02-14-95 SchoolNet is Mar. 3 CAST Roundtable Topic

OHIO SCHOOLNET PROJECT IS MARCH 3 ROUNDTABLE TOPIC

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio SchoolNet Project, a plan to invest $95
million in communications technology for Ohio's public schools
over the next five years, is the topic of a roundtable discussion
March 3 at The Ohio State University.  Sponsored by the Center
for Advanced Study in Telecommunications (CAST), the discussion
will be from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m in 3116 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval
Mall.  It is free and open to the public.

     The SchoolNet plan calls for $50 million to be spent to
provide every Ohio public school classroom with basic wiring to
support advanced technology applications, including voice, video,
and access to data sources.

     The remaining $45 million will place one high-end, network-
compatible workstation with CD-ROM capabilities and other related
technologies in approximately 14,000 classrooms in low-wealth
school districts.

     The discussion will be led by Tim Best, coordinator of Ohio
SchoolNet, who has spent the past six months meeting with
education and technology leaders throughout the state on behalf
of the Ohio Department of Education to discuss the SchoolNet
proposal.

     The CAST roundtable speakers generally talk for 30 to 45
minutes, followed by a lively, informal discussion and question
and answer session.  Participants are encouraged to bring their
own brown bag lunch to the roundtable.

     The roundtable will be conducted interactively with the Ohio
State campus at Marion.

     Parking is available in the Arps Hall and Ohio Union
garages, located on High Street.  Derby Hall is located on the
North side of the Oval, just west of the garages and within easy
walking distance.
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Contact: Jeanine Warisse at (614) 292-0080 or Sue Brown at (614)
292-8444.

Written by Joel Richards.


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