[NSFMSP] NSF MSP Efforts

[Gary D. Sacket]

http://www.alcaweb.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ALCA.woa/wa/Do/viewFileable?oid=184&sid=-1&tid=Presentation

The above is a presentation illustrating potential applications of the
ALCA Community server in facilitating collaborative efforts between and
across universities, public schools, and other non-profits.  

We are interested in collaborating with several initiatives to promote
STEM education and research.  We have significant experience in
research-based professional development, high quality curriculum, and a
very beneficial network of online K-16 communities within Oklahoma and
across the United States.

As ALCA scales up this coming year across the United States, your
resources including virtual projects, university courses, and shared
protocols, and learning and content objects can be of significant value
and benefit across ALCA Communities in Texas, California, North Dakota,
Louisiana, Arizona, and many other states.

Consider how the Community server and our experience with K-16
collaborations can address needs within your effort.  I or other staff
members can walk you through a demo of the Community server.  Again, we
are a non-profit professional association which addresses information and
knowledge flow within and between systems including K-20 educational
institutions, state and federal agencies, and other organizations.

Whether you actually decide to collaborate with ALCA or not, I would
encourage you to discuss with us lessons learned in the last four years of
our TICG initiative.  You can feel free to use any information we share
with you.  The most important thing is that public and private schools and
universities enhance their mutual, collaborative learning to impact STEM
education. 

Gary Sacket
Director, The Aurora Project
Aurora Learning Community Association
1000 East Elm
Fairview, OK 73737
(580) 227-1007