stamford High School is a small, rural West Texas public school. Our advanced technology students have been refining and presenting this virtual field trip for 5 years. Students do all of the research, document preparation and presentation for the Registration Process: Email Thelia Lisle Programs
	Stark County Park District 5712 12th St. NW, Canton, Ohio 44708 Phone: 330-477-3552 DL Room Phone: Fax: 330-409-8990
Website(s): www.starkparks.com Contact: Amanda Perry Email: Description: Since its creation in 1967, the mission of the Stark County Park District has been to acquire, preserve, and develop natural areas for passive recreation, conservation, education and outdoor nature appreciation. More than 6,000 acres of parkland at 11 sites, as well as 25 miles of Ohio & Erie Canalway Towpath Trail are managed by Stark Parks. Registration Process: Register through Stark Parks website or call for details. Programs
	Story Peddlers (The) 1423 Bay Street, Elkhart, Indiana 46514 Phone: 574-206-8661 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.storypeddlers.com Contact: Bob and Kathie Myers Email: Description: The Story Peddlers are a husband and wife team whose backgrounds are as diverse as the stories they tell. Bob was an electronic engineer and computer specialist while Kathie was a children's librarian with a master's degree in library science. Drawing on their love of good books, they interest children in reading. Using vocal characterization, participation, and props, they offer true multimedia performances. Since 1985, they have taught storytelling at Indiana University at South Bend, created and conducted workshops, and performed for children and adults throughout the Midwest. Contact Bob or Kathie Myers, 574-206-8661(bob@storypeddlers.com) Registration Process: Programs
	Storyteller’s Drum, Inc. 4961 Seville Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46228 Phone: 317-347-9066 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.storytellersdrum.com/ Contact: Khabir Shareef Email: Description: Storyteller's Drum, Inc.(SDI) is a performing arts and education entity. SDI is dedicated to educating in an engaging and interactive manner. SDI uses the oral tradition as the primary medium often accompanied by music & singing; Theatre, first-person interpretation & storytelling are main ingredients of a GDI interactive presentation Registration Process: Schedule through CILC.org Programs
	Tennessee Aquarium One Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 Phone: 800-262-0695 or (423) 785-4094 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.tnaqua.org/KidsTeachers/Distance_learning.asp Contact: Charles Hayslett Email: Description: We offer distance learning sessions that feature animals! All distance learning sessions feature an Aquarium educator interacting with your class and answering questions about the topic. The animals are featured on camera and our programs cater to specific grade levels. Educators give background information and multimedia visuals for the animal and its species while encouraging questions from students. You can also use the distance learning sessions as a supplement to your lesson plan. We are willing to discuss particular needs for your group. Registration Process: Programs
	Texas State Aquarium’s Aquavision 2710 N. Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi, TX 78402 Phone: 361) 654-1450 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.texasstateaquarium.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=42 Contact: Adriana Reza Email: Description: Short Description of site and programs: Live from the Flint Hills Resources Distance Learning Studio at the Texas State Aquarium! Through a series of real-time cameras, students can view and learn about the animals of the Gulf of Mexico! All programs are 50 minutes in length. Each videoconference package offers pre-and post- videoconference activities and hands-on interaction during the program Registration Process: Download our PDF Registration Form here: http://www.texasstateaquarium.org/education_Aquavision.cfm And fax this information to (361) 881-1257 Programs
	Texas Wildlife Association 2800 NE Loop 410, Suite 105, San Antonio, TX 78218 Phone: 361) 654-1450 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): texas-wildlife.org/ Contact: Kassi Scheffer Email: Description: Plug in to the possibilities with TWA’s Critter Connections Distance Learning Programs! Critter Connections offers students the chance to learn more about native Texas wildlife while enhancing general science concepts through interactive discussions and activities! Programs focus on unique animal traits and adaptations, predator-prey relationships, and general wildlife ecology. Pre and Post-program companion lesson plans, activities, or discovery trunks are available. The Texas Wildlife Association is a state-wide membership-driven organization that offers a variety of educational programs geared toward making Texas more tangible for students. TWA is absolutely dedicated to educating Texas youth about the conservation, management and enhancement of wildlife and wildlife habitat on private land to ensure the conservation of our cherished natural resources and outdoor heritage for future generations. Registration Process: www.connect2texas.net/ Programs
	The Bathysphere Underwater Biological Laboratory www.bubl.org, Rochester , NY 14625 Phone: (585) 473-7112 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.bubl.org Contact: Peter Robson Email: Description: The BUBL Project is a virtual underwater biological laboratory where students gain an understanding of the impacts of the Great Lakes, with the primary focus on Lake Ontario. The BUBL Project is a service of Monroe #1 BOCES. BOCES is a cooperative learning service for area schools in Rochester, New York. Registration Process: Programs
