About MI Streamnet MIstreamnet delivers streaming video to educators in Michigan, and increasingly, across the country. The project was initiated as a means to provide live and on-demand video resources to educators and the public: professional development programming, curriculum content, and coverage of other educationally related government events such as State Board Meetings. The Fiscal Agent for the project is Wayne RESA. Financial Statement The REMC MIstreamnet project is funded by grants from the non-profit REMC Association of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Education. REMC MIstreamnet is free to content viewers. Revenue The REMC Association and Michigan Department of Education each contribute $35,000 to the operation of REMC MIstreamnet. REMC MI Streamnet Administrators  Ken Schramm, Project Manager  Richard Peng, Technology Administratorpengr@resa.net
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REMC Association of Michigan provides proactive leadership to the
Michigan educational community by participating with other organizations
in building a vision that supports quality teaching and learning and
provides equity to Michigan's Pre K-12 students. The MI Streamnet project is administrated by the REMC Association of Michigan. REMC centers around Michigan participate by relaying streamed programs to the areas they serve, and some REMC's originate content as well. |
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| Wayne RESA, the Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, is a member of the statewide REMC organizaion, and the fiscal agent for REMC MI Streamnet. Local project administration, including web design, server support, and project management, is performed by Wayne RESA Instructional Media and Technology Services staff. |
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Michigan Department of Education is a state-level governing body overseeing Career & Technical Preparation, Administrative Law & Federal Relations, Grants Coordination and School Support, Early Childhood & Family Services, Professional Preparation. School Finance & School Law, School Improvement, Special Education & Early Intervention Services, and Universal Service Fund (e-Rate). The Michigan Department of Education provides funding for MI Streamnet, and subsequantly provides a great deal of content. |
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Merit
is a non-profit corporation based in Ann Arbor whose mission is to
make Michigan a showcase for high-performance networking. Merit
is governed by Michigan's public universities, was founded in 1966,
and was America’s first regional research and education network.
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Computer, Inc. provided technical assistance to the MI Streamnet project during it's early stages, including working with Michigan REMC and Merit Network to establish the initial relay network usin Apple hardware. Apple's Quicktime media player application, which is used to view MI Streamnet, is available free of charge to the public. |
