What’s Broadband going to do for my school? by Andrew Mackey
Topics » An overview of broadband » Video Conferencing » Multi-media streaming » Digital learning content » Authentication
What is broadband? » Government targets 2Mb/s broadband to primaries May 06 » “True” broadband only: SLA for 24/7 access Symetric - Same speed up as down! No sharing of bandwidth
The old pipe:
The New Pipe:
Flow testing
Video Conferencing » Specific iniative for primaries » Linked to Digischool programDigischool » Portable equipment - PVX » Dedicated ‘friendly’ resourcefriendly » Schools can bid for equipment
Amanda Gardiner A friendly resource!
Multi-media streaming » Create and edit content REALREAL » Stream live events and record » Upload to share with other schools - or the world » Coming soon - Searchable content library
Digital Learning Content » Content from multiple providers » Content pre-positioning? » Trial periods » Bundles of content
» Smartfilter 4 – improved filtering, keywords,Google images » Filters anonymiser sites » 400Gb HDD, 3Ghz CPU, 2Gb RAM etc » New improved caching server Paid for Centrally
Authentication » Personalised services Customised filtering Auditing – EU regs 14/12/05 Personal content delivery
Shibboleth » Privacy based authentication » Major VLE’s / apps being adapted to use Shibboleth » Key strategy within Birmingham
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