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California Educational Data Processing Association
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The DataBus - Vol. 37, No. 5
August-September, 1997
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NetDay, Funding, and the E-Rate
An On-line and Satellite Distributed Video Workshop
Saturday, September 6, 1997
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time
Downlink Coordinates:
C Band Galaxy 3R Transponder 12
Ku Band Telstar 402R Transponder 5B5
Goals
- To help schools get connected to the Information Superhighway.
- To help educators, librarians, administrators, concerned citizens, and other relevant parties make "wise" decisions about and investments for making this connection by examining connectivity options; developing and updating connectivity/technology plans; and understanding and making application to the programs, organizations and resource pools that may help fund these connections, including the E-Rate, the TIIAP, the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, corporate contributors, foundations, etc.
- Understand and prepare for the NetDay activities scheduled for Saturday, October 25.
Audience
Local NetDay organizers and volunteers, including parents and teachers
Site administrators/principals/school heads and directors
County and district superintendents
Technology coordinators
Managers of educational facilities
Representatives from educational organizations
Partners and sponsors from business, labor, service organizations, etc.
Schedule
In recognition of the local nature of education, and in response to the requests of leaders at the state, county, district, and school levels, the "NetDay, Funding, and the E-Rate" workshop is modular in design to facilitate customization. Please refer to "Optional Components" toward the end of this document.
10:00 - 10:05 Information/NetDay Pep Rally video (can be copied and reproduced)
10:05 - 10:08 Introductory comments
10:08 - 11:30 Moderated panel: "NetDay: Connectivity and Technology Options"
11:30 - 12:00 The NetDay How-To Story video (can be copied and reproduced)
12:00 - 12:54 Moderated panel: "Funding Opportunities and E-Rate Discounts"
12:54 - 12:57 Closing comments
12:57 - 1:00 PSA/Video for NetDay (planned; can be copied and reproduced
Panel issues and topics to be discussed
- NetDay: Connectivity and Technology Options
- Getting Organized
- Things-To-Do/Responsibilities lists
- Facilities information and infrastructure alternatives: Cat 5, fiber, wireless
- Telecommunications alternatives: dial-up, ISDN, T-1, ATM, satellite, cable
- ISP/Internet alternatives: commercial ISPs, state, county and district-based ISPs
- Networking alternatives: topographies, technologies
- Funding Opportunities and E-Rate Discounts
- E-Rate guidelines and application strategies
- Government ed/tech funding program opportunities, requirements, and application strategies
- Corporate resource pools for cash and in-kind
NetDay Components
(To be arranged by National NetDay)
- Produce two and one-half hours of moderated panels and one-half hour of pre-recorded videos to be up-linked for distribution, as outlined in the schedule above.
- Arrange for at least one downlink site per state (with your help, we can do this!).*
- Promote and publish downlink sites on our Website.
- Promote the Workshop in the national media.
- Work with our partners and sponsors, government and education agencies, labor, and others to help get the word out to possible attendees.
- Arrange for web-based interactive activities, including issue-based discussion areas, real-time seminar transcripts and streaming audio. These Web-based activities will remain active at least through October.
- Provide an E-mail address and a 1-800 phone bank in order to take questions from participants. The 1-800 phone bank will be staffed with experienced NetDay volunteers, beginning with the moderated panels and running on hour after the close of the on-line and satellite distributed core. Some questions will be directed live to the panels.
- Provide support materials electronically for each panel, including model technology plans, funding applications, and the NetDay How-To Guide.
- Assist with any optional components (see below), as needed.
*If you are capable of hosting a downlink site, please contact Teresa Wann at [email protected] or (415) 553-2315.
Optional Components
(To be arranged by and at the discretion of downlink site organizers)
- Invite a local keynote speaker to introduce the on-line and satellite distributed core, to clarify local status and activities, and to establish a local framework for the moderated panels.
- Organize a hands-on workshop after the on-line and satellite distributed core to introduce local resources, and to complete applications for support.
- Refreshments for participants.
- Access to phones/e-mail so participants can pose questions.
- Publish your "event" in local media and/or on your Website.
- Invite community members who you feel would benefit from participating in the workshop.
Downlink Coordinates: C Band Galaxy 3R Transponder 12, Ku Band Telstar 402R Transponder 5B5
Looking for a site near you to view the workshop? Call your local PBS station to see if they will be downlinking the workshop. You can also check with your school or school district. Many school district offices have downlink capabilities. Also, a local college or community college may be able to help. If none of these has plans to downlink the workshop, ask them why not! Organize your own downlink site in your community.
If you can't view the workshop live, ask someone to tape it for later broadcasting. You will lose the interactive component, but the information will be invaluable.
NetDay expects to have at least one downlink site (but we hope to have dozens) in each state where you can go to view this on-line and satellite distributed video workshop. As downlink sites are identified,NetDay will publish them here. Please check back regularly for updates.
If you know of a downlink site not listed here, please contact us at .
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