CENIC Today -- October 2007

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Volume 10, Issue 9
November 2, 2007

Welcome to CENIC Today, the monthly newsletter of the Corporation for 
Education Network Initiatives in California.

IN THIS ISSUE:

CENIC News:
    * President's Message: Disaster Response and CalREN
    * CalREN Update: Network Projects and Activities
    * CENIC and K12HSN at Indian Wells, CA for CETPA Annual Conference
    * On the Horizon: The K-20 California Education Technology Collaborative
    * CENIC 08: Lightpath to the Stars ­ All the Latest News

National Networking News:
    * National Telecommunications & Information Administration Publishes 
2008 Budget Request
    * Announcing A Celebration of the NSFNET: The Partnership That Changed 
the World
    * Scattered, Sectioned, and Supersized: Sysadmin Challenges and Grids
    * Internet2 and Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa Form Health Sciences 
Partnership
    * SC07 Lights Up Reno with Super-Powered Network
    * Calit2, San Diego State Univ. and NASA Create Imagery to Support 
Wildfire Response
    * Tech Keeps Parents Abreast of Wildfires
    * Low-Cost School Computing Set to Take Off
    * Web Site Launched to Help California Wildfire Victims

About CENIC:
    * About CENIC
    * Subscription Information
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CENIC News:

President's Message: Disaster Response and CalREN
We often get so absorbed into the technology of our networks, their 
upgrades and operation that we lose sight of their uses.  This month, so 
many members of the CENIC
community have been affected by the recent California wildfires that I 
wanted to take the time not only to extend my sincerest condolences to the 
people and institutions who have
been affected by them, but also to highlight the many ways in which the 
California K-20 research and education community came together in the 
truest spirit of community to help
not only one another but the state and its people and infrastructure as 
well.  CENIC is often humbled by the achievements of its Associates, and we 
continue to be so when we
see so many members of our community dedicating their time and expertise to 
supporting emergency efforts in times of trouble.

As the collaboration mentioned below between Calit2, SDSU’s Visualization 
Center, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center demonstrates, broadband 
networking is a vital part
of any community’s emergency response.  As with many natural disasters and 
other emergencies, wildfires are fast-moving and often unpredictable, and 
require not only the
sharing of large amounts of data between widely separated locations, but 
that this sharing be accomplished in real time to improve the effectiveness 
of first-responders.  To that
end, Calit2 and SDSU’s Visualization Center were able to use a 
high-bandwidth CENIC fiber connection between both sites, put to use as 
part of the <http://www.optiputer.net/>OptIPuter effort.  Thanks to
this collaboration between CENIC Associates, first-responders and other 
professionals were able to make the most of the information being 
accumulated and use it to hone their
response, saving structures and lives in the process.

Congratulations are in order for all team members at these sites, including 
<http://www.calit2.net/>Calit2 Director Larry Smarr, SDSU 
<http://citi.sdsu.edu/>Center for Information Technology and Infrastructure 
co-Director Eric
Frost, and SDSU Visualization Center Chief Scientist John Graham, as well 
as the many dedicated researchers who devoted their time and effort to 
improving California’s
humanitarian and emergency response to these tragic events.

It’s also important to note that, through such high-performance networking 
as that provided by CENIC for the California K-20 community, tangible 
benefits reach beyond that
community to the population at large.  Used by over 9 million students, 
faculty, and staff every day, CalREN nonetheless improves the lives of all 
34 million people living in the
state.  I'm both proud and excited to be part of something that was created 
to serve one of the most illustrious research and education communities in 
the world, and to see the
high-performance networking we provide helping so many others.
-- Jim Dolgonas, CENIC


CalREN Update: Network Projects and Activities
This past month has been a month of significant achievement for 
California’s Community College System as two more campuses have received 
Gigabit connections to CalREN.
<http://www.cccd.edu/>Coast Community College District’s Gigabit 
connectivity to CalREN was announced in the last issue of CENIC Today, and 
they’re joined this month by <http://www.losrios.edu/>Los Rios Community
College District and <http://www.miramarcollege.net/>Miramar College, the 
hub site for the <http://www.sdccd.edu/>San Diego Community College District.

