Welcome to Sun Corridor Network & Internet2 Learning Day October 20, 2015

Agenda TimeDescription 9:30 amCheck-in/coffee 10:00Welcome and Introductions 10:15Overview of Sun Corridor Network 10:45Internet2 and Opportunities for Engagement 12:15 pmLunch 1:00National I2 Use Cases and Examples 2:00Arizona Sun Corridor Network Use Case 2:30Next Steps Discussion 3:30Conclude

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  24/7 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

What can you do at 100 Gbps?  Every one of Arizona's ~1 million enrolled K-12 students could download an eBook simultaneously in just over two minutes  Transfer daily data equivalent to 80 million file cabinets filled with text  Transmitted 300,000 X-rays or 8.5 million electronic medical records in just one minute

Low Quality of Service Requirements 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 Video Instant Messaging Web Browsing File Sharing/ Transfer Database/ Content Access Desktop Video chat Real-Time Simulation/ Online educational gaming VoIP = Basic connectivity is sufficient = Premium connectivity is helpful = Premium connectivity is critical 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 High 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. Ask A Biologist  The Institute of Human Origins Becoming Human website features an online interactive timeline, documentary, and more.Becoming Human  Chain Reaction is an online science magazine/web site for students in grades 4-8 Chain Reaction  Mars Education provides a variety of Mars resources and curriculum materials. Mars Education  The LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science Outreach Program Science is FunScience is Fun UA  AnimalWatch - web-based tutoring system for algebra readiness. AnimalWatch  Arizona State Museum online exhibitions and podcasts online exhibitions podcasts  The Biology Project is an interactive online The Biology Project  Do the Math TV local mathematics teachers explaining concepts students must master to pass AIMS Do the Math TV  The Poetry Center’s K–12 Education pageK–12 Education  Tree Ring Exercises lets students try dendrochronology cross dating techniques Tree Ring Exercises ASU  The Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity features a series of instructional videos on insect collection and preservation.instructional videos  The Museum of Northern Arizona hosts the American Southwest Virtual MuseumAmerican Southwest Virtual Museum  The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Tribes & Climate Change Outreach pageOutreach  Virtual Environmental Learning Space (VELS), a web-based tool to assist instruction in environmental biology Virtual Environmental Learning Space (VELS) 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

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