Alice: A Collaborative Infrastructure Supporting EducationalUse of NREN - Phase I

TERC将与三个州和其他国家合作， 创建和实施发展的第一阶段， 提供功能的服务器和客户端软件 国家研究和教育网络 满足学前教育工作者的需要。 远景目标 是为了方便那种基于网络的学生， 教师合作，支持所需的改革， 数学和科学教育。 为实现这些目标将 简化对NREN的访问并提供软件 支持计算机上协作的功能 通常用于学校的远程计算。 问题 技术和行政基础设施建设， 教育服务的营销， 学生使用NREN资源也将得到解决。 在本阶段的工作中，TERC将与 教师，中层网络，潜在教育服务 供应商、电信专家及其状态 评估教育需求、技术资源、 软件标准。 结果的最小集合 规范将得到实施，传播到 参加国和其他机构， TERC基于远程计算的项目，并进行评估。

TERC, in collaboration with three states and others, will create and implement the first phase of the development of server and client software that provides the functionality needed to make the National Research and Education Network meet the needs of precollege educators. The long-range goal is to facilitate the kind of network-based student and teacher collaboration which supports the reform needed in mathematics and science education. This will be achieved by simplifying access to NREN and providing software functionality that supports collaboration on the computers typically used in schools for telecomputing. Issues of technical and administrative infrastructure building, of marketing of educational services, and of controlling student use of NREN resources will also be addressed. In this phase of the work, TERC will work closely with teachers, mid-level networks, potential educational service providers, telecommunications experts, and its state partners to assess educational needs, technical resources, and software standards. A minimal set of the resulting specifications will be implemented, disseminated to participating states and other institutions, incorporated in TERC telecomputing-based projects, and evaluated.