Welcome toSun Corridor Network & Internet2 Learning Day

October 20, 2015

Agenda

Time Description

9:30 am Check-in/coffee

10:00 Welcome and Introductions

10:15 Overview of Sun Corridor Network

10:45 Internet2 and Opportunities for Engagement

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:00 National I2 Use Cases and Examples

2:00 Arizona Sun Corridor Network Use Case

2:30 Next Steps Discussion

3:30 Conclude

Taking Education Beyond the Classroom and into the

World!

What is Sun Corridor Network? Arizona’s Tri-University Research & Education

Network. Collaboration among ASU, NAU, and UofA. Sponsored by Arizona Board of Regents.

Enables heightened collaboration and more educational opportunities for Arizona public schools, colleges, libraries, museums and state universities.

Through very high speed network services, provides access to research and education digital applications, content and programs throughout the U.S. and beyond.

What is Sun Corridor Network? Comprised of 100gbs

connections between Tucson & Phoenix; 10gbs between Phoenix & Flagstaff

Two 100gbs connections to Internet2; Tucson & Phoenix

25/7 Network Operations Center (NOC) at UA UITS

Enables partnerships and shared resources among Arizona members

Enables subscriber access to Internet2's national network infrastructure, community and services

What is Internet2? A community of academic,

research, industry and government organizations in advanced networking and applications for learning and research

A national backbone network - including the most advanced 100 gigabit networking technologies

Optimized research and education collaboration among; ~300 member higher

education institutions ~50 leading science, education

and technology partners e.g. NASA, NOAA, NSF

89 industry partners

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Speed Requirements

Rationale

• High bandwidth is needed for applications such as HD videoconferencing, content streaming, and large file sharing and transfer

• Symmetric bandwidth helps with real time 2-way communication such as videoconferencing, video chat, large file transfer, and VoIP (low)

• High Quality of Service (QoS), in particular low latency, is needed for real time applications. Examples include cloud computing, and videoconferencing

Italics = Requires significant upstream bandwidth (symmetric)

Cloud Computing /

Virtual Desktop

HD /Room Videoconferencing

HD Streaming

VideoInstant

Messaging

Web Browsing

Email File Sharing/ Transfer

Database/ Content Access

Desktop Video chat

Real-Time Simulation/ Online educational gaming

VoIP

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= Basic connectivity is sufficient

= Premium connectivity is helpful

= Premium connectivity is critical

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SOURCE: “Connections, Capacity, Community: Exploring Potential Benefits of Research and Education Networks for Libraries,” A study commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CSMG Consulting, Boston, MA, February 21, 2011

Why Gigabit speed?

High Speed

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Basic

What are the possibilities? Teachers can bring into their classrooms resources

from the Smithsonian Institution, PBS Learning Media, the Digital Public Library of America, the Hadron Collider, the National Park Service and other programs from around the world

High school labs can increase the scope of experiments that students can perform with remote access to perform experiments through iLabsCentral, at Northwestern University

Access to rich multimedia digital collections; real-time e-science, real-time e-discovery; and On-demand streaming video

Use of high-definition, interactive, multipoint videoconferencing for sharing teaching resources

Online educational gaming, immersive learning environments and visualization methodologies

What are the Arizona possibilities?

Ask A Biologist - wide variety of biology activities and resources for K-12 educators.

The Institute of Human Origins Becoming Human website features an online interactive timeline, documentary, and more.

Chain Reaction is an online science magazine/web site for students in grades 4-8

Mars Education provides a variety of Mars resources and curriculum materials.

The LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science Outreach Program Science is Fun

UA

AnimalWatch - web-based tutoring system for algebra readiness.

Arizona State Museum online exhibitions and podcasts

The Biology Project is an interactive online

Do the Math TV local mathematics teachers explaining concepts students must master to pass AIMS

The Poetry Center’s K–12 Education page

Tree Ring Exercises lets students try dendrochronology cross dating techniques

ASU

The Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity features a series of instructional videos on insect collection and preservation.

The Museum of Northern Arizona hosts the American Southwest Virtual Museum

The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Tribes & Climate Change Outreach page

Virtual Environmental Learning Space (VELS), a web-based tool to assist instruction in environmental biology

NAU

What are the requirements & cost?

Be an eligible user and complete MSA or IGA Obtain connectivity to one of three Sun Corridor

Point of Presence (POP) locations from your local telecommunications provider Flagstaff Tucson Phoenix

Sun Corridor subscription fee for Internet2 national network: $1.70 per Mbps per month flat rate charge based on

the amount of bandwidth subscribed. For example: 10 mbps - $204/annually

50 mbps - $1,020/annually

100 mbps - $2,040/annually

Questions? Comments?