	The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven West Strand Whitehaven, Cumbria, United Kingdom Phone: 01946 592302 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cleo.net.uk/resources/displayframe.php?src=521/consultants_resources/cleovc/ Contact: Sue Palmer Email: Description: The Museum is housed within the Beacon and the Resource Centre. The Beacon has been a fully registered museum since 1997 and this status was re-confirmed a few months ago. The Museum Registration Scheme was launched in the 1980s by what was then the Museum and Galleries Commission, with the aim of setting minimum standards for museums nationally. Since then, the scheme has been taken over by Resource, (The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries) which has responsibility for maintaining the standard as part of its core roles of developing capacity and promoting innovation and change. Currently, the Registration scheme is being revised and museums will be expected to provide not just a minimum standard of collection care, but also to think more fundamentally about issues of access in all its forms and its visitors' needs. Registration Process: E-mail office@cleo.net.uk with details of the session you require, as well as details of your school, contact details of the person requesting the VC session, your E164 number, the class name and number of pupils wanting to take part in the VC session. Programs
	The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1797 Phone: (216) 707-2491 DL Room Phone: Fax: 216-231-9960
Website(s): www.clevelandart.org/learn/distance%20learning.aspx Contact: Dale Hilton Email: Description: Distance Learning at The Cleveland Museum of Art allows classes to connect with the CMA and enrich their studies of history, language arts, science, math and the visual arts through our collection of art and artifacts from around the world. Through live, interactive videoconferencing, students participate in conversations with museum educators that are two-way and fully interactive. Programs are designed for grades K-12 and are aligned with ODE academic standards. Learning packets with extension activities are supplied with most lessons. Registration Process: Programs
	The Cowles Center for Performing Arts 528 Hennepin Ave #303, Minneapolis, MN 55403 Phone: (612) 465-0220 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.thecowlescenter.org Contact: Jessi Kolodziej Email: Description: About the Minnesota Shubert Center Arts Education and Technology Program Using IP videoconferencing technologies, the Minnesota Shubert Center brings artists into classrooms throughout Minnesota, creating two-way interactive, real-time teaching environments. The Minnesota Shubert Center also prides itself on the flexibility of its programs, allowing teachers to plan sessions that are engaging and reach specific curricular objectives. Programming is scheduled when it is convenient for the participating school and does not have the high costs associated with conventional artistic residencies. Registration Process: Programs
	The Edgerton Explorit Center 2008 16th Street, Aurora, NE 68818 Phone: (402) 694 – 4032 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.edgerton.org Contact: Chad Johnson Email: Description: The Edgerton Explorit Center’s video-conference capabilities include IP, JPEG and iChat. Our system can also serve as a bridge so that JPEG schools can conference with NASA over IP and much more. For more technical information please contact Chad Johnson at chad@edgerton .org or call (877) 694 – 4032. The possibilities are endless" Registration Process: Programs
	The Gemini Observatory 670 N. A'ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: (808) 974-2500 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.gemini.edu/index.php?q=node/132 Contact: Peter Michaud Email: Description: The Gemini Observatory offers this innovative educational program designed to share live science with educational audiences using the Internet2 (I2) educational/research network. Registration Process: Programs
	The Grace Museum 102 Cypress St, Abilene, TX 79601 Phone: 325-673-4587 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.thegracemuseum.org/teachers/teachers_distance.html Contact: Jana Bailey Email: Description: Distance Learning at The Grace Museum involves launching a real-time, interactive experience for teachers and students of all ages. Teachers who register for the tour will be able to download a resource packet full of pre- and post- activities for their class. The programs is TEKS and TAKS aligned, and is based on national teaching standards as well. Registration Process: Register at least two weeks prior to program request. Email pam@thegracemuseum.org Programs
	The History Studio PO Box 1551, Williamsburg, VA 23187 Phone: 757-291-6688 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.thehistorystudio.com Contact: Stacy Hasselbacher Email: Description: The History Studio invites you to explore our innovative social studies programs and collaborations. Based in Virginia's historic triangle, the staff of the History Studio has unparalleled resources from which to draw inspiration for out rich history programming. Programs provided by the history studio range in subject from the earliest colonization efforts in America to the 20th century. Due to its unique location in the historic area of Virginia, we have Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, and a myriad of Civil War sites all at our doorstep. We have worked together to create programs that use these amazing resources to their fullest. Come along with us and meet people from the past, learn the, historian's craft, or travel to amazing places. Programs are available on Tuesdays from 8:00 AM-3:30 PM for schools and Saturdays for libraries and other institutions. Registration Process: www.thehistorystudio.com/ Programs