Providing administrative services and governance for community colleges in 
the Sacramento area, the Los Rios CCD serves approximately 71,000 students 
plus faculty and staff
at <http://www.arc.losrios.edu/>American River College, 
<http://www.crc.losrios.edu/>Cosumnes River College, 
<http://www.flc.losrios.edu/>Folsom Lake College, and 
<http://www.scc.losrios.edu/>Sacramento City College.  Serving 
<http://www.sdcity.edu/>San Diego City College and 
<http://www.sdmesa.sdccd.cc.ca.us/>San Diego Mesa College as well
as Miramar College, the San Diego Community College District serves over 
100,000 students and is the second largest community college district in 
California and one of the
largest nationwide.  CENIC is delighted that these new Gigabit connections 
will be put to use by so many members of California’s education community!

As mentioned in last month's issue, since SC 07 will be held in Reno, NV, 
CENIC and the <http://www.nevada.edu/>Nevada System of Higher Education 
(NSHE) have taken the lead on providing WAN
connectivity for the Reno-Sparks Convention Center (RSCC) from November 
10-16, 2007 during the conference.  CENIC and the NSHE will continue to put 
forth the highest effort
to make sure that SC07 lives up to the Supercomputing reputation.

You can also find the entire conference program, exhibit information, and 
travel and tourism information about the Reno, NV area at the SC07 website at
<http://sc07.supercomputing.org/>http://sc07.supercomputing.org/.
-- Ed Smith, CENIC


CENIC and K12HSN at Indian Wells, CA for CETPA Annual Conference
Education technology professionals from California’s K-12 community came 
together for four days during October in the Coachella Valley to share 
knowledge and expertise and
learn the latest about the technology that helps makes California a global 
leader in education.

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The 47th Annual California Educational Technology Professionals Association 
(<http://www.cetpa-k12.org/>CETPA) 
<http://www.cetpa-k12.org/events/index.php?cmd=vi&typ=typ&id=1&PHPSESSID=ef1cebef058a12f4e14e0b076783e1b3>Conference 
took place from October 9-12 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa
in Indian Wells, CA, and <http://www.cenic.org/>CENIC and the K12 
High-Speed Network (<http://www.k12hsn.org/>K12HSN) were both represented 
at a shared booth staffed by personnel from both organizations.  The
conference featured keynote addresses by William M. Habermehl, County 
Superintendent of Schools at the Orange County Department of Education and 
Mary J. Cullinane,
Director of Microsoft Corporation's US Partners in Learning. Also featured 
were Breakout and Tech Talk sessions, a hands-on lab where attendees can 
learn more about
technology of educational interest including podcasting and the newest 
offerings from Microsoft and Apple, general events, and various user and 
advisory group meetings, making
the conference a top event for educational technology professionals from 
all parts of the K-12 community.

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CETPA is the California Educational Technology Professionals Association 
whose membership is made up largely of technology professionals in the K-12 
educational segment
including Directors of Technology, Chief Technology Officers, Network 
Managers and Network Administrators, and related positions.  The booth was 
staffed by personnel from
both CENIC and K12HSN.

Attendance at the event gave both organizations an opportunity to interact 
with both existing and prospective users of the CalREN-DC network. This was 
considered a very
productive effort and both organizations will consider participation in 
next year's annual CETPA conference.  We look forward to contributing to 
that event in 2008!
-- Ed Smith, CENIC


On the Horizon: The K-20 California Education Technology Collaborative
The summer of 2007 has seen the formation of a collaborative organization 
with the purpose of leveraging the individual education technology 
innovations and experience of
California's K-20 education communities for the benefit of all members of 
these communities.  That new organization is the K-20 California Education 
Technology Collaborative
(K20 CETC), sponsored by CENIC and headed by Catherine McKenzie, Technology 
Unit Director at the CCC Chancellor's Office in Sacramento and CENIC Board 
member.  The
K20 CETC consists of K-20 education leaders from across the state 
(including the K-12 community, higher education, and informal education 
partners such as libraries and
community-based organizations). The K20 CETCs stated mission is to support 
highly effective, innovative, network-enabled teaching and learning 
opportunities.

The K20 CETC's long-term objectives include maximizing the effectiveness 
and improving upon the stewardship of the limited money and time resources 
of California's K-20
communities and achieving a critical mass for the sustainability of 
education technology initiatives over time.  Pursuing benefits from 
economies of scale is also among the K20
CETC's long-term objectives, whereby a given practice in a smaller arena 
can become even more effective -- and cost-effective, including increased 
access to and knowledge of
funding opportunities -- when applied in a larger one, often through 
reducing duplication of effort.  Leveraging economies of scale among the 
segments' own assets is also a key
objective, where the K20 CETC hopes to enhance access to content, 
applications, and other offerings already in use or development among 
individual institutions.

