If you are associated with a Wisconsin or Greater Chicago based distance learning Content Provider, and would like to be listed here until a "new" WIRED website is created, please contact me at grossd [at] gtc [dot] edu and I would be happy to put up a link to your program. If you are outside of Wisconsin/Illinois, please consider getting listed in the CILC and TWICE databases - they are both FREE and will bring you quality exposure.
Meanwhile, please visit Milwaukee's flagship museum, the Milwaukee Public Museum or in Chicago, please visit the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Adler Planetarium. Check out these distance learning opportunities from these nationally known content providers:
Milwaukee Public Museum's Education Pages
The Museum of Science and Industry's Live from the Heart
Adler Planetarium's Distance Learning Pages
Other programs may still be available from a variety of sources. They may include:
Kenosha's Civil War Museum (Opening in Spring 2008)
UW-Milwaukee's Great Lakes WATER Institute
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions
Point Beach Nuclear Power Facility
Fallen Timbers, Environmental Education Facility
We are also aware of a wide variety of locations around the state that own or have access to IVC equipment and used to provide programs, but are currently not making any program offerings. These may include:
Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin
Children's Health Education Center
the Experimental Aircraft Association
Teachers seeking programs within the state of Wisconsin or Illinois should also consider various Speaker's Bureaus. Many organizations offer speakers for free, or at very low cost, over IVC. In many state Universities, a certain amount of pro-bono community work is often required of tenured professors, many of whom are happy to share via videoconference rather than travel. Search for "speakers bureau university" and you will come up with many great suggestions!
The University of Wisconsin Madison
Wisconsin Arts Board's Wisconsin Folks (a folk artist resource)
Speakers are also available from many of the state's health care providers such as Aurora, Agnesian and the Medical College of Wisconsin. You may have to call for information since not much exists online.
You may also find many opportunities by checking to see what institutions are connected to Internet2, as those that are generally tend to have access to live h.323 videoconference systems: