1. 1 Connecting Schools: the Portuguese Experience Bad Nauheim 17 June 2003

2. 2 Agenda 1997 1998 – 1999 2000 – 2001 2002 –...

3. 3 1997 Initiative for the Information Society in Portugal Connect schools to the Internet identified as a priority –Students as a important element in deployment of innovation in families –Info-inclusion of remote schools

4. 4 1997 All schools from level 5 to 12 (age 10 to 17) –1623 schools Technology –Computer as a router –ISDN connection –Served by a PoP located in University –Services operated in each PoP Mail, Web-Site, DNS, ftp, … –PoP connected to Portuguese NREN –Traffic control at each PoP

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6. 6 1998-1999 New entities connect to RCTS –Public Libraries –Teacher training centres –Some primary schools Homogeneous PoP ISDN router 2 ISDN channels Development of several network monitoring tools Educational contents

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9. 9 2000-2001 Decision to connect all schools –eEurope 2002 Action Plan Major change of the PoP network –Access router at each PoP –MegaPoP at the RCTS main site –Special security and redundancy mechanisms Major upgrade of the core network Professional Call Center Self-Service information system for schools

10. 10 Infrastructure at each school - 1

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12. 12 Institutions connected to RCTS

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15. 15 2002-...

16. 16 RCTS in numbers Schools levels 5 to 121739 Primary scholols (level 1 to 4)8803 Teacher training centers 257 Municipal Libraries318 Associations citizens with special needs127 Other associations227

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20. 20 A New Era Problems –Failures after thunderstorms –Lack of basic knowledge in some schools –Lack of motivation of some teachers DCB Migration to ADSL ? Role of ISPs ?

21. 21 Obrigado pela atenção