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Date: 6 Apr 90 16:03:14 GMT
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In-Reply To: att!cbnewsh!wcs@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
(Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
Organization: Old-Timers rambling on about changes in society
Subject: Re: High Schools on the Internet

>]The Alabama Supercomputer Network has some sort of grant to connect several
>](5 or 6 in the first round) high schools to ASN.  ASN is a state-wide
>]T1-extended ethernet, supporting both TCP/IP and DECNET, and is connected
>
>My... and I thought it was a big deal when the high school I went to
>had a TTY-33 timeshared into a PDP-11 at the University of Delaware.
>This could be a good thing if you can find a way to get kids
>involved at a level they can handle intellectually, without forcing
>too much structure on them - playing around has a lot of value.

The grant being discussed here is not really intended for networking but
rather to promote interest in and understanding of supercomputing. The
network provides an inexpensive way for high schools to get access to the
CRAY here by dialing into a local gateway at one of the research universities
around the state. The pilot program included a supercomputing training
session for teachers with the objective of showing them how to work
supercomputing into their classes. The students and teacher then develop
a project requiring supercomputing capabilities. It is considered important
by the state education department to develop supercomputer interest at an
early age so that when they get to the state universities they can fully
utilize the supercomputer as part of their educational program. Anyway,
the point of this long winded dessertation is that there are legitimate
reasons for high schoolers to use internet even though that is not the
ultimate goal.

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Dennis Putnam, Service Manager
Boeing Computer Services
Alabama Supercomputer Network

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