Collaboration Equals Success for K20 in North Dakota

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Collaboration Equals Success for K-20 in North
Dakota

• Jody French
• SENDIT Technology Services
• Bonnie Neas
• North Dakota State University

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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)

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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))

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ND University System (NDUS)Higher Education
Computer Network (HECN)

• Organized in 1975
• SNA network 1977
• 1985 Bitnet
• 1987 NWNet
• 1989 ND Information Network (NDIN)

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HECN

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

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Great Plains Network(www.greatplains.net)
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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 FTEs
• Resides on NDSU campus and is administered by
  NDSUs Information Technology Services
• I2 Sponsored Participant

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 States 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.

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New ND State Network

• Conducted RFP
• Dakota Carrier Network
• Transport
• Postalized Rates for all locations
• QWEST
• Video
• Sprint
• Internet1 Access
• Onvoy
• Internet2 Access

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Dakota Carrier Network
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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Proposed State Network Governance
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New ETC
ETC Education Technology Council
Contracted Services IVN ODIN NDUS Private sector
services
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
Division of Independent Study
Center for Innovation in Instruction
Sendit Technology Services
State of North Dakota K-12 Technology
Organizational Structure
Proposed
Proposed
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Proposed Support Plan Players

• Higher Education
• K-12
• Political Subdivisions

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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.

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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.

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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

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Video Services
IVN Classroom
K-20 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
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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)

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Workforce Training

• Vendor Programs
• Free Educational software/hardware
• Oracle
• Microsoft
• Sun Microsystems

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Programs and Levels
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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.

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User Services Management System (USMS)

• Category of Service Model
• Each service is distinct can be separately
  provisioned, authenticated and authorized.
• Middleware
• Identification
• Authentication
• Authorization

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K-20 Benefit

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

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Opportunities for ND

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

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The New Economy Initiative

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

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Contacts

• french_at_sendit.nodak.edu
• Bonnie_Neas_at_ndsu.nodak.edu

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URLS of Interest

• State of North Dakota
• http//discovernd.com/
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• ND Information Technology Department
• http//www.state.nd.us/itd/
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• SENDIT Technology Services
• http//www.sendit.nodak.edu/
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• North Dakota University System
• http//www.ndus.nodak.edu
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• ND Higher Education Computer Network
• http//www.ndsu.nodak.edu/hecn/
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• North Dakota State University
• http//www.ndsu.nodak.edu
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• Gaining the Middleground