Outreach Overview

NERO Outreach Goals

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• Coordinate NERO efforts with existing programs
• Provide advanced information about networking
• Deploy appropriate technology to enhance network use
• Facilitate network deployment across Oregon
• Support effective use of networking
• Provide leading edge networking experience to the state

Funded Project Areas

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• HMSC
• TAFT
• Pine Mountain Telescope - Greg Bothun
• GDS - Oregon Climate Service
• K12 Outreach projects
  • Albany - Establish CyberBlock Connection
  • Madras - Madras Connection
  • Marshall - Marshall connection
  • Mollala - Mollala Connection
  • Siletz - Siletz Connection
  • PSU Support - PSU support for connections
  • OSU Support - OSU support for connections
  • Dial-up - 800 number access for Smile
  • Saturday Academy Dial up - Saturday Academy connection.
  • OSU Help Desk
  • PSU Help Desk
  • Training - via the net
  • Content Omsi - Science Content
  • Tech Transfer Conference
  • WWW Server - K14 WWW server

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Funded Project Areas - More Details

• HMSC
• TAFT
• Pine Mountain Telescope - Greg Bothun
• GDS - Oregon Climate Service
• K12 Outreach projects
  • Direct Connections
  • Albany
    Contact: Kurt Gustafson
    Goal: Establish CyberBlock Connection
    Measures of Success:
    • 20 Teachers fluent in Internet
    • 600 kids have used net
    • Substantial Content on NERO Server
    • 3 buildings on the Net
    • regular training program/100s of teachers
  • Madras
    Task: Madras Connection
    Contact: John Sechrest
    Goal: Provide local connection for teachers/students
    Measures of Success:
    • A sustainable network connection for school
    • WWW page for school
    • students with email + WWW
    • Number of teachers online
    • Number of Students online
  • Marshall
    Task: Marshall connection
    Contact: Janaka Jayawardena
    Goal: Support marshall Connection
  • Mollala
    Task: Mollala Connection
    Contact: Janaka Jayawardena/Warren Harrison
    Goal: Modem based connection to Mollala
  • Siletz
    Task: Siletz Connection
    Contact: John Sechrest
    Goal: Local Access to network from Siletz
    Measures of Success:
    • Number of teachers online
    • Number of Students online
    • WWW page for school
    • students with email + WWW
    • Sustainable network for future
  • Tubman
    Task: Tubman Connection
    Contact: Janaka Jayawardena
    Goal: Connection to Tubman
• PSU Support
  Task: PSU support for connections
  Contact: Janaka Jayawardena
  Measures of Success:
  • Marshall, Tubman, Mollala connections supported
• OSU Support
  Task: OSU support for connections
  Contact: John Sechrest
  Goal: Provide support for OSU connections
  Measures of Success:
  • Siletz, Madras, Albany connections supported.
• Dial-up - 800#
  Task: 800 number access for Smile
  Contact: John Sechrest
  Goal: provide disenfranchised Smile teachers access
  Measures of Success:
  • 2 phone lines in for 800 service.
  • at least 20/48 smile teachers access service.
  • Daily access by teachers
• Saturday Academy
  Task: Saturday Academy connection.
  Contact: Michele Funk
  Goal: Provide network access to sat. acad students
  Measures of Success:
  • Number of sat acad students online.
  • Amount of access by students.
• Help Desk
  • OSU
    Task: OSU Help Desk
    Contact: John Sechrest
    Goal: Provide User Support to OSU sponsored teachers
    Measures of Success:
    • Quality of Teacher work
    • Teacher survey results
  • PSU
    Task: PSU Help Desk
    Contact: Janaka Jayawardena
    Goal: Provide User Support to OSU sponsored teachers
• Training Task: Training
  Contact: John Sechrest
  Goal: Basic Internet skills development
  Measures of Success:
  • Number of teachers trained.
  • number of active teachers after class.
  • Number of K12 teacher home pages
• Content -Omsi
  Task: Science Content
  Contact: Marion Rice
  Goal: Provide K14 connection to museums via curricular content
  Measures of Success:
  • Number of pages of WWW materials
  • review by teachers
• Tech Transfer Task: Tech Transfer
  Contact: Dan Revel
  Goal: Educational outreach to business and community
  Measures of Success:
  • Number of people attending workshop
  • Documentation
  • Email list for coordination
• Server -
  Task: K14 WWW server
  Contact: John Sechrest
  Goal: Provide a default WWW location open to K12
  Measures of Success:
  • Number of WWW pages from other projects on WWW servers.

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Focus Areas

• HMSC - Hatfield Marine Science Center
• Local Industry
  • HP
  • Tektronix
• Small Business
• Community Colleges
  • Support active efforts to get on Internet
  • Some CC working on Electronic classes (Chemeketa)
• K-12
  • All Schools in Oregon are getting on the network
  • State Department of Education - North West net state-wide agreement
  • Distribute information about using Internet
  • Support Higher Education to K-12 collaboration

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Related Existing Projects

• Smile - Science Math Investigative Learning Experinces
• Mesa - Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement
• GDS - Oregon Climate Service
• Physics to K-12 - UofO - Greg Bothun

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