2nd Workshop: Connecting Schools to NRENs
The workshop was held on 24-25 October 2005 in London, UK. It was kindly sponsored by UKERNA and Becta. The workshop venue was Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET. The logistical information for the workshop was provided by UKERNA.
The workshop report - available on line - 14 November 2005.
TERENA News item: TERENA holds second workshop on Connecting Schools to National Research and Education Networks
Workshop Programme
Monday, 24 October
Opening presentation - by Baiba Kaskina, TERENA
Session A
3 case studies about particular countries were presented. The speakers went in depth about their solutions, to explain who is doing what, who is paying for what and what is not as good as it should be.
Presentations:
- NREN Services for Schools in Slovenia - by Tomi Dolenc and Marko Bonac, ARNES
- HEAnet and the Schools network, Ireland - by Ronan Byrne, HEAnet
- Connecting schools - status in Luxembourg - by Stefan Winter, RESTENA, also written report available
List of questions/topics for the presenters.
Chaired by Baiba Kaskina, TERENA
Session B1 and B2
Splitting into two groups:
B1 - technical group
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- Technical group presentation - by Robert Symberlist, UKERNA
- Report from the discussion in the technical group - by Avgust Jauk, ARNES
B2 - management/funding/political group
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- Presentation Connecting schools to NRENs - political, funding and managerial issues and chaired by Dorte Olesen, UNI-C
- Some thoughts from management/funding/political group - by Marko Bonac, ARNES
These groups brainstormed about success factors and problems faced as
well as tried to identify some areas for more concrete collaboration.
Session C
Summary
This session heard the results of the parallel sessions with a view to identifying the wider issues that NRENS have about connecting schools to the internet.
Chaired by Shirley Wood, UKERNA
Tuesday, 25 October
Session D
3 technical topics with presentations and discussions. These topics were selected focusing on those where NRENs could collaborate or help each other. Topics:
- Video conferencing
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- Videoconferencing - Challenge to NRENs- by Simon White, the Technical Manager for West Midlands RBC
- Technical issues in videoconferencing - by John Martin, Manager of the JANET Videoconferencing Service Management Centre
- Videoconferencing Services for UK Schools - by Karen Perrins and Robert Symberlist, UKERNA
- Recommendations on real-time group communication and collaboration services - by Baiba Kaskina, TERENA - Security
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- Sectornet security issues, Denmark - by Tommy Ravn Jensen, UNI-C, Sectornet schema
- Security to Schools, FCCN, Portugal - by Lino Santos, FCCN
- Enabling Media Rich Curriculum with Content Delivery Networking - by Mike McKeown, Cisco
Chaired by Valentino Cavalli, TERENA
Session E
Closing session of the workshop.
In this session the group mainly focused on the way forward - what
should be done together, how this should be done, who will contribute, how to continue...
Chaired by Tomi Dolenc, ARNES - presentation Where do we go from here?