CITY OF VANCOUVER

                              M E M O R A N D U M


   FROM:          City Clerk's Office      DATE:  June 2, 1997
                                           FILE:  1153

   TO:       Vancouver City Council

   SUBJECT:  Vancouver 2020 Project



   Arrangements have been made for Mathew Levenson, from EXCITE Lab at
   Simon Fraser University and students from the Point Grey Mini School to
   give a report reference on the Vancouver 2020 Project.

   A one-page description of the project is attached for information.







                                           CITY CLERK

   TT:li
   Att.

   INTERACTIVE CABLE CLASSROOM

   URL:http/www2.excite.sfu.ca/pgm/

   EXCITE is working with students and teachers at Vancouver's Point Grey
   Mini School to develop new models for learning on the Internet through
   highspeed network connections.

   Using the Rogers Cablelink Schools infrastructure, grade eight students
   share their science projects, and grade 11 students publish an
   interactive examination of Vancouver during the Great Depression.

   The fast cablelink has facilitated regular videoconferencing between
   Point Grey Mini students and EXCITE, enabling collaboration in the
   development of the Science Clubhouse Network, a live Internet science
   show hosted by the students with the participation of online science
   experts.

   Currently EXCITE, Point Grey Mini School, Rogers Communications, and the
   City of Vancouver are collaborating to produce an online, interactive,
   multimedia exploration of Vancouver in the future.  This ambitious
   project will use data from the Vancouver Planning Department, media
   resources from Rogers, student research and performances, and the
   multimedia wizardry of EXCITE to examine Vancouver's projected growth
   and to invite community participation in debates about city planning.

   The Interactive Cable Classroom projects are financed by the Canadian
   Cable Labs Fund.


   PROJECTS

   Prime Ministers CD-ROM | Best of the Net | Macleans Website | Thin
   Client Research | Connexis | Science, eh? | Interactive Cable Classroom
   | Safari 3D Touchtank | Heritage Post Interactive | Heritage Stamps |
   NCompass


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