The K20 CETC also numbers among its long-term objectives several which face 
"outward" as well as "inward," including supporting informed decision 
making among technology
leaders and providing a unified voice on online teaching/learning policy 
and funding issues.

Of course the most fundamental long-term objectives of the K20 CETC focus 
directly on the education community itself: the improvement of teaching, 
learning and student
outcomes, and the preparation of students for the future by ensuring that 
they have the opportunity to obtain technology skills and to become 
knowledgeable about technology resources and tools.

The Collaborative’s short-term goals are defined with greater precision and 
immediacy, and include facilitating partnerships that create efficiencies, 
enhance effectiveness, or hold
great promise for creating new discoveries that demonstrate effective, 
innovative, network enabled approaches to teaching and learning. The 
immediate area of focus will be the
delivery of CAHSEE preparation and Advanced Placement courses across the 
state.  Other short-term goals include identifying effective online 
teaching and learning methods,
promoting best practices, and advocating in support of policies and 
programs that advance online teaching/learning through use of collaborative 
approaches.

And of course the K20 CETC looks forward to facilitating the ongoing 
exchange of information and resources within K-20 communities of practice 
to support the professional
growth of faculty and staff and the successful matriculation of students 
from K-12 through higher education.

With a 10-year track record of effectively stewarding the education 
segments investments in telecommunications infrastructure, CENIC looks 
forwarding to helping the K20 CETC
achieve these goals, which dovetail with its own stated mission of 
supporting the individual missions of the California K-20 research and 
education communities and helping them
answer the needs of their faculty, staff, and students.

Stay tuned for more information in the months ahead on developments with 
the new K20 CETC and how you can get involved!
-- Catherine McKenzie, CCC Chancellor's Office


CENIC 08: Lightpath to the Stars All the Latest News

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If you've been hoping to learn more about 
“<http://cenic08.cenic.org/>Lightpath to the Stars,” 2008’s premiere 
networking event, we've got lots to report this month.  A keynote speaker, 
the opening of
conference registration, and online hotel reservations are all among the 
things you'll learn about in this issue of CENIC Today.

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First, CENIC is delighted to announce as Keynote speaker 
<http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/>California Public Utilities Commissioner Rachelle 
Chong.  Appointed to the Commission on January 11, 2006, Chong
participated in my first Commission meeting on January 12, 2006 with a 
historic vote on the California Solar Initiative.

Since 1984, she has been a communications regulatory lawyer practicing 
before both the Federal Communications Commission 
(<http://www.fcc.gov/>FCC) and the California PUC. In 1993,
Commissioner Chong was appointed by President Clinton to the FCC where she 
served as an FCC Commissioner for over three years. During that time, she 
voted on rules for the
first auctions of wireless PCS spectrum, approved rules to create many new 
wireless and satellite services, finalized digital television rules, and 
implemented the historic
Telecommunications Act of 1996. Commissioner Chong also represented the FCC 
at international communications conferences, including the World Radio 
Conference and the
Asian Pacific Economic Council.

Commissioner Chong then became a General Counsel and Vice President of 
Governmental Affairs for a start up CLEC/broadband/applications service 
provider venture and has
also recently been a mediator/arbitrator, owned a small business, and 
operated an E-commerce store on the Internet. As a result, she brings to 
the CPUC a unique perspective
as a federal regulator, long time communications lawyer, small business 
owner, Web entrepreneur, and mediator.

CENIC is thrilled to announce that Commissioner Chong will play such an 
important part in our annual conference next year.  Given the success of 
our last conference, “<http://cenic07.cenic.org/>Making
Waves,” held in La Jolla, CA, exceeding the standard set by that event will 
be a challenge, but Commissioner Chong’s participation will play a crucial 
role in that.

If this sounds like something that you'd like to take part in, then why not 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/registration/index.html>register today?  Online 
registration for the conference has officially opened as of November 1, and
payment options for our attendees have expanded for increased 
convenience.  Your options now include payment by check before the 
conference as well as three options for
payment by major credit card:
    * You can register and pay online at the same time.
    * You can also register now and pay later. If you choose this option, 
you will receive a Payment ID via e-mail and link that you can use at any 
time before the conference to
    * pay at your convenience.
    * You can also register and pay by major credit card at the conference, 
using your Payment ID.
Even more exciting announcements are in store in the weeks and months 
ahead, so to make sure that you can take part in 
“<http://cenic08.cenic.org/>Lightpath to the Stars,” be sure to 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/registration/index.html>register today!

