Megaconference Junior 2005

The Megaconference Junior 2005 event was held on May 19, 2005. 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. It is sponsored in part by the Internet2 project whose membership includes more than 200 U.S. universities, working with industryand government. Internet2 develops and deploys advancednetwork applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.

Susan Patrick participated in the 12-hour virtual conference as one of 45 international presenters from across the globe. She discussed the educational policy implications of the new U.S. National Educational Technology Plan and responded to “live” questions from participants in different locations and also joined in online chat room discussions. One area of student interest was how U.S. students could link with other schools and students in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq. Susan briefly described the Department’s Friendship Through Education initiative and encouraged their participation.