| High Bandwidth Education |  |
| A think piece on what education would be like with unlimited bandwidth. |  |
| Beyond Bandwidth (PDF) | |
| Describes the growth of bandwidth. Has ideas on educational applications. | |
| Charlotte County Public Schools: Accelerating Web Applications, Streaming Media, and SSL | |
| District in a rural area of Florida using BlueCoat web appliances for bandwidth management. | |
| No-Nonsense Networking | |
| An article featuring Phillip Brody from Clark County, NV, who built a network out of a mishmash of connections. " Schools saw a 7 to 10 percent increase in costs, but got about a 2,000 percent increase in bandwidth." -David Mabe, deputy executive director | |
| NCES Internet Access in Schools 1994-2005 (PDF) | |
| The latest NCES report. It includes a copy of the survey that they sent to schools. Their questions about bandwidth only differentiate between broadband and narrowband. | |
| Are Our Schools On The Verge Of A Broadband Crisis? | |
| Short article-Hayes Group. Shows bandwidth calculation for 1:1 computing in a progressive high school. Cites reports that say a bandwidth crisis is looming, and also cites figures for per student bps. Then does a calculation of bps/student for high usage | |
| A Report On Internet Speeds In All 50 States | |
| Report by the makers of "speedmatters" a recent look at Internet speeds using data obtained from people hitting their speedmatters.org website | |
| From Poky To Lickety-split | |
| USA Today (3-26-07) on how long it takes to download or stream variously sized multimedia files over different Internet connections (dialup, wireless, DSL, cable) | |
| Future-Proof Network | |
| The Perkin School District in Illinois builds an ATM network that handles Internet, digital video and telephone. | |
| Super-Size Bandwidth And Two-Way Video In The Classroom (PDF) | |
| 13-page report on Internet2 and Videoconferencing for Distance Education | |
| MUSE: National Internet2 K20 Initiative | |
| The National Internet2 K20 Initiative brings together Internet2 member institutions and innovators from primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, libraries, and museums to extend new technologies, applications, middleware, and content to all educational sectors, as quickly and connectedly as possible. | |
| The Internet's Second Coming | |
| Internet2 examples | |
| Wireless Wide Area Networks For School Districts | |
| December 2001 short paper from the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities. Argues that wireless is more cost effective in areas where line of sight is not a problem and where trenching, easements, etc. may be a problem. | |
| StateNets | |
| StateNets is a working group of the Net@EDU EDUCAUSE initiative | |
| TCO Checklist: Connectivity | |
| The portion of the COSN's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) checklist that pertains to connectivity | |
| Tegrity Campus System Requirements (PDF) | |
| A worked-through example of server and bandwidth requirements for streaming and downloading audio and video applications (mainly for higher education). | |
| Managed Internet Network Services: Making The Case For Schools | |
| Examines the benefits of having one company plan network services for large districts or states. | |
| 2002-2003 Texas STaR (School Technology and Readiness) Chart | |
| Report on technology planning for K-12. Toward the end (search for bandwidth) there is a 4-level readiness rubric for schools/districts. | |
| Connectivity: Beyond The Promised LAN | |
| March 1999 report on thinking about the WAN vs. LAN | |
| Schools Get More Bandwidth For Their Buck | |
| New technology for wireless access points allows seamless access to multiple access points. | |
| Study: US Lags Behind In Broadband Speeds | |
| The U.S. is lagging behind other industrialized nations in the availability and use of high-speed broadband connections, according to a report released today by the Washington-based Communications Workers of America. | |
| Report Urges U.S. To Think 'Big' About Broadband | |
| Higher-ed group says it's time for nationwide, open access to high-speed internet service | |
| 11-Year-Old Boy Takes School Network By The Horns | |
| When Victory Baptist School, a small private school in Sherwood, Ark., was struggling to keep its computer network together last year, an 11-year-old student named Jon Penn stepped in as network manager. | |
| Models Of State K-12 Connectivity | |
| Gives 4 models of exemplary K-12 state networks: Utah, Missouri, Connecticut and Wisconsin | |
| Strike Up The Bandwith | |
| A case study from AT&T about a network for school districts. This school was using T1 over copper, and they upgraded to 100 mbps (faster than OC-1) | |
| APconnections Announces EdNET: A Unique Bandwidth Optimization Program Now Available To Public Schools Nationwide | |
| Press release on product geared toward K-12 market for bandwidth prioritization and distribution. Aims for reasonable cost. Includes quotes from district users. | |
| California K-12 High Speed Network | |
| K12HSN is a state program funded by the California Department of Education. K12HSN provides the California K-12 community with services such as network connectivity, diagnosis, learning applications, and videoconferencing. The mission of the California K-12 High Speed Network is to enable educators, students and staff across the state to have access to reliable high speed network which has the capacity to deliver high quality online resources to support teaching and learning and promote academic achievement. | |
| K-12 High Speed Launches A Network Diagnostic Service (PDF) | |
| Press Release on CA K12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) launch of a Network Diagnostic Service. This service aims at improving the efficiency of school networks in order that they make take full advantage of the benefits of their connection to the Network. It is a free diagnostic tool. | |