	The Holacaust Memorial and Education Center of Nassau County 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY 11542 Phone: 516-571-8043 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.holocaust-nassau.org/#pageID=474 Contact: Dr. Regina T. White Email: Description: The Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of Nassau County Center is a member of EEZ (Educational Enterprise Zone). Through this membership we are able to provide Teleconferencing programs. These programs are interactive. In each the survivor gives part of their testimony with the remainder of the testimony gotten through questions asked by the students. Suggested questions are provided to the teachers but students are encouraged to develop their own questions. The Center offers three programs. Each one is one-hour in length. We can customize the programs. The cost for each of these programs is $100.00 plus cost of the call. Registration Process: Email drrwhite@holocaust-nassau.org to register. Programs
	The Mariners' Museum 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA 23606 Phone: (757) 591-7748 or (800) 581-7245 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.mariner.org/education/distance-learning Contact: Anne Marie Millar Email: Description: You'll find one of the largest international maritime history museums filled to the crow's nest with prized artifacts that celebrate the spirit of seafaring adventure. Explore over 60,000 square feet of gallery space with rare figureheads, handcrafted ship models, Civil War ironclad USS Monitor artifacts, paintings, small craft from around the world, and much more. The Museum is set on a 550-acre woodland park with the five-mile Noland Trail around tranquil Lake Maury. Take a Museum backpack to explore the plant and animal life, enjoy a picnic, or climb on wooden playships. If your class can't travel to The Mariners' Museum, the Museum can travel to your classroom through two-way interactive video streaming. Registration Process: Programs
	The National Archives at Fort Worth , , Phone: 817.831.5917 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.archives.gov Contact: Jenny Sweeney Email: Description: The National Archives at Fort Worth conducts Distance Learning/Video Conferencing Programs for K-12 students and educators. Through interactive videoconferencing, students and educators are able to visit the National Archives at Fort Worth without leaving their classroom! These programs highlight the various historical records located in Fort Worth. Registration Process: Programs
	The National Archives UK Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, United Kingdom Phone: 020 8392 5330 x2020 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/educationservice/video.htm Contact: Philip Stanley-Berridge Email: Description: For schools that may find it difficult to get to The National Archives in person, videoconference offers the perfect solution. If you have videoconference equipment and an ISDN line, your students will be able to enjoy a virtual workshop with us. Whichever workshop you choose to do, your students will get to consult expert staff here and make use of original historical documents, or have them brought back to life by costumed actors in sessions specially developed for videoconference. Workshops usually last for one hour and can usually be timed to suit your lesson. Most of our workshops are free of charge: all we ask is that you dial us up and meet the cost of the call. There may be an additional charge for some special events. Our ISDN number is: 020 8392 5365. Most of our videoconference workshops are advertised and booked via Global Leap’s website, a central source of information for videoconference in schools. You can browse the calendar of events available and book sessions on line at http://www.global-leap.com/events/index.htm and your booking will come straight through to us. If none of these dates suit you and you would like to arrange your own workshop, you are welcome to contact us and we will try to arrange something for you, subject to availability. Registration Process: Programs
	The National Library of Wales Rhiw Penglais, Wales, UK Phone: 01970 632528 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): dysgle.llgc.org.uk/english/contact/learning_sessions/index.htm Contact: Owen Llywelyn Email: Description: Discovering new paths of learning in a library is enjoyable. You can follow your interests and become inspired to explore even more, so that you can learn more or understand better. Many sources are available to help you – books, documents, maps, photographs, pictures, sound and film and internet. The National Library can offer you all of these. Our collection presently holds approximately five million books, sixty thousand works of art, forty thousand manuscripts, more than a million maps and charts, over 200,000 hours of video, over 3 million feet of film, 150 hours of sound recordings, thousands of records and CDs. The collection also inlcudes items such as Newspapers, Periodicals, Posters, Archives, Parish Records, Censuses, Postcards, Admiralty Charts, Electronic Publications and Architectural Plans. We can research the Library's collection, prepare presentations, and deliver these to your pupils through videoconferencing. Registration Process: Programs
	The National WWII Museum 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 528-1944, ext. 351 DL Room Phone: Fax: 504-527-6088
Website(s): www.nationalww2museum.org/education/for-teachers/virtual-field-trips/virtual-field-trips.html Contact: Chrissy Gregg Email: Description: The National World War II Museum is a dynamic educational resource serving the needs of students from grade school through the post-graduate level. At the Museum students from all backgrounds explore the values and beliefs—the universal concepts—that Americans and their Allies embraced during World War II. Through Museum tours, workshops, special on-site and outreach programming, film and lecture series, and a summer leadership institute, young visitors experience the lessons of teamwork, optimism, courage, decision-making, and problem-solving that led to the Allied victory. Employing an object-based learning experience, the Museum uses its rich collection of artifacts and archives to take history beyond the pages of textbooks and into the hands of curious students. The National World War II Museum is a living museum. It honors the generation that won the war by enlightening today's generation about its own potential. The Museum is dedicated to the premise that these lessons are just as valuable today as they were fifty-five years ago. Registration Process: Programs
