Presents Fall Forum 2002

1. Presents Fall Forum 2002

2. IP Videoconferencing:An Implementation Model Presented by Alan Phillips Imperial County Office of Education

3. Vision • Interactive videoconferencing in every classroom • We’re not interested in creating videoconferencing rooms, but rather making every room capable of videoconferencing! IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

4. Realizing the Vision • Equipment Cost • Infrastructure • A single network implementation • Usage Costs • Flexibility IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

5. Virtual Field Trips Students interacting with a Holocaust survivor. IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

6. Teacher Professional Development A group of teachers participating in technology integration training. IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

7. Keynote Address Ian Jukes delivering a keynote address. IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

8. Specialized Teacher Training Teachers who received special training on integrating ELD strategies into existing technology lessons. IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

9. 32,000 students (K-12) 17 School Districts 59 Schools

10. How We Started • Partnership with the IID • Community Partnerships • Technology Innovation Challenge Grant www.borderlink.org IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

11. Building An Infrastructure IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

12. Coordination of Efforts County Planning Department IID Partnership Grant Funding Cable Franchise IVTA Superintendents & City Managers ITFS Communication Companies IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

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14. Videoconferencing • Our network “killer app” • Dabbled in ISDN • Took advantage of great timing IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

15. Our Approach • Community-based network • Centralized (Shared) Services • Gatekeeper • Gateway • MCU • Anytime, anywhere…with minimal cost IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

16. Our Hardware • Polycom Endpoints • FX / VS4000 Large-room units • ViaVideo Desktop/Laptop Units • Polycom MCU • Accord MGC 100 • Radvision Gatekeeper • ECS-100 • Radvision Gateway • On Lan PRI IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

17. Desktop Units IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

18. Our Smart Classroom IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

19. Our Videoconferencing Rack IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

21. Deployment • FX unit for every high school in the county • ViaVideo units for administrators, counselors and lead teachers (AB75) • Training, training, training • Videoconferencing workshops • Tech Leader Program IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

22. Support IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

23. Our Major Obstacle • Getting around network security - Firewalls and NATs • Lack of administrative control of these devices • MCU worked for our local firewall but did nothing for others • Frustration set in IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

24. Our Solution • Explored Possibilities • Ridgeway Systems • Enables us to tunnel through firewalls & NATs • Minimal configuration • Quick & easy setup IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

25. Our Future • Expansion of deployment beyond high schools • Deployment beyond education • High-bandwidth IP video transports • VoIP IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA

27. More Information Imperial County Office of Education Learning Technologies Division 1398 Sperber Road El Centro, CA 92243 (760) 312-6403 Alan Phillips, Videoconferencing Specialist alanp@icoe.k12.ca.us Paper on our implementation: www.icen.org Our videoconferencing website: http://vcon.icoe.org IMTC Fall Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA