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Building a State-wide Wide Area Network (WAN) for Enhanced Educational Connectivity

Discover the potential of a state-wide Wide Area Network (WAN) designed to enhance connectivity between educational institutions. Starting from a single computer, we can connect multiple schools through a high-speed backbone, enabling fast and reliable communication. With the WAN, districts can share services like shared drives and printers, and access essential educational platforms such as Moodle, PowerSchool, and video streaming services. By connecting all district buildings and ensuring a broader pipeline to the Internet Cloud, we can significantly improve educational resources and collaboration for students and teachers alike.

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Building a State-wide Wide Area Network (WAN) for Enhanced Educational Connectivity

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  1. PAIUnet State-wide Network Jim Gates

  2. Let’s Build a WAN (Wide Area Network) We start with one computer

  3. And then there were two We connect to another one, and we’ve got a (very small) network

  4. And so on…

  5. And so forth Very fast connection between machines

  6. Let’s add some services Services might be “share drives” or printers Looks like your school’s network, now

  7. A Look at TWO District Buildings

  8. Let’s Connect Them Very Fast Connection

  9. Connect ALL buildings

  10. Let’s package this for clarity Making your DISTRICT’S Network

  11. The Internet Cloud Let’s connect your district to the Internet

  12. Why is it called “The Cloud?”

  13. The Internet Cloud Your “clicks” travel the cloud

  14. The Internet Cloud Where can you improve your service? Get a broader “pipe” to the cloud 

  15. Where does the WAN come in? • What if we connected our districts together on our OWN backbone? • What if our backbone was VERY fast? • What if our services were on the WAN? • What if we didn’t have to fight the “cloud?” • Answer - Then we’d have a WAN – a Wide Area Network

  16. Your Regional WAN 100mb 20 mb 1.5 mb

  17. What’s On YOUR Regional WAN? • Discovery Streaming? • Plato? • Moodle? • PowerSchool? • SchoolWires?

  18. THOSE Connections Stay on the WAN Podcast Server Moodle Server 45mb 5 mb Streaming Video Server 1.5 mb

  19. What else is on your WAN? 45mb 5 mb 1.5 mb

  20. IU 45mb 5 mb 1.5 mb This is YOUR WAN

  21. Introducing: PAIUnet IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU 29 Regional WANS Across PA

  22. What If You Click Elsewhere? Google Yahoo Microsoft CNN Creative Commons wikispaces

  23. The Internet Cloud Your “clicks” travel the cloud

  24. Sometimes It Stays On PAIUnet

  25. The Internet Cloud What if an outsider connects to one of our servers?

  26. Why Bother? • Secure • Reliable • Economical • Reusable • Collaborative • Capacity

  27. What’s possible? • Multicasting video streams • “broadcast” training sessions, professional development activities, etc • Similar to a TV network • Content “Islands” • Your IU could house a blog server for others to share • Another IU houses digital videos to share the load

  28. What does it mean to teaching and learning? • Obtain Services we might not have otherwise • Connect classrooms across the WAN • Share teachers • Collaborating Students • Smooth Video Conferencing • Shared Professional Development

  29. Clear as Mud? Annie in Beziers Creative Commons Licensed: Attribution

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