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By WRAL Tech Wire MCNC has published a new map that shows the path that will be followed by the North Carolina Research and Education Network from the coast to the mountains. The $144 million network expansion is scheduled for completion in 2013. Most of the funding for the project is coming from the federal government. However, the Golden LEAF economic development group also is providing substantial financial support - thus the name Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative. The project includes 1,646 miles on new construction and nearly 2,600 miles of new infrastructure while stretching across 69 of the state's 100 counties. Get the latest news alerts: Follow WRAL Tech Wire at Twitter.

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Posted by Carl Weinschenk Nov 10, 2011 9:15:06 AM The big advances in the Internet — as well as its initial development — historically have been tied to the educational and military sectors. That is not changing today.

GigaOm has an interesting story about a grant from the National Science Foundation to Johns Hopkins University for development of a 100 Gbps network. It will traffic data between the school and other locales including Google, the story says. It adds that gear from Cisco, Arista, Solarflare and Nvidia will be utilized. The piece adds details about the topography of the new network. The vision of Dr. Alex Szalay, who is heading up the project, is nothing if not ambitious: In his mind, the new way of using massive processing power to filter through petabytes of data is an entirely new type of computing which will lead to new advances in astronomy and physics, much like the microscope’s creation in 17th century led to advances in biology and chemistry. When thought of in that light, the creation of 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) research network at Johns Hopkins becomes not just a fast network, but an essential tool for research and discovery, an essential component of the 21st-century microscope. The Johns Hopkins project is far from the only ongoing initiative. This week, for instance, the North Carolina Research and Education Network — which is operated by MCNC (which initially was the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina) — said that East Carolina University has gotten a 10 Gbps upgrade. The press release offers details on the funding of the $144 million project. The upgrade, the release says, will support online and distance learning programs, videoconferencing, economic development and other services. It also will encourage innovation in the state’s coastal region.

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Still another recent piece of news on the high-tech, highereducation front was the near-completion of a network that will connect 63 universities and colleges in Indiana. The $35.8 million project soon will connect 21 Ivy Tech Community College campuses to the I-Light network. I-Light and Zayo Bandwidth were awarded $25.1 million from the Broadband Stimulus. Those funds were supplemented by monies from I-Light and Zayo. The release says that a new element of the project includes 626 miles of fiber connecting Ivy Tech campuses to 42 institutions already on the network. In addition, as many as 49,000 businesses and thousands of health, public safety, education and government centers in 80 communities along the route may be served, the release said.

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DOBSON — Surry County Schools is considering piloting a new technology policy that could become a model for the state if it receives approval from the Board of Education at the December meeting. Assistant Superintendent Dr. Terri Mosley presented Technology Policy 10300 to the board last Monday night with the final vote expected in December. The policy would allow teachers to bring their personal technology devices such as iPads, iPods, smart phones and laptops for use at school in an effort to pave the way to allow students to do the same. Teachers would not be able to save information to their personal devices but they would be able to access and input data to the school system server and any software programs used by the school such as the Haiku learning management system. “If they really want to use an iPad, it would allow them to combine technologies to make the best of the things available,” said Mosley. If the board approves the policy in December, officials hope to have the internal infrastructure set up for teachers to start using their personal devices during second semester. If the pilot program with teachers proves successful, it would pave the way for students to be able to do the same in the future. Students in 11th and 12th grade would be the target group of this new project. By allowing them to use their own devices, officials hope to create an atmosphere that is similar to what happens in college.

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With Career and College Promise, a new program from Gov. Bev Perdue, high school students can begin work toward a two- or four-year college degree while still in high school and will therefore not have to pay tuition for those classes. Students in this area will be able to follow one of two pathways. Through college transfer, they can earn credit toward a four-year degree. Students who complete a 44-hour credit program will be able to transfer their credit to all University of North Carolina institutions and many of the state’s independent colleges and universities. Students in the technical career pathway will earn course credits toward an entry-level job credential, certificate or diploma in a technical career. This means students will be spending more time on the campus of Surry Community College and, with their own devices, will be able to stay connected regardless of the campus. Getting this program up and running, however, will not be an easy task for the school system. Several modifications have to take place to ensure the personal devices will be able to access the Internet through the school system’s server, thereby keeping the filters in place to block certain materials.

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“We have to set up guest access at the schools so they will be able to access only unrestricted things,” said Mosley. “We have restricted access for our students and with our juniors and seniors involved in the new College and Career Promise program, they will have to have additional access. They will be able to experience what real college will be like and learn to filter and process information themselves.”

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If this program proves to be successful, it will help to offset some of the technology costs of the school system. If students are able to bring their own devices from home, that

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creates a smaller number of technology devices the school system will have to provide. “Right now we’re about one computer per every 1.175 students. Financially over time in order to sustain 1:1 in the district, we need to see how this vision works,” said Jill Reinhardt, director of technology and career and technical education. “It’s about efficiency and money.” While other school systems in the state are using different approaches to try to bring more technology into the schools, Surry County’s approach is unique. “We’re working with MCNC which is our state connectivity provider. We have the backbone of the Internet through them. Their team is working with us on how the zone networks and the policies and procedures are going to play out so they can follow us through this journey. Nobody’s going to embark on this process quite like we are,” said Reinhardt. “This is going to be very challenging with the personnel needed to make this take place and the fact that it’s going to require a great deal of rethinking. But it is one we think is very relevant and needed. We want to offer students an extended learning environment to prepare them for college,” said Mosley. The restructuring of the networks and access points would start at the high schools because their wireless networks already are configured for guest access. From there, the technology department would move to the middle schools and then to the elementary schools. Additional information about this policy is available on the school system’s Web site by following the links for “Admin and Board” and then for “Policies.” Contact Morgan Wall at mwall@mtairynews.com or 719-1929.

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