| Demystifying Capacity Planning | |
| capacity planning, mentions various tools | |
| Cell Phones Tackle Reading, Language Barriers | |
| New applications translate speech and read documents in real time | |
| Connectivity Survey Results | |
| The K20 Connectivity Survey provides data about a broad range of educational institutions' connectivity to Abilene, the high performance Internet2 backbone network. Sponsored Education Participant Groups (SEGPs) in each state aggregate and connect four-year colleges, universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, museums, libraries, and science and cultural centers to Abilene. These SEGPs, now in 35 states, provide various services that are also documented in this study. | |
| Denair (CA) Unified School District - Rural, 1580 Students (PDF) | |
| All school sites in this district are at a single location, and they have run a fiber optic cable down the middle of the district, connecting all campuses to a gigabit local area network. The district utilizes systemwide e-mail, has telephones and intercoms installed in every classroom, and has a strong Web presence accessed by parents, with individual campuses and even individual teachers updating site pages. They are working towards having all staff acknowledge and use these communications systems that parents are expecting. | |
| Bandwidth Planning For Disaster Recovery System | |
| This article highlights the need to evaluate your disaster recovery system for bandwidth needs. | |
| Evaluating Bandwidth Choices-Fractional DS3 Vs. DS3 | |
| Help when evaluating Fractional DS3 vs DS3. Factors covered include Technology, Speed, Description, Application, Pros, Cons, and Cost. | |
| Internet2 Detective | |
| Internet2 detective is a small, easy to install application. Once installed, a small icon displays the user's capabilities (connectivity to an Internet2 backbone network, bandwidth, and multicast) using a red, yellow or green light. | |
| Weaving A Secure Web Around Education: A Guide To Technology Standards And Security (PDF) | |
| This is a report about the Internet and has a tutorial section on connecting to the Internet that explains bandwidth. | |
| Andrew Odlyzko: Papers On Communication Networks And Related Topics | |
| Recommended at the CoSN focus group. Odlyzko takes exception to the 'hype' that we will run out of bandwidth. Reading closer shows that he does agree that the costs are higher 'at the edges' than in the backbone, which is where schools feel it. | |
| US: Nebraska Contracts To Improve School Bandwidth | |
| Article/Press Release of 3-11-07. Qwest Communications of Colorado gets $15M to redo Nebraska's outmoded distance learning system. | |
| Network Diagnostic Tester (NDT) | |
| Network Diagnostic tool from Internet2 "The NDT is designed to quickly and easily identify a specific set of conditions that are known to impact network performance. A multi-level series of plain language messages, suitable for novice users, and detailed | |
| The Multi Router Traffic Grapher | |
| Recommended to monitor bandwidth use | |
| NetStat Live | |
| Application that graphs how fast the network connection is that you are running netstat from. | |
| 4JNet Acceptable Use Guidelines (PDF) | |
| An example of guidelines used in an Oregon school district for acceptable use of their electronic communications network. | |
| Bandwidth--How Much Is Enough? (PDF) | |
| A short white paper with examples and resources from a provider of media rich learning content (PLATO). They offer field services for hire to provide network consulting. Another example, like unitedstreaming, of a company motivated to get schools to incre | |
| Portals In A Web 2.0 World | |
| Web 2.0 refers primarily to two major paradigm shifts in the way people use the Web: thin client computing and user-generated content. The portal plays a pivotal role in both areas. In thin client computing, data and applications are stored on Web servers, and a user has access from any computer via a Web browser, thus turning the Web into a gigantic application server -- a penultimate manifestation of Web 2.0. | |
| PRTG Tool Makes It Easy To Monitor Bandwidth | |
| A report from a CIO of a hospital on experience with how to make data-based arguments on the need for more bandwidth. Suggests a tool called PRTG (free) that allows a user to quantify bandwidth data. Goes through some screen shots of the software... | |
| Bandwidth Quandry Looms For Districts | |
| A short article from SchoolCIO quoting the Greaves study. Does point to a school district that combined with municipalities to get cable laid to most schools. | |
| Retool Your School Website To Appeal To Many Audiences | |
| This article contains an interview with a web manager, and it discusses how he retooled and redeployed his education service agency's website. The interview discusses the importance of making a schools' website up-to-date and user friendly, how he got employees involved in the redesign and upkeep of the site, and how he uses the staff to maintain quality control. | |
| EDUCAUSE State Network Chart (Microsoft Word) | |
| State Network Chart in MS Word format hosted at the EDUCause CONNECT library | |
| Virginia State School Readiness Certification Documentation | |
| Virginia Dept. of Education School Readiness document for eTesting using a Pearson product. Does provide a bandwidth calculator to ensure testing can occur | |
| Creating A Well-Defined District Web Site: A Checklist For Administrators | |
| Web pages are encouraged by many school districts, in order for teachers and other school personnel to improve communication and support the goals of the school. The following tips are offered to help design a functional, consistent, and well-designed Web presence for school districts. | |
