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- Subject: K-12 Networks (fwd)
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- Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:55:38 LCL
- Gerardo Moenne <gmoenne@LASCAR.PUC.CL>
- K-12 Networks
-
- Hello,
-
- I am working in a national project (in Chile) which is related to the
- use of computers in education. The project is focused on the use of the
- computer as a communication medium. With this purpose we are
- implementing a Computer Based Communication Network that will connect
- more than 100 primary schools.
-
- One of the main focus of the project is to have a simple and easy to use
- user interface, hiding most of the technical aspects of the tool. Our
- current prototype is developed in full color Macintosh computers, where
- users navigate trough different workspaces (Post Office, Kiosk, Museum,
- ...). In each workspace, users can communicate with other schools
- (teachers and students), receive information (bulletins), work in
- collaborative projects, participate in interest groups and access
- educational software.
-
- Most of the software is based on multimedia technology, so the
- educational software and many of the messages contain text, graphics and
- in some cases sound and video.
-
- The schools will be connected to the network trough modems & dial up
- telephone calls. Most of the work is made off-line, so schools are
- connected to the network once or twice a day (mainly at night, during
- low cost periods).
-
- My specific job in this project is the implementation of the
- communication platform that will support the traffic among the schools,
- and the purpose of this message is to get in touch with people that are
- working in technical aspects of K-12 Networks.
-
- I am extremely interested in getting information about different
- educational networks and the technological solutions involved. I would
- appreciate if you could send me messages with a brief educational and
- technical description of projects, you may be working on. I am
- specially interested in a description of the communication platform used
- to connect schools (urban & rural) to the network (Internet, Bitnet,
- Fidonet, Private Network, ...).
-
- This information would be useful for a research in which I am working
- on. This research is related with possible solutions for low cost & wide
- access computer based networks, specially for developing countries.
-
- Please send me messages to my personal address: elaval@lascar.puc.cl .
- (I will post back a summary with the information.)
-
- Thanks in advance,
-
- Ernesto Laval
- Chief of Communications Area
- Centro de Informatica Educativa
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
- Internet: elaval@lascar.puc.cl
-