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Pine Technical College
Internet 2 Achievements: Engaging the Two-Year College in the K-20
Initiative
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PTC: Overview
• Two-year technical college - - AS, AAS degrees, certificates, diplomas in technical disciplines
• Part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system
• Rural area of the state
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PTC: Overview• Regional facts:
– Degree attainment below state average– College participation below state and national
average– Per capita income only slightly higher than Puerto
Rico
• Smallest stand-alone college in system: 420 FYEs, 1600 headcount
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PTC: Relationships
• Shared degree programs with other colleges via distance learning– Shared AA offering– Multi-site social worker program– Course-sharing for efficiency and cost-
effectiveness– Strong commitment to technology solutions
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PTC: Relationships
• Curriculum, courses and technology sharing with regional K-12 districts– PTC courses to area high schools– PTC as telecom hub for 12 districts– PTC as Internet 2 conduit for teachers
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PTC: Relationships
• Statewide college connections– Member of 2 of 4 MnSCU Centers of
Excellence (Manufacturing & Allied Health)– Involved with U of Minnesota Digital
Technology Center
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PTC: Relationships
• Economic development and social mission– Regional Manufacturing Alliance– Regional Early Childhood programming– House both Chamber of Commerce and
regional welfare-to-work initiative
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PTC: Infrastructure
• High level of bandwidth into building (gigabit-plus level)
• Hub for data and ITV for 12 school districts
• Hub for regional college consortium
• Hub for community fiber backbone with FTTP in local industrial park
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PTC: Technology Flagship
• Founded only Virtual Reality Center in 2-year college in Midwest
• Applied research and product development: affordable immersive VR on PC platform for education & training applications
• VR applicability to distance learning and applied research through Internet 2
• Basis for partnership with universities, including UM
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PTC: Technology Flagship
• Awards from MnSCU System for IT Excellence:– Fiber Optic Backbone– JCVR
• Products for industry partners:– Virtual industrial spray paint booth– Virtual welding– Virtual inspection training
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PTC and Internet 2• Relationships with K-12 in region:
– East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative (ECMECC)
– 12 school districts in rural East Central Minnesota
– Share resources, including common data and interactive television backbone at 1 gigabit to the premises.
– Culture of using technology to enhance learning or to provide access to learning not otherwise available
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PTC and Internet 2• ECMECC collaborations:
– Virtual field trips for K-12 students• Wolf Center at Ely, MN• Cincinnati Zoo
– Classes with Vanderbilt University– Joint classes with Japanese schools including
joint band concert– Access through gigabit network to Internet 2
resources via hub at Pine Tech
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PTC and Internet 2
• Partnerships with U of Minnesota and gigapop:– Virtual reality collaboration
• National Science Foundation grant• Minnesota grants for application of VR to industrial
uses
– Legislative demonstrations of VR and Internet 2 with UM and Iowa
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PTC and Internet 2
• Partnerships with industry related to Internet 2 initiative
• Improved infrastructure at college = ‘Bulk buying’ of bandwidth at discount by combining
needs of several public sector entities Installation of Pine City fiber backboneFTTP into industrial parkAffordable rate broadband to major industry users
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PTC and the Internet 2
• Complete win-win scenario for all parties:– K-12 received higher bandwidth at lower cost
– City, county government acquired broadband
– PTC students networked city hall to take advantage
– Cost savings for broadband Internet for government, healthcare, education, industry in region
• Created grassroots support for infrastructure improvement
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PTC and Internet 2
• Infrastructure improvement empowered and enabled greater K-12 access and use– Gigabit network to each school district– Access through PTC hub to Internet 2– Snowball effect in terms of teacher usage
• Now ‘under the radar’ - - school tech directors handle Internet 2 projects without need for coordination or special help
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PTC, VR and Internet 2
Live demo with JCVR and University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center