	The Newark Museum 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ Phone: 973-596-6550 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.newarkmuseum.org/EducationPrograms/EducationPrograms.aspx?id=1820 Contact: Kevin Heller Email: Description: Distance Learning Electronic Field Trips @ The Newark Museum Live From The Newark Museum's Galleries! Distance Learning programs engage your students in interactive explorations of The Newark Museum's collections without leaving your school! Through television monitors, cameras and wired transmission, a Museum educator conducts a live broadcast from the Museum's galleries. Programs are designed to strengthen students' critical and reflective thinking skills, and presentations include cross-curricular activities combining language arts, social studies and visual arts. New for the 2003-2004 school year are science gallery and laboratory distance learning programs. Each Distance Learning Program is custom designed to match your curriculum needs. Programs are 45 minutes to one hour long, depending on your class schedule. Plan to hook up 15 minutes prior to program start time to test the equipment. Registration Process: For content information and to book a Distance Learning Program, call 973-596-6558 or e-mail us at schoolprograms @NewarkMuseum.org Programs
	The Pennsbury Society 400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, Pennsylvania 19067 Phone: 215-946-0400 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.pennsburymanor.org/index.html Contact: Diane Nadler Email: Description: Pennsbury Manor, the reconstructed home of William Penn, offers distance learning programs that can be tailored to specific ages and interests. Our programs relate to William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania, life in 17th Century Pennsylvania, and the use of primary sources to reconstruct the past. Registration Process: Programs
	The Sheffield Museum of Rural Life 1139 Settlers Rd Sheffield, Sheffield, Canada Phone: 519-620-3162 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.sheffieldmuseum.ca/Elementary.html Contact: Marty Pullin Email: Description: To preserve, study, and display the heritage of a rural community - Sheffield, Ontario, Canada, from the recent past to the pioneers, and beyond to the medieval and ancient roots of rural culture. To record as much as possible of our rural traditions in the face of today's increasingly all-encompassing urbanization. Registration Process: Programs
	The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave. (at 89th Street), New York, NY 10128 Phone: 212-423-3510 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.guggenheim.org/new_york_index.shtml Contact: Sharon Vatskey Email: Description: The Guggenheim Museum is admired as much for its architecture as its art—the building was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The bright white exterior and glass-domed interior combine to give the museum a modern, clean feel. Renovation work, undertaken in the early 1990s, added a 10-story tower. The permanent collection includes works by Vasily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso among many others. Registration Process: Available weekdays, by appointment. To schedule call (212) 423-3637 or e-mail mbrowning @guggenheim.org. Programs
	The Western Reserve Historical Society 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 441061 Phone: 216-721-5722 x251 DL Room Phone: Fax: 216-721-0645
Website(s): www.wrhs.org Contact: Grace Sipusic, Education Program Manager Email: Description: In 1867, the Western Reserve Historical Society was found to preserve and present the history of the people of northeast Ohio. Through interactive video conferencing and our hands-on programs, we bring Ohio history to life. Registration Process: Programs
	Toledo Zoo PO Box 4010 2700 Broadway Street;, Toledo, Ohio 43613 Phone: 419-385-5721 x 2044 DL Room Phone: Fax: 419-389-8670
Website(s): www.toledozoo.org/edzoocation/distance.html Contact: Linda Calcamuggio Email: Description: The Toledo Zoo uses cutting-edge technology to bring interactive videoconference learning to classrooms with compatible equipment. Single or multipoint connections offer the benefits and convenience of a "virtual field trip" to a variety of exhibit sites. Students expand their knowledge by meeting live animals, exploring exhibits, participating in learning activities with the Zoo's education personnel, talking with Zoo keepers, and interacting with their peers at other locations. Curricula have been designed for Animal Classification, Food Chains/Webs, The Rainforest and African Grasslands or, with advance notice, we will design programs to fit your classroom needs Registration Process: Programs
	Touch The Sky Ltd (England) 323 Goring Road Goring By Sea Worthing West, Worthing West Sussex, United Kingdom Phone: 01901 507744 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cilc.org/search/professional-development-provider.aspx?id=231 Contact: Lucienne Sharpe Email: Description: Touch the Sky offers Interactive Learning and therapy using Video Conferencing Technology. It can work with those that have Special needs as well as the gifted and has a Database of Teachers and therapists including Speech and Language therapists, Physio therapists and Play therapists as well as experts and Teachers of all Subjects. It also offers Training and Continuing Professional Development work It excells in Performing Arts as well. The Work is in Real time and has Quality Assurance to ensure Good Practise. Registration Process: Please contact founder Lucienne Sharpe directly at: lucienne.sharpe@touchthesky.uk.com to register. Programs
