Corporations in PA, NJ, and DE have research and educational opportunities to participate in high performance networking with MAGPI and Internet2 subscribers as an extension of their business goals and objectives.

Asian Studies Collaborative (ASC)

About the Asian Studies Collaborative

The Asian Studies Collaborative is designed to establish a comprehensive framework to support Asian language and cultural education for K-12 and beyond educators. An advisory board has been created to support this work. The Advisory Board provides expertise and resources in Mandarin Chinese language and culture for the following: program design, professional development, standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The Advisory Board also provides guidance in the development of regional and global collaboration.

The Asian Studies Collaborative is designed to establish a comprehensive framework to support Asian language and cultural education for K-12 and beyond educators. An advisory board has been created to support this work. The Advisory Board provides expertise and resources in Mandarin Chinese language and culture for the following: program design, professional development, standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The Advisory Board also provides guidance in the development of regional and global collaboration.

The Asian Studies Collaborative will host its Spring Conference on May 6, 2011 from 8:00 am - 3:30pm. The keynote speaker is Dr. Yong Zhao, internationally renowned speaker, author, and distinguished professor of education from Michigan State University and most recently University of Oregon. Additional conference strands will include Sister Schools through the Chinese Exchange Initiative, Asian culture in curriculum, ACTFL Teacher of the Year, MAGPI global resources and the ZON virtual world.

The registration cost is $75 for Berks County Schools and $100 for out of county schools. To receive a reduced fee of $25 for university students call for assistance to Beth Kozloski at 610-987-8489 or email betkoz@berksiu.org or Sue Calvin at 610-987-8639 suecal@berksiu.org. For more information and to register please visit the Asian Studies Collaborative website.

Corporate Research and Aids to Education

In the Allentown/Bethlehem area, one of the largest employers in the region has been providing support for local school districts for many years by sending staff to classrooms to present the value of science and math in the real world.  They are reviewing connectivity as a means of expanding their outreach to a wider distribution of students and teachers during a single session, and without leaving their facility.  At the same time, they are contemplating high capacity access to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center for data analysis.  If they decide to connect, they will have avoided the cost of staffing a new data center, while increasing the productivity of their R&D efforts.