e-Missions

E-Missions in Your School (Ancillae Assumpta Academy)
Melinda O'Neill, moneill[at]ancillae.org William Rooney, wrooney@ancillae.org

An e-mission is a simulated, problem-based, learning adventure delivered to your classroom via distance learning technology. Presenters note that teachers were barely involved during the mission. Student engagement was high.

Steps to make it happen:
 * Introduce to faculty and admin
 * Gain acceptance
 * Use the product manager model (manages the project)
 * Form a task force
 * Teacher Training
 * Rely on the Challenger Learning Center

A lab will be a tight space to run the mission - need room between the teams. Be prepared for controlled chaos Chunk the work into smaller pieces - Scheduling, logistics (Floor plan), curriculum, finance, technology Ask - do it in your building or at the IU?

Technical Requirements
 * 5 computers
 * 1 printer
 * 1 projector
 * speakers
 * Headset Microphone
 * Video Conference Equipment options
 * netmeeting (free), polycom pvx (best choice), xmeeting (free, mac), stand alone VC unit (first choice)**
 * Bandwidth of 256K Up & Down

Firewall Ports - cover the above four VC options
 * 1720, 1503,1731, 5000-5100,1935, 3230-3235 TCP, 3230-3247 UDP

Materials: Presentation Materials @ http://anceillae.org/parents/emission.asp Challenger Learning Center @ http://clc.cet.edu e-Mission website @ http://www.e-missions.net

ACT 48# C151306