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Israel One A Broadband High School Network

Israel One is a high school educational network