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

TERC将与三个州和其他机构合作，创建并实施服务器和客户端软件开发的第一阶段，以提供使国家研究和教育网络满足大学前教育工作者需求所需的功能。长期目标是促进基于网络的学生和教师合作，以支持数学和科学教育所需的改革。这将通过简化对NREN的访问和提供软件功能来实现，这些功能支持在学校远程办公通常使用的计算机上进行协作。还将讨论技术和行政基础设施建设、教育服务的销售以及控制学生使用NREN资源的问题。在这一阶段的工作中，TERC将与教师、中级网络、潜在的教育服务提供商、电信专家及其州合作伙伴密切合作，以评估教育需求、技术资源和软件标准。所产生的一套最低限度的规范将得到执行，分发给参与国和其他机构，纳入TERC基于远程办公的项目，并加以评价。

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.