MEDIA ADVISORY: UNH Hosts Granite State Distance Learning Network Technology Take-Off Conference Nov. 3


Related Links Granite State Distance Learning Network “Technology Take-Off” Conference		MEDIA ADVISORY: UNH Hosts Granite State Distance Learning Network Technology Take-Off Conference Nov. 3 Contact: Lori Wright 603-862-0574 UNH Media Relations Oct. 28, 2005 WHAT: Granite State Distance Learning Network “Technology Take-Off” Conference WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 WHERE: University of New Hampshire, Holloway Commons: Squamscott, Cocheco, and Lamprey Rooms BACKGROUND: Lyonel B. Tracy, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education, will kick off the event, which features Internet2 presentations and workshops on teaching, videoconferencing, and technical considerations of Internet2 in research and science. The conference will feature a live audio/video connection to a diver on the West Coast, controlling a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) under water in the Pacific Ocean from Holloway Commons, and a virtual trip to the Cincinnati Zoo. The Granite State Distance Learning Network (GSDLN) is a public/private partnership of more than 30 organizations dedicated to developing and implementing an affordable, high-speed telecommunications capacity that ultimately will make interactive video networking and high-speed Internet access widely available in New Hampshire. MORE INFORMATION: Visit http://www.gsdln.org/take-off.html or contact Kelly Clark, chair, GSDLN, at 603-868-4359, or kclark@nhptv.org or Petr Brym, UNH director of Computing and Information Services, at 603-862-1571 or petr.brym@unh.edu.