	Tullie House Museum Castle Street Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom Phone: 01228 534781 ext 236 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.tulliehouse.co.uk/pages.asp?type=M&url=12_Learning%20&%20Access Contact: Julie Wooding Email: Description: Tullie House has an active education section offering resources within the museum as well as outreach. We do hands-on lessons, workshops and resources for visiting school groups, reminiscense work using objects, museum loans, work with students, community projects, and much more. Registration Process: E-mail office@cleo.net.uk with details of the session you require, as well as details of your school, contact details of the person requesting the VC session, your E164 number, the class name and number of pupils wanting to take part in the VC session. Programs
	Tuscarawas Carroll Harrison Educational Service Center (TCHESC 834 East High Avenue, New Philadelphia, OH 44663 Phone: 330-308-9939 ext. 220 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.ecoesc.org/p/ Contact: Michele Carlisle Email: Description: The TCHESC provides high-quality, standards-aligned, engaging and interactive video conferencing for K-12 classrooms. We also provide pre-and post conference activities that supplement our programs! Registration Process: Email to register. Please make purchase order payable to: TCHESC, attn: Marilyn Roder. Purchase order number is expected BEFORE the day of your session. Programs
	Two Way Interactive Connections in Education (TWICE) , , MI Phone: 269 471 7725 x1101 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.twice.cc Contact: Janine Lim Email: Description: TWICE promotes and supports collaborative connections using two way interactive video for the benefit of Michigan students. Registration Process: Please email Mike Maison, Field Trip Committee Co-Chair, to register. Programs
	U.S. House of Representatives United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 226-0407 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.house.gov Contact: Ken Burns Email: Description: United States House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., began with its first Congress on March 4, 1789. Not until recently did Congress have the ability to use email and videoconferencing to communicate with constituents. Teachers can videoconference to the House of Representatives by contacting their Representatives FIRST then the Videoconference Director for the House of Representatives. Schools incur all costs of a videoconference session. Registration Process: Programs
	U.S. National Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, DC 20408 Phone: 202-357-5077 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.archives.gov Contact: David Rosenbaum Email: Description: You are invited to introduce your staff and students to the power of primary sources through an electronic workshop from the National Archives and Records Administration! Please Note: Due to limited staff resources, requests for professional development sessions will be given priority over requests for student groups. Our workshops are interactive and document-based, available for groups of up to 30 students in grades 5 - 12, designed to last 1 hour, and can be scheduled on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. (EST or EDT), and made possible through ISDN or IP-based videoconferencing systems. Your school or sponsoring organization will initiate and fund the call to the National Archives. There are no other charges for the event. Registration Process: To register for an electronic workshop from the National Archives and Records Administration, complete and send, fax, or e-mail form. Programs
	U.S. Senate United State Senate, Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 866-272-6272 or 86-NARA-NARA DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.senate.gov/ Contact: Torgunn Eckroad Email: Description: United States Senate in Washington, D.C., houses two Senators from each state. It is located at the "east end of the National Mall between Constitution and Independence Avenues. Through the power of videoconferencing it is possible to visit your Senators for a unique "Capitol experience." Arrangements must be made ahead of time by contacting the office of the Senator FIRST; then the videoconference center. The school must incur costs of the videoconference. Registration Process: Programs
	United States Senate , , Phone: 202-224-4977 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.senate.gov/ Contact: Torgunn Eckroad Email: Description: United States Senate houses two Senators from each state. Through the power of videoconferencing it is possible to visit a Senator for a unique “Capitol experience.” Arrangements must be made ahead of time by contacting the office of the Senator first; then the videoconferencing center (Torgunn Eckroad). The school must sustain costs of the videoconference. Registration Process: Programs
