TLC Goes Global!

During the school year TLC students and staff have had the opportunity to become virtual travelers and communicate with researchers, scientists and students from around the world.

Below is summary of the videoconferencing opportunities at TLC during the 2010 Fall Semester.

Students Rebuild, a Global Nomads Event from Haiti Polycom Special Event TLC students joined LIVE with a classroom from Haiti and discussed current events, culture, economics and environmental factors that influenced their lives. The videoconference concluded with the Haitian students teaching TLC students a local dance move and sharing their music.	Invisible Universe! Michigan State University Museum Students discussed the vast wealth of information that can be extracted from light invisible to human eyes with a scientist. TLC students discussed the observations, techniques, and discoveries made by scientists working with the Chandra X-ray Telescope and other NASA Great Observatories to understand ways of detecting invisible light, such as X-rays, UV and the thermal infrared to view unknown objects in the universe.
States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, Gases, & Beyond NASA Digital Learning Network TLC students interacted with a NASA specialist to discuss how scientists and engineers utilize the basic principles of the states of matter on a daily basis. Students discussed how the states and properties of matter were very important to the design and construction of NASA spacecraft by engaging in virtual experiments and dialoguing about the extreme cases NASA encounters.	Scientists in Action - People of the Southwest Denver Museum of Nature & Science TLC students were able to interact with Stephen Nash, PhD, curator of archaeology, and Jim Enote, director of the Heritage Center at Zuni Pueblo, to discuss various perspectives on the Ancestral Puebloans of the Southwest. The scientists broadcasted LIVE from Chaco Canyon National Historical Park.
Others Worlds of Architecture Indiana University Bloomington TLC students interacted with a University of Illinois historian about the architectural features in Central Asia and the Islamic World along the famous Silk Road. The discussion included both artistic aspects of Islamic architectural design, as well as the geographic and historical context of their construction. The discussion concluded with a look at contemporary architecture in the modern-day countries along the Silk Road.	The Emerging Technology Game Northern Ohio Research and Training Technology Hub Teachers interacted with a technology specialist and shared ways that emerging technologies could be utilized in classroom instruction. An interactive game was played to showcase the many emerging technologies that are available.