Public cultural organizations of all shapes and sizes are increasing their audiences, digitizing their rich collections, and expanding opportunities for outreach and funding in ways previously not imaginable.

Digital Library/Media Sources for the K20 Community

National Science Digital Library

The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

The Library of Congress

The Library of Congress has a host of interactive educational materials online and provides professional development services for educators over Internet2 through videoconferencing.

WGBH Teacher’s Domain

Teachers’ Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television. These classroom resources, featuring media from NOVA, Frontline, Design Squad, American Experience, and other public broadcasting and content partners are easy to use and correlate to state and national standards. Teachers’ Domain resources include video and audio segments, Flash interactives, images, documents, lesson plans for teachers, and student-oriented activities. Once you register, you can personalize the site using “My Folders” and “My Groups” to save your favorite resources into a folder and share them with your colleagues or students.

Project Neptune

Project NEPTUNE offers rich educational opportunities for learners of all ages. Through their website, users can find real-time data, images and video from very dynamic earth-ocean systems.

C-SPAN Video Library

C-SPAN has digitized its entire holdings from 1998 to the present and allows educators and researchers to access this collection via the Internet2 Network. The video library is searchable using a extensive number of fields such as topic, speaker, organization, committee, keywords and has an optimized word searching tool that includes abstracts and closed captioning text.

SCETI

The University of Pennsylvania has made over 12,000 images from various collections of rare books, manuscripts, papyri, photographs and sheet music are available over the network through their SCETI Project.

ION Network Services

As a service to the research community, MAGPI has collaborated with Internet2 to make available high capacity connections to similarly connected institutions across the regional connectors and the Internet2 Network. ION, (Inter-Operability Network), has the ability to create short term circuits between two endpoints regardless of their I2 membership status or bandwidth subscription.  Internet2 Inter-Operability Network (ION) service has the capability of creating short term dynamically allocated circuits across many parts of the globe with a moment’s notice. Researchers can now easily and quickly create linkages to distance labs and facilities removing the lead-time in accessing high bandwidth international links.

Requirements for ION connections:

  • The research institution must maintain a connection separate from their regular MAGPI/Internet2 IP interface, and is responsible for the circuit integrity up to the MAGPI ION interface.
  • The minimum interface for subscribers for an ION connection is 1 Gbps.
  • Sub Gigabit circuit speeds are permissible
  • The connection must be presented to MAGPI at the 401 North Broad Street, Switch and Data facility.
  • Standard cross-connect fees apply.  Institutions co-located with MAGPI have no cross-connect fees.
  • Annual fees are not pro-rated.  Anniversary dates begin when the agreement is executed.

Fees for ION services:

Interface Capacity           Non-Recurring Fees      Recurring Fees

1 Gigabit per second                         $ 5,000                   $14,000
10 Gigabit per second                      $10,000                   $20,000
Cross-Connects                                $    500                   $     200

To inquire about ION service, contact us at info@magpi.net.

MAGPI Newsletters and Mailing Lists

One of the easiest ways to stay up-to-date on MAGPI-related activities is to subscribe to our quarterly e-Newsletter and/or community-specific mailing lists. To sign up, click here.

MAGPI Program Podcast Library

In MAGPI’s Podcast Library in the University of Pennsylvania iTunes U Directory, you will find select archived MAGPI educational videoconferences and multimedia presentations created by our members and partners. To view or download a podcast, you must download iTunes software. To find MAGPI’s Podcasts, go the UPenn iTunes Directory and click on “MAGPI.”

MAGPI Videoconference Testing Schedule

 

MAGPI Videoconferencing Testing Schedule

(Effective Jan. 2012)

 

In order for your site to participate in any MAGPI offered program, you must participate in a videoconference verification test with MAGPI. 

WE HAVE OPEN TEST TIMES ON WEDNESDAYS from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET and on FRIDAYS from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET. You must connect during one of these open test times at least ONE WEEK BEFORE YOUR PROGRAM in order to be eligible to participate.

During your test, please CHECK-IN with the MAGPI Technician so that we have record you tested.  If you have questions about testing, please contact Michael Knight, MAGPI’s Manager of Multimedia Services, at mknigh@magpi.net or 215-573-8583.

PLEASE NOTE THAT TESTING IS MANDATORY. If your site misses your scheduled test for any reason without notifying MAGPI, you may not be able to join the program and your reserved slot may be given to another school. Here are instructions for joining an open test:

1. Dial 216.27.100.165 .

2. Enable FAR END camera control.

3. DOWN ARROW until you highlight “Testing”

4. Use the RIGHT ARROW to enter that conference.

5. Do not forget to disable the FAR END camera control.


Questions? Technical Support?
Email Michael Knight at mknigh@magpi.net or call 484-393-1739.