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As readers of CENIC Today know, next year’s conference will be held in the 
scenic and historic city of Oakland, CA at the 
<http://marriott.com/oakdt?groupCode=cencena&app=resvlink>Oakland Marriott 
City Center.  This will be our second
year at this venue, as our 2006 conference “Your Connection to the World” 
was also held there.  Attendees were pleased at the venue, particularly its 
convenient location near
some of California’s best shopping and dining as well as public 
transportation such as BART and Amtrak.  We’re happy to announce that you 
can now reserve your hotel rooms
at the Oakland Marriott City Center 
<http://marriott.com/oakdt?groupCode=cencena&app=resvlink>online; be sure 
to do so soon to get the discounted conference room rate!

Lastly, the <http://cenic08.cenic.org/cfp.html>Call for Presentations for 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/>Lightpath to the Stars is still open, and our 
Program Committee, headed by the <http://www.sbccd.cc.ca.us/>San Bernardino 
Community College District's Glen Kuck and
<http://www.usc.edu/>USC's Celeste Anderson, is looking for presentations, 
demonstrations, and panel discussions focused on network-enabled 
applications and research related to the 2008
conference theme, "Lightpath to the Stars."

Presentations should fit into one of the following categories:
    * Technology and infrastructure
    * Teaching and learning
    * Application development, and
    * Use, trends, and/or future developments in network technology and 
related applications
CENIC 08's Program Committee is especially interested in presentations 
focused on research, teaching and learning activities involving multiple 
segments of the K-20 community,
and/or international collaborations. Projects or studies to be featured may 
be works-in-progress. The conference venue will be connected to CalREN, 
<http://www.nlr.net/>NLR and <http://www.internet2.edu/>Internet2 to enable
live demonstrations of content or capability.

The deadline for proposals is November 9, 2007, and more information about 
the proper format for submissions and where and how to submit a proposal 
for presentation can be
found at 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/cfp.html.%A0>http://cenic08.cenic.org/cfp.html. 
Our past conference program for Making Waves can be found at 
<http://cenic07.cenic.org/program.html>http://cenic07.cenic.org/program.html 
if you're curious about the types
of presentations accepted for last year's conference in La Jolla.

CENIC's Annual Conference features more than presentations, however; our 
annual Innovations in Networking awards are also presented during our 
conference, and as such we
are also searching for <http://cenic08.cenic.org/cfa.html>Award Nominations 
for the 2008 Innovations in Networking Awards.  These awards highlight 
network applications and projects by identifying exemplary
innovations that leverage the network and have the potential to improve the 
way instruction and research is conducted, even when the impact of the 
innovation may not be felt
immediately.  We are especially interested in collaborative efforts 
developed in 2006-07 which engage multiple segments of the K-20 community 
and/or international partners. A
committee selected by the CENIC Board of Directors will determine the award 
winners on the basis of submitted materials, and additional interviews if 
necessary.

The deadline for submissions is December 7, 2007, and more information 
about the Call for Award Nominations can be found at 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/cfa.html>http://cenic08.cenic.org/cfa.html, 
including the
proper format and categories for submissions and where and how to submit a 
nomination.  Summaries for past award winners can also be found at the 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/cfa.html>Call for Award Nominations,
if you would like to see the types of projects and applications that have 
been honored in previous years.

The conference will be held this year at the 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/hotel.html>Oakland Marriott City Center, located 
in the heart of downtown Oakland and convenient to fabulous shopping and 
dining as well as
historical sites such as <http://www.jacklondonsquare.com/>Jack London 
Square and Oakland's Chinatown.  The conference hotel is also extremely 
conveniently located within easy walking distance to 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=1245+Broadway++Oakland,+CA+94602&daddr=1001+Broadway,+Oakland,+CA+94607&sll=37.815015,-122.26451&sspn=0.028851,0.053558&ie=UTF8&ll=37.8024,-122.27238&spn=0.007214,0.01339&z=17&om=1>BART 
and
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=245+Second+Street+Oakland,+CA+94602&daddr=1001+Broadway,+Oakland,+CA+94607&sll=37.8024,-122.27238&sspn=0.007214,0.01339&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1>Amtrak 
stations (click links for walking maps), and through them may be reached 
from all major Bay Area airports.  The 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/>conference website, shown below, features 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/hotel.html>Hotel & Travel
information as well as links to local points of interest when 
<http://cenic08.cenic.org/tourism.html>visiting Oakland.

