PAIUnet

State-wide Network

Jim Gates

Let’s Build a WAN (Wide Area Network)

We start with one computer

And then there were two

We connect to another one, and we’ve got a (very small) network

And so on…

And so forthVery fast connection between machines

Let’s add some services

Services might be “share drives” or printers

Looks like your school’s network, now

A Look at TWO District Buildings

Let’s Connect Them

Very Fast Connection

Connect ALL buildings

Let’s package this for clarity

Making your DISTRICT’S Network

Let’s connect your district to the Internet

The Internet Cloud

Why is it called “The Cloud?”

Your “clicks” travel the cloud

The Internet Cloud

Where can you improve your service?

The Internet Cloud

Get a broader “pipe” to the cloud

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

Your Regional WAN

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What’s On YOUR Regional WAN?

• Discovery Streaming?

• Plato?

• Moodle?

• PowerSchool?

• SchoolWires?

THOSE Connections Stay on the WAN

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Streaming Video Server

Moodle Server

Podcast Server

What else is on your WAN?

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This is YOUR WAN

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29 Regional WANS Across PA

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Introducing: PAIUnet

What If You Click Elsewhere?

Google

CNN

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Microsoft

Yahoo

Your “clicks” travel the cloud

The Internet Cloud

Sometimes It Stays On PAIUnet

What if an outsider connects to one of our servers?

The Internet Cloud

Why Bother?

• Secure

• Reliable ��• Economical

• Reusable

• Collaborative

• Capacity

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

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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

Clear as Mud?

Annie in Beziers

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