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Collaboration Equals Success for K-20 in North Dakota

Collaboration Equals Success for K-20 in North Dakota. Jody French SENDIT Technology Services Bonnie Neas North Dakota State University. North Dakota. Population 642,200 (‘00) Tribal population 4.82% (‘99) ~70,000 square miles, (350 miles x 200 miles) ~9 people per square mile

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Collaboration Equals Success for K-20 in North Dakota

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  1. Collaboration Equals Success for K-20 in North Dakota Jody French SENDIT Technology Services Bonnie Neas North Dakota State University

  2. North Dakota • Population 642,200 (‘00) • Tribal population 4.82% (‘99) • ~70,000 square miles, (350 miles x 200 miles) • ~9 people per square mile • 50% live in 10 largest cities (88,128 – 9,213) (’99) • 361cities in ND – 16 urban (2,500 or more) • 53 counties, 36 counties considered frontier (less than 6 people per square mile)

  3. North Dakota • 11 public higher education institutions • 35,000 higher education students • 225 K-12 schools • 117,000 K-12 students • Rate of college-bound students – 70% vs. national average of 60% (’96) • Per capita crime rate (rank = 47th (1998))

  4. ND University System (NDUS)Higher Education Computer Network (HECN) • Organized in 1975 • SNA network ~1977 • 1985 – Bitnet • 1987 – NWNet • 1989 – ND Information Network (NDIN)

  5. HECN • 1990 – NSF funded TCP/IP project • Great Plains Network – 1996 (NSF/EPSCoR funded) • Internet2 – 1997 • University System CIO - 1997

  6. Great Plains Network(www.greatplains.net)

  7. SENDIT Technology Services (STS) • Established in 1991 • Provides internet services and support for K-12 schools • Developed ND School Net – a cooperative of schools sharing Internet access • Staff includes 5 FTE’s • Resides on NDSU campus and is administered by NDSU’s Information Technology Services • I2 Sponsored Participant

  8. Current Services • Information • E-mail, E-mail Lists, Resource Pages, Software/Hardware Discounts, User Directory, WWW Page Hosting • Education • Audio/Video Streaming Services, Computer Based Training, CourseInfo, Help Desk, Newsletter, Internet CD, Special Projects, Training Programs • Networking • Internet Cooperative, LAN and WAN Consulting Services, Cisco Networking Academies, Internet Filtering

  9. STS Statistics • 90% participation by ND Schools • 35,000 e-mail accounts • 1.5 million messages each month • 150 web sites • 80 electronic discussion lists • 30 audio/video streaming sites • 1000 e-mail/phone messages to help desk each month • 800 educators in training sessions

  10. Center for Innovation in Instruction • Learning technologies education and service center • Located at Valley City State University • Supports learning innovation by providing professional development opportunities for North Dakota educators which enable them to integrate technology into the curriculum.

  11. Educational Telecommunication Council • Mission • Established by the ND legislature to encourage and promote the use of technology for educational purposes and the development of technology systems to improve educational opportunity within the state.

  12. New ND State Network • Telecommunications Plan of 1994. • Result of 1999 Legislative Assembly • “Each state agency and institution that desires access to wide area network services and to each county, city, and school district that desires access to wide area network services to transmit voice, data, or video outside that county, city or school district shall obtain those services from the department.” • Governor appoints State’s first CIO to his executive team. • Legislation effective July 1, 2000 for state agencies and HE institutions. • Legislation effective August 1, 2001 for counties, cites and school districts.

  13. New ND State Network • Conducted RFP • Dakota Carrier Network • Transport • Postalized Rates for all locations • QWEST • Video • Sprint • Internet1 Access • Onvoy • Internet2 Access

  14. Dakota Carrier Network

  15. Costs • State Backbone awardee = Dakota Carrier Network • Postalized Rates • Circuit Bandwidth = $10.55/Mbps • T1 (1.54 Mbps); Access = $484 • DS3 (10 Mbps); Access = $2,160 • DS3 (45 Mbps); Access = $2,750 • OC3 (45 Mbps); Access = $2,850 • OC3 (60 Mbps); Access = $2,850 • OC3 (90 Mbps); Access = $2,850

  16. Costs • Internet1 Access Awardee = Sprint • 3 year contract; Access = $1,550; $308 Mbps; DS3 multiples • Internet2 Access = Onvoy at UM • Access = $15,400; Mbps = $550

  17. Costs • K-12 • Proposed legislation for state to cover costs of a minimum of an ATM T1 to each high school. • Includes • Router package • Internet access • State-wide e-rate application for Internet access.