	University of Akron 302 Buchtell Mall, Akron, OH Phone: 330-972-7111 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.uakron.edu/bliss/dl/index.php Contact: Email: Description: The University of Akron’s distance learning network includes 29 distance learning classrooms located on or off main campus. Since 1999, nearly $9 million has been invested in synchronous distance learning facilities and infrastructure required for videoconferencing technology at The University of Akron. The result has been one of the most advanced and sophisticated synchronous distance learning networks in the state of Ohio. To date, Distributed Education has connected to hundreds of locations around the world for classes, meetings and conferences. Some locations of special interests include Mexico City, London, Tokyo, Moscow, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Buenos Aires. Our facilities are equipped with the latest multimedia and videoconferencing equipment available which allow instructors and students a virtual ability to expand the classroom to limits that only their imaginations can define. For example, those using our rooms can incorporate anything from the Internet into their classroom presentation…or they can invite guest lecturers from anywhere in the world to speak live and in real time. Most importantly, our classrooms and support staff allow us to make the outstanding educational resources of The University of Akron available to anyone…at anytime…anywhere who wishes to experience The Akron Advantage. Registration Process: Email ach13@uakron.edu to register. Programs
	University of Georgia Marine Education Center and Aquarium 30 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, Georgia 31411 Phone: 912-598-2338 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.marex.uga.edu/aquarium/DL1.html Contact: Bob Williams Email: Description: MECA's programming reflects our focus on ecosystems, coastal flora and fauna, water quality issues, and the physical character of the coastal and marine environments. Programs are presented by our teaching and marine advisory faculty, educators from NOAA's Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, and scientists from the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. Many of our programs are taught from our multimedia enhanced video conferencing studio. We also have the capability to take your class on interactive tank-by-tank tours of our public aquaria, conduct behind the scenes programs, visit our invertebrate "touch tanks," and collect water samples and organisms right from the edge of the Skidaway River. MECA's programming reflects our focus on ecosystems, coastal flora and fauna, water quality issues, and the physical character of the coastal and marine environments. Programs are presented by our teaching and marine advisory faculty, educators from NOAA's Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, and scientists from the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. Many of our programs are taught from our multimedia enhanced video conferencing studio. We also have the capability to take your class on interactive tank-by-tank tours of our public aquaria, conduct behind the scenes programs, visit our invertebrate "touch tanks," and collect water samples and organisms right from the edge of the Skidaway River. Registration Process: Programs
	University of North Texas Health Science Center 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, TX 76107 Phone: 817-735-2472 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.hsc.unt.edu/ Contact: Michele Grauerholz Email: Description: The University of North Texas Health Science Center is Fort Worth's Medical School and More! We are dedicated to improving the health and quality of life for the people of Texas. Your class can explore the exciting worlds of medicine, health, and life science, talk to researchers about their work and meet health care professionals. We can also offer students an opportunity to find out the many careers that biomedical science has to offer. Registration Process: Programs
	University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio 801 S. Bowie St, San Antonio, TX 78205 Phone: 210-458-2225 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.texancultures.com/ Contact: Karen Sanchez Email: Description: Welcome to the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio (ITC) Outreach and Distance Learning program. In addition to Texas and American History, we offer science and a variety of interdisciplinary sessions to supplement formal K-12 curricula and professional development. Each session emphasizes an assortment of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) elements, runs 45 - 50 minutes, and highlights key topic concepts. Students and teachers actively participate with traditional artifacts, photos, drawings, worldwide folk tales, and multimedia resources. Resource guides are currently available for some programs and are in development for others. Please visit our web site http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu for additional resources and program updates. Because of time constraints, not all resources or TEKS elements may be used in one session. To better serve individual needs, requests for specific program related elements are welcomed and encouraged at the time of scheduling. Requests will be included when possible. More in-depth programs are also available via: " A series of programs focused on a single topic/theme (Discounts are offered for series programs) For example: "The Long Story of African Americans in Texas: A Three-part videoconference session" or "The Buffalo and its Significance to the North American Plains Indian Culture: A Three-part videoconference session." " A custom program Let us prepare a program designed to fill your specific needs. An extensive material resource collection coupled with a knowledgeable and experienced staff allows us the offer a wide variety of programs too numerous to list. These sessions have many interdisciplinary applications and offer excellent opportunities in all areas of learning. Registration Process: Our programs are very flexible! We provide year round on demand sessions to fit individual class times and schedules. Please provide the following information to karen.sanchez@utsa.edu or (210) 458-2225 Program Name(s) - (Primary and alternates) Date(s) - (Primary and alternates) Time(s) - (Primary and alternates) Grade Level(s) - (K - 12 or adults) Approximate number of students, adults and classes expected for each session. Any special requests or needs. Programs
	Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach 806 Light Hall, Nashville, TN 37232 Phone: 615-322-7140 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.scienceoutreach.org./vidcon.php Contact: Jeff Hazelton Email: Description: No videoconferencing events are currently planned for the fall semester while we restructure our program. The Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach is dedicated to the innovative use of technology to create vibrant learning partnerships between our university and K-12 schools. Initiated through an award from the National Institutes of Health, the CSO offers a virtual two-way videoconference connection between Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center research scientists, physicians, graduate and medical students and classrooms locally, statewide, nationally and internationally. We connect to over 5,000 elementary, middle and high school students in over 20 states per year. Registration Process: Interactive Videoconferencing programs at the CSO will be offered on Mondays at either 9:00 a.m. or 1:00 pm (or both). See scheduling page. Various programs are offered monthly, with some on-request programs available. Sign up for our mailing list to receive monthly notification of new programs at http://www.scienceoutreach.org/emaillist.php Programs
	Vanderbilt University Virtual School 2007 Terrace Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 Phone: (615) 322-6511 DL Room Phone: Fax: 615-343-1145
Website(s): www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/ Contact: Chandra Allison Email: Description: Vanderbilt University Virtual School develops programs to integrate technologies in teaching and learning, builds virtual learning communities, and focuses on the use of videoconferencing to enhance K-12 curriculum and teacher professional development. Working in collaboration with K-12 schools, universities, informal educators, and the community, the Virtual School matches curriculum needs with national educational standards and links K-12 classrooms to resources beyond their four walls via real-time, interactive videoconferencing using H.323 IP and Internet 2 technology. Collaborative projects include literature, author/book talks, art, music, modern explorers, science, social studies, democracy, Holocaust studies, mental health, nutrition, space, Black History Month studies, humanities, history, Women's studies, special education, career exploration, character education, community interests, health/physical education, performing arts, problem solving, life skills, technology, Race for the Presidency, cultural awareness, and hot topics. Vanderbilt Virtual School encourages schools to make the best use of videoconferencing technology to enhance learning by connecting students and teachers to experts, by assisting schools in planning videoconferences with other sites, and establishing collaborations with other schools. Registration Process: Programs
	Vanita Braver, M.D. PO Box 4005, Warren, NJ 07059 Phone: 908-647-0800 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.drvanitabraver.com/presentations.htm Contact: Vanita Braver Email: Description: Author, Speaker, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Vanita Braver, MD ("Dr. Vanita) is a renowned Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, motivational Speaker and best-selling author of Madison's Patriotic Project and Madison and the Two Wheeler, in the children's picture book series, "Teach Your Children Well" for children ages 4 to 8 years. Pinky Promise and Party Princess were the first and second books in Dr. Braver's well received book series. These engaging books feature 6-year-old Madison and friends; Courage the Lion, Wisdom the Owl, Hope the Bluebird, and Honesty the Bear. Additionally, Dr. Vanita is a freelance writer on numerous topics related to children's emotional and physical well-being, family lifestyle issues and parenting. Dr. Braver has been frequently quoted as a parenting expert, author and Psychiatrist in various print media and national radio outlets over the years including Parents and Child Magazine, Lifetime Radio as well as The Wall Street Journal. Vanita Braver, MD has been featured as a keynote speaker at national conferences as well as a frequent lecturer at hospitals, schools, libraries, and community centers. Dr. Vanita Braver graduated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Chemistry from Douglass College of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She received her Medical Degree from The University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, NJ in 1991. She completed her Psychiatric training at Cornell University's New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Currently, she is the Psychiatric Medical Director of Bonnie Brae, a residential treatment center for troubled youth in Liberty Corner, NJ. Moreover, Dr. Braver is a double-boarded Physician on the medical staff of Atlantic Health System's Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ. Vanita Braver, MD resides in Somerset County, NJ with her husband and three children and their puppy, Oreo. For further information on Dr. Braver and her books, please visit her website at www.drvanitabraver.com. Registration Process: Email vbraver@yahoo.com to register. Programs
	Virent Broadcasting Company 1320 Glenview, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 Phone: 614-861-6364 DL Room Phone: Fax: 614-751-8037
Website(s): www.virent.net Contact: Jim Spence Email: Description: On March 29, 2001, Virent Broadcasting held a premiere videoconference with four Ohio Schools, opening its first Interactive Video Distance Learning (IVDL) program. Since then, Virent Broadcasting has been averaging 105 videoconferences a year. Our presenters have spoken with over 24,658 students in eighteen states. We have videoconferenced with five continents and over 400 sites during Megaconference 8 and 9, and Megaconference Jr. 5, and we plan on conferencing in all 50 states soon. If you are interested in being a part of a new educational "tool", please do not hesitate to request information on your favorite Historical Personality! Below is a listing of some of our historical impersonators. More details... Registration Process: Programs
