1. Monticello and Video Conferencing How to make it work Shelley Rossitto Director of Instructional Technology Monticello Central School District srossitto@monticelloschools.net

2. Projects Collaboration with districts Virtual Field Trips Meetings outside of region Shared professional development HS and elementary links 5 th and 6 th grade links (diversity) Professional Development Music – Cleveland Institute

3. Challenges Bandwidth –Within district, time of day, 4- county ring –Management – packeteer Classifies network traffic into categories based on URL, subnet, application - tracking Provides reporting and graphing on peak times, TCP health and helps analyze delays Allocate bandwidth Identify top users of bandwidth

4. Challenges cont. Infrastructure –Replace hubs with switched ethernet –Provision bandwidth –QOS –Looking at gateways –Security –Provisioning IP addresses- public internet to inside district translations –Firewalls – multiple types –Management of calls Physical setup of classrooms – lights, microphone Portability – network jacks in rooms (easy access) cables on floor, etc. Technical staff availability, remote access vs. sneakernet

5. VPN

6. What the data tells us How to proceed in scheduling How much bandwidth to allow When can we download and when do we need to be live Be aware of other location in scheduling. If they do not have a plan in place your VC could come to an end because of their bandwidth issues.

7. Equipment to purchase Polycoms,Tandbergs Models – based on what you use them for –Gateways –Firewalls –Infrastructure upgrades

8. Information to be found White papers by Polycom and My Powerpoint http://www.monticelloschools.net Click on District corner, technology page and video conferencing

9. Credits Staff at Monticello that makes this work Dennis DePasquale – Head Technician Ron Devine – Network Administrator Scott Kox – Network Administrator David Schwartz – Network Administrator Peter Jockel- Technician David Linton – Technician Maria Cruz – Systems Operator