The project aims to deliver Talkback Classroom forums held by the Museum.
Talkback Classroom is a regular forum held at the Museum where teams of three students investigate current issues and participate in a live interview with a leading decision maker.
This week Foreign Minister Alexander Downer will be interviewed by students on the Australian/Korean Energy Forum.
The session includes students from up to 100 regional and rural NSW schools participating via live-streaming videoconference across the AARNet3 national backbone – connected to the NSW Department of Education and Training network.
AARNet chief executive Chris Hancock said the latest “AARNet3 is a high-speed, high-capacity network specifically designed to give Australian schools and universities access to services, information and opportunities they have never had before, removing geographical constraints.”
“The National Museum’s Talkback Classroom project is a perfect example of how AARNet3 gives students in remote areas access to the same tools as those in city areas,” Mr Hancock said.
AARNet is the not-for-profit company that operates Australia's Academic and Research Network. The shareholders are 37 universities and the CSIRO.
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