We look forward to seeing you in Oakland in March 2008!
-- Janis Cortese, CENIC

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National Networking News:

National Telecommunications & Information Administration Publishes 2008 
Budget Request
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/>NTIA) is responsible for the development of 
domestic and international telecommunications and information
policy for the US government's executive branch, in order to ensure the 
efficient and effective use of the Federal radio spectrum, and for 
performing state-of-the-art
telecommunications research, engineering, and planning.

The NTIA operates within the structure and context of the following goals: 
NTIAs policy, spectrum management, and research programs will support 
emerging technologies and
uses of spectrum resources for affordable, alternative communications 
services. Promising technologies and services have the potential to drive 
the new economy, if given the
opportunity to succeed. The Administration and NTIA support the advancement 
of information technologies and has moved aggressively to create an 
economic and regulatory
environment in which innovations in information and communications 
technologies can flourish. The NTIA proposed budget totals $589 million.

The budget request can be found 
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/FY2008/budgetrequest2008_summary.pdf>here 
in PDF format.  <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/budget.htm>Further 
information can also be found at <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/>the 
NTIA's<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/> website.

Announcing A Celebration of the NSFNET: The Partnership That Changed the World
A significant building block in Internet history will be celebrated with a 
symposium and celebratory event on November 29-30 in Arlington, Virginia. 
Scientists, scholars,
technologists, business leaders and educators will gather to celebrate the 
NSFNET, a program of networking projects funded by the National Science 
Foundation beginning in
1985.

The NSFNET comprised a set of projects that encouraged the adoption of 
internetworking in education and research. At the start of the program, 
networking was neither strongly
standardized nor ubiquitous on campuses. The NSFNET program vastly expanded 
network availability, advanced technological development, and helped prove 
the value of the set
of services that ultimately became today's commercial Internet.

For more information, please visit the <http://www.nsfnet-legacy.org/>event 
website.

Scattered, Sectioned, and Supersized: Sysadmin Challenges and Grids
The discipline of system administration covers all aspects of running a 
computing installation­from technical issues such as operating system 
configuration and security through
to administrative tasks such as account management and software licensing.

Covering this many bases is always a challenge, but when the system you’re 
administrating is scattered, sectioned and super-sized, a whole new family 
of challenges arises.

Grid applications tend to rely on large numbers of machines, and managing 
these appropriately requires some skilled systems administration.

However, it is often not the sheer scale of grid infrastructure that 
presents the real challenge, but rather the distributed and federated 
nature of its management.

Source: <http://www.isgtw.org/?pid=1000691>International Science Grid This Week

Internet2 and Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa Form Health Sciences 
Partnership
On October 11, <http://www.internet2.edu/>Internet2 announced a new 
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa 
(<http://www.rnp.br/>RNP), the national research and education
networking organization of Brazil, to facilitate international telehealth 
and telemedicine collaborations. The MOU builds on the organizations’ 
existing long-term networking
partnership that was established in 2000. The new MOU was made official 
today at a ceremony held in conjunction with the annual Internet2 Fall 
Member Meeting in San Diego,
California.

The new MOU provides a pathway for the Internet2 and RNP communities to 
jointly lead and collaborate on the development of next-generation 
telemedicine and telehealth
technologies and applications. In doing so, the organizations hope to 
accelerate the adoption of these important technologies both within the 
United States and Brazil as well as
to promote and encourage the continued interconnection of advanced networks 
around the world in support of telemedicine and telehealth.

Source: 
<https://mail.internet2.edu/wws/arc/i2-news/2007-10/msg00003.html>I2 News

SC07 Lights Up Reno with Super-Powered Network
For seven days, the Reno-Sparks Convention Center will be home to one of 
the most powerful and connected networks in the world -- SCinet.

Built each year for the annual SC conference, SCinet brings to life a 
highly sophisticated and extreme networking infrastructure that can support 
the revolutionary applications and
network experiments that have become the trademark of the annual SC07 
conference held in Reno, Nev., Nov. 12-16, 2007.

