Pine Technical College

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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 backbone
• FTTP into industrial park
• Affordable 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