IP Videoconferencing: An Implementation Model

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IP VideoconferencingAn Implementation Model
Todd Finnell Alan Phillips Imperial
County Office of Education
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A Little VC Humor
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Vision

• Interactive videoconferencing in every classroom
• Were not interested in creating
  videoconferencing rooms, but rather making every
  room capable of videoconferencing!

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Realizing the Vision

• Equipment Cost
• Infrastructure
• A single network implementation
• Usage Costs
• Flexibility

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32,000 students (K-12) 17 School Districts 59
Schools
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How We Started

• Partnership with the IID
• Community Partnerships
• Technology Innovation Challenge Grant

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Building An Infrastructure
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Coordination of Efforts
County Planning Department
IID Partnership
Grant Funding
Cable Franchise
IVTA
Superintendents City Managers
ITFS
Communication Companies
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Videoconferencing

• Our network killer app
• Dabbled in ISDN
• Took advantage of great timing

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Our Approach

• Community-based network
• Centralized (Shared) Services
• Gatekeeper
• Gateway
• MCU
• Anytime, anywherewith minimal cost

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Our Hardware

• Polycom Endpoints
• FX / VS4000 Large-room units
• ViaVideo Desktop/Laptop Units
• Polycom MCU
• Accord MGC 100
• Radvision Gatekeeper
• ECS-100
• Radvision Gateway
• On Lan PRI

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Deployment

• FX unit for every high school in the county
• ViaVideo units for administrators, counselors and
  lead teachers (AB75)
• Training, training, training
• Videoconferencing workshops
• Tech Leader Program

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Our Major Obstacle

• Getting around network security - Firewalls and
  NATs
• Lack of administrative control of these devices
• MCU worked for our local firewall but did nothing
  for others
• Frustration set in

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Our Solution

• Explored Possibilities
• Ridgeway Systems
• Enables us to tunnel through firewalls NATs
• Minimal configuration
• Quick easy setup

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Our Future

• Expansion of deployment beyond high schools
• Deployment beyond education
• High-bandwidth IP video transports
• VoIP

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More Information

• Imperial County Office of Education
• Learning Technologies Division
• 1398 Sperber Road
• El Centro, CA 92243
• [phone]
• Todd Finnell, Director
• tfinnell_at_icoe.k12.ca.us
• Alan Phillips, Videoconferencing Specialist
• alanp_at_icoe.k12.ca.us
• Paper on our implementation www.icen.org
• Our videoconferencing website vcon.icoe.org

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A Live Demonstration
H.323 Videoconferencing
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Session Resource CD

• PowerPoint presentation
• Implementation Article
• Press releases
• White Papers
• Tegrity module
• Vendor contacts
• Vendor information

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