Sponsored by ACM and the IEEE Computer Society, 
<http://sc07.supercomputing.org/>SC07 showcases the latest advances in high 
performance computing, networking, storage and analysis. SCinet serves as
the platform for SC07 exhibitors to demonstrate advanced computing 
resources from their home institutions and elsewhere by supporting 
supercomputing and grid computing
applications.

Designed and built entirely by volunteers from universities, government and 
industry, SCinet connects multiple 10-gigabit per second (Gbps) circuits to 
the showfloor, which links
the conference center to research and commercial networks around the world 
like the Internet2 Network, National LambdaRail, and Level 3 
Communications. SCinet is powerful
enough to transfer over 200 Gb of data in just one second. And without a 
doubt, SC exhibitors and attendees will push SCinet's capacity and 
capabilities to the max.

Source: <http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1840367.html>HPC Wire

Calit2, San Diego State Univ. and NASA Create Imagery to Support Wildfire 
Response
Researchers from the California Institute for Telecommunications and 
Information Technology (Calit2), the Visualization Center at San Diego 
State University (SDSU) and NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center worked together to develop near real-time 
value-added, satellite-based imagery of last week's massive and multiple 
wildfires in San Diego. This
information was crucial to officials leading the fire response and the 
firefighters in the trenches, as well as the hundreds of thousands of 
people directly impacted by the fires.

Source: <http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1193>Calit2 Newsroom

Tech Keeps Parents Abreast of Wildfires
Schools across Southern California have turned to mass-notification systems 
and other forms of technology to send updates to thousands of parents and 
students during the
devastating wildfires that have caused what officials believe is at least 
$1 billion in damage in San Diego County alone.

Don Phillips, superintendent of the 33,000-student Poway Unified School 
District in northern San Diego County, said his district's use of 
Connect-ED, a mass-notification system
from the NTI Group Inc., has been instrumental in sending messages to 
students and parents about fire-related school decisions.

He said the district learned from past fires that regular and timely 
updates to staff, students, and families are critical during such 
emergencies. The district has been able to use
its Connect-ED system to send out numerous messages each day as additional 
information has become available.

The district's system features a standard contact-information list for 
parents' e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, but it also provides an 
emergency list for extenuating
circumstances.

Source: 
<http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7447>eSchool News

Low-Cost School Computing Set to Take Off
Get ready for the $40 school computer.

One way or another, the idea of ubiquitous, low-cost computer access for 
schoolchildren, both in the United States and abroad, is fast approaching 
the point where goals turn into
realities. Major technology players, including several large companies and 
a nonprofit group that is focusing on developing countries, have been 
working in different ways to
advance the cause.

Things are moving along so quickly, in fact, that Stephen Dukker, chairman 
and CEO of the small, California-based company NComputing, predicts that by 
2009 many schools
will be able to provide their students with portable, online capabilities 
for as little as $100 each--and perhaps as little as $30 or $40 per user 
for non-mobile devices. Wireless
capacity, says Dukker, should be a relatively inexpensive bonus by then.

Source: 
<http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7393>eSchool News

Web Site Launched to Help California Wildfire Victims
A Calit2-affiliated UC Irvine professor and team of students have created a 
free Web site to help residents displaced by the Southern California 
wildfires find temporary housing by
electronically matching them with others who would like to offer assistance.

“All of us have been affected by the fires, and many of us have friends who 
have had to evacuate,” said UCI informatics professor Bill Tomlinson, who 
led the development of the
site. “In class, we were discussing what we could do to contribute, and 
decided we had the skills and resources to make a Web site to help evacuees 
find places to stay.”

Source: <http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1185>Calit2 Newsroom

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About CENIC:
California’s education and research communities leverage their networking 
resources under CENIC, the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in 
California, in order to obtain
cost-effective, high-bandwidth networking to support their missions and 
answer the needs of their faculty, staff, and students.  CENIC designs, 
implements, and operates CalREN,
the California Research and Education Network, a high-bandwidth, 
high-capacity Internet network specially designed to meet the unique 
requirements of these communities, and
to which the vast majority of the state’s K-20 educational institutions are 
connected.  In order to facilitate collaboration in education and research, 
CENIC also provides connectivity
to non-California institutions and industry research organizations with 
which CENIC’s Associate researchers and educators are engaged.

CENIC is governed by its member institutions.  Representatives from these 
institutions also donate expertise through their participation in various 
committees designed to ensure
that CENIC is managed effectively and efficiently, and to support the 
continued evolution of the network as technology advances.

For more information, visit www.cenic.org.

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