	Walden Theatre 1123 Payne Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40204 Phone: 502-589-0084 DL Room Phone: Fax: 502-589-0225
Website(s): www.waldentheatre.org/distance_learning.asp Contact: Dan Welch Email: Description: Located in Louisville, Kentucky Walden Theatre is a youth performing arts conservatory specializing in professional theatre training. The mission of the Outreach Education Program at walden Theatre is to introduce theatre arts to students in public, private and parochial schools; community organizations and those not exposed to theatre and education in the arts. Registration Process: Programs
	Ward Melville Heritage Organization 111 Main Street, Stony Brook, New York 11790 Phone: 631-751-2244 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.wmho.org Contact: Deborah Boudreau Email: Description: The Ward Melville Heritage Organization is proud to offer state-of-the-art technology by featuring videoconferencing programs in Coastal Ecology, History and Literacy. Through this latest technology, WMHO focuses on the national educational commitment of "No Child Left Behind" by reaching out to children across the globe regardless of academic, geographical, or socio-economic limitations. All programs are in aligned to National and New York State Learning Standards and can be tailored to appropriate age levels. All programs are taught by qualified instructors and are BOCES Arts-In-Education and Outdoor Education approved. Registration Process: Programs
	WARN (Water Awareness in Residential Neigborhoods) 5351 East Thompson, #138, Indianapolis, IN 46237 Phone: Toll Free: (888) 379-0371 or 317-536-1874 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.warnonline.org/ Contact: Sue Porter Email: Description: WARN (Water Awareness in Residential Neighborhoods) is a community awareness program designed to educate children and adults about the dangers of bodies of water in and around their neighborhoods. Topics include identification of dangers and safety tips for, toilets , buckets, tubs , pools, spas, retention ponds, lakes, streams, ice and flood water. Registration Process: Register online through CILC.org. Programs
	Wetlands Institute 1075 Stone Harbor Blvd., Stone Harbor, New Jersey 08247-1424 Phone: 609-368-1211 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.wetlandsinstitute.org Contact: Phil Broder Email: Description: The Wetlands Institute offers electronic field trips to those school systems that have compatible technology with the ISDN line Videoconferencing PictureTel SwiftSites. Electronic Field Trips allow teachers and students to speak directly with Institute scientists about conservation issues concerning the coastal habitats of New Jersey. Appropriate topics ranging from terrapin conservation to salt marsh ecology are available for grade K through 12. Other classes can be specially arranged to meet the needs of the class. Typical field trips last from half hour to forty-five minutes and include lectures, live animals, and lots of student interaction with Institute staff. Fees vary by program. Registration Process: Programs
	WFYI 1401 N. Meridian, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Phone: 317-636-2020 x 2051 DL Room Phone: Fax: 317-633-7418
Website(s): www.wfyi.org/ Contact: Gail Strong Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs
	Wordsworth Trust Dove Cottage, Grasmere, United Kingdom Phone: 015394 35544 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.wordsworth.org.uk/education/index.asp?pageid=23 Contact: Catherine Kay Email: Description: Dove Cottage was home to the Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) and his family for 8½ years (1799-1808). Here Wordsworth wrote many of his most famous poems. There are many ideas associated with ‘Romantic’ poetry, but one of the most important for Wordsworth was to show the link between human experience and the natural world. Wordsworth loved and drew inspiration from this landscape of the Lake District, his home. Today we hope that the importance of place has been retained: that interacting with Wordsworth’s work, in the place it was created, allows the freshness of the original inspiration to live. Registration Process: E-mail office@cleo.net.uk with details of the session you require, as well as details of your school, contact details of the person requesting the VC session, your E164 number, the class name and number of pupils wanting to take part in the VC session. Programs
	WVIZ/PBS ideastream 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio john.ramicone@ideastream.org Phone: 216-916-6360 DL Room Phone: N/A Fax: 216-916-6361
Website(s): www.wviz.org/index.php/education/distance_feature/ Contact: John Ramicone Email: Description: Registration Process: Schools can contact John Ramicone directly at 216-916-6360 or email: john.ramicone@ideasteam.org Programs
	WWLEARN Distance Learning Network CESA #4 923 E. Garland St, West Salem, WI 54669 Phone: 608-786-4827 DL Room Phone: Fax:
Website(s): www.cesa4.k12.wi.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=250&Itemid=136 Contact: Carol Popelka Email: Description: WWLEARN is a regional distance learning network and serves 12 area school districts in western Wisconsin. We are part of the statewide BadgerNet, a state-of-the-art DL network with about 400 sites. Registration Process: Call or email the WWLEARN Network to schedule a program for your school. Carol Popelka, Director(608) 786-4827 cpopelka@cesa4.k12.wi.us Programs
	Zoar Town Hall 250 Main St., PO Box 621, Zoar, Ohio 44697 Phone: 330-308-9939 x 251 or 220 or Zoar 330-874-2646 DL Room Phone: Fax: 330-308-0964
Website(s): www.tchesc.org/zoar/ Contact: Marilyn Roder Email: Description: Registration Process: Programs