At the fall member meeting in Chicago I engaged a number of people to talk about what kinds of applications were driving the push for higher bandwidth and lower latency networks. I took a few minutes to jot down some of these ideas and sort of grouped them by similar concepts. Please help me out by editing and adding to this list!
----Applications driving bandwidth:
Normal Web Traffic (to support instruction)
Streaming Video (Atomic Learning, United Streaming)
VoIP / Videoconferencing
Course Management Systems (CMS/LMS)
Email
- Attachments
- Volume
- Spam and Spam Solutions
Desktop Conferencing
Podcasting/Vlogging
Application Service Provider (ASP) Applications
- Google Docs (Writely) and Spreadsheets
- Online Survey Tools
- Online Database Tools
- Online Writing Tools (storyboarding, webbing)
- Fact Checking Databases
- Plagurism Checking Websites
Online Grading
High Stakes Testing
State Reporting and Data Collection
Home/School Data Links
Library Integration and Inter-Library Loan Programs
GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
Remote Instrumentation and Control
- Telescope
- Dissection
- JASON Project
HD Video (8-30Mb depending on compression)
HD Audio
Peer to Peer applications
- The "Jigsaw Puzzle" game
Remote backup of data and recovery
- Critical data, records and financial
- Data mirroring and guest access
Multicast Enabled High Bandwidth data streams
- Video
- Science Reporting Stations, such as weather stations, or near shore bouy data
Grid Computing (yes, in K12!)
Increased number of student owned devices attaching
- Cell phones
- PDAs
- Playstation Portable
- Laptops, Palmtops, Tablets
Assistive and Adaptive Technology
- Deaf relay
Humanities Advisory Group
- Notre Dame broadcasting theatre performances from China
6 Comments
Unknown User (rblanken@cilc.org)
You might add online testing (as in high stakes).
Unknown User (grossd@gtc.edu)
I'll add it between the Online Grading and State Reporting/Data Collection items and clump them. Thanks!
Unknown User (blowrey1)
And assistive / adaptive technologies
Unknown User (grossd@gtc.edu)
Agreed! BTW: Bo, it was the conversation with you that started this. Unfortunately my video was too difficult to hear - the background noise was too great! - So I decided instead to start this list! Others could benefit from it as well...
Anonymous
Nice list! Here are a couple of links you all might want to check out on Grid Computing in K12
http://lists.canarie.ca/pipermail/news/2005/000174.html
http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/360891.html
-Andrea Deau, WiscNet
Unknown User (grossd@gtc.edu)
Thanks Andrea! One thing I would like the reviewers of this document to consider is to create short Wikispaces for specific projects, and then to link those pages to THIS document - so not only do we generate this great list, but we also build examples right in while we do it. So when I get a chance to edit, I'm going to take those URLs you've provided, and build a new Grid "information" page that includes those links, and then link that new page to this one under the grid computing section!