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Idaho Rural Partnership October 13, 2010
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Idaho Rural Partnership October 13, 2010
What is the Idaho Education Network?
•We are a legislatively mandated virtual private educational network•Purpose is to provide an equitable and reliable high-speed level of connectivity for all Idaho public schools to support 21st century collaborative learning environments and increase educational outcomes
How are we going to do it?
•Connect 200 High Schools over three years with ample bandwidth and additional technology
•Current deployment is 170 Receiving Sites/30 Origination Sites
•Primary funding through a Statewide E-rate Application-Education Networks of America•Video Teleconferencing Systems at each school
Who is doing it?
IEN Program Resource Advisory Council (IPRAC)
IEN Technical Subcommittee
Technical Director (208) 332-1840Brady Kraft
Communications Director (208) 332-1842Garry Lough
IEN Organization
IEN Project Status
• Schedule Updates– Directional Changes
• IEN Advisory Council– New Membership– Organizational Structure
Where are we now?
• 79 schools connected in FY 2010 • 121 schools left to connect in FY 2011 and 2012• 300+ students received courses over video• 800+ credits earned over video• 250+ Teachers and Administrators trained • Established a management system for network• Established training for users and teachers• Established a search engine for neighboring VTC
sites and curriculum
IEN Applications To Date• Increased efficiency and flexibility for administrators, teachers
and students• Higher Education classes to Grades 9 to 12• Professional and Workforce Development
– Certification, EMT, Fire, Police, Business, E-Commerce, Masters, PhD.
• Peer to Peer delivery (Intra-district or Inter-district)• Supplemental Curriculum, Virtual Field Trips for K-12
– Royal Botanical Gardens, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Royal Tyrrel Paleontology Museum, NASA, Smithsonian, etc…
• Collaboration, Meetings, Interact with Subject Matter Experts
Consumer Centric Model
Web-Based Support Center
IEN Delivers a Fully Managed Connectivity Service
IEN VPN/Network Backbone
Video Teleconferencing and Support
Expanded Bandwidth to Schools
IEN Adoption (MOU)
• Open House Presentations with VTC• Invite parents to see the system and share your
vision• Conduct Professional Development and Open
House trainings with Teachers• Conduct open house meetings with Community
Leaders-• Police, Fire, Chambers
IEN Adoption• Community Leaders Open House
• ISU workforce training• Joe Fleischman and Jeff Hough at ISU• E-Commerce Training• Online Marketing• Customer Retention Techniques• 208-282-3372 or [email protected]
IEN Adoption• Teacher Proctor Training and Origination
Training
• Andy Lanning 208-861-3773• [email protected]• What does VTC mean to me? Overview of VTC in the
class• Proctor Training (4hr)• Origination Training (16hr)
What are our neighbors doing?• Wyoming Model–Heavy focus on K-12 to K-12
delivered courses• Utah Model—Heavy focus on Higher
Education and Dual Credit.– 20% of concurrent enrollment credits were earned
through distance education.• Idaho Model—Expand on their strengths and
included community opportunities, PTE, STEM, Graduate Degrees, Emergency Training, etc…
Big Picture of the IEN website?
• We have created a mechanism for schools and providers to find what they need, post what they need, and post what they offer.
• This search function operates with the same principles and rules as many of the search engines you currently use like Google or Yahoo.
Sites Connected
Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
Content Providers
What does the IEN mean to you?
Contact Garry LoughCommunications Director 208-332-1842