  18. Implementation • Phase I • Current ITD Customer Base • 64 communities and 200+ locations • Completed December 8, 2000 • Phase II • K-12/Library Customer Base • 130 additional communities and 300+ additional locations • Completed Fall 2001

  19. Proposed State Network Governance

  20. ETC Education Technology Council Contracted Services IVN ODIN NDUS Private sector services New ETC Executive Branch Voting §ND CIO §NDUS CIO §NDATL §Vo-Tech Ed §NDCEL §NDSBA §NDSOS §Local District Reps §DPI Non-Voting ·STS ·DIS ·CII ·K-12 Tech Director K-12 Technology Director Sendit Technology Services Center for Innovation in Instruction Division of Independent Study State of North Dakota K-12 Technology Organizational Structure Proposed Proposed

  21. Proposed Support Plan Players • Higher Education • K-12 • Political Subdivisions

  22. Proposed Support Plan Goals • Enhancement of classroom learning • Extension of distance education services enabled by State Network • Support by ND Interactive Video Network for utilization of videoconferencing by other ND Public Agencies, Counties and Cities.

  23. STS and State Network Goals • Provide regional support to K-12 schools to make effective use of the new ND State Network. • Enable the use of technology tools and applications. • Provide consultation for planning, operation and maintenance of data and video applications. • Continue to provide centralized help desk support. • Assist with professional development for distance ed. • Foster collaboration in and among regions.

  24. Video • Higher Education, K-12 and State Government. • H.323 standard • Bridges and Gateways to support existing analog, MPEG2 and H.320 • Statewide scheduling software

  25. Router Router Router Video Services K-20 Classroom IVN Classroom H.320 CODEC H.323 CODEC Existing K-12 networks would have to manually setup external conferences. H.320 H.320/H.323 MCU ATM Network H.323 Router Up to 96 ports available H.323 CODEC H.323 CODEC 1 CODEC per external conference 1 CODEC per external conference MPEG2 Network Analog Network

  26. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) • Higher Education, State Government and K-12 • Web-Enabled • Easy Access • Data Warehouse • Single Database • RFP responders: PeopleSoft, Oracle, SCT • K-12: Powerschool (SIS only)

  27. Workforce Training • Vendor Programs • Free Educational software/hardware • Oracle • Microsoft • Sun Microsystems

  28. Programs and Levels

  29. On-line Course Management (OCM) • NDUS appoints Distance Education Director. • Tool to deliver and manage courses and programs. • Blackboard CourseInfo and Web CT • Coordinated, system-wide support including instructional design support.

  30. User Services Management System (USMS) • Category of Service Model • Each service is distinct & can be separately provisioned, authenticated and authorized. • Middleware • Identification • Authentication • Authorization

  31. K-20 Benefit • Identifier stays with student from K-20 • Transition to Higher Education is transparent. • Existing services (as appropriate) continue to be available.

  32. Opportunities for ND • Continuous learning • Promote economic development by increasing the availability of broadband services for residential and private business needs.

  33. The New Economy Initiative • Economic clustering approach – 4 clusters (www.gnda.com/neweconomy) • Information Technology • Tourism • Flexible Food Manufacturing • Aerospace • IT Cluster • It’s about how we do things, not what we do. It’s fueled primarily by the Internet and characterized by global markets, competition, the use of technology and knowledge as the key to new wealth creation.

  34. Contacts • french@sendit.nodak.edu • Bonnie_Neas@ndsu.nodak.edu

  35. URLS of Interest State of North Dakota http://discovernd.com/ ND Information Technology Department http://www.state.nd.us/itd/ SENDIT Technology Services http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/ North Dakota University System http://www.ndus.nodak.edu ND Higher Education Computer Network http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/hecn/ North Dakota State University http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu Gaining the Middleground: A Linux-based Open Source Middleware Initiative http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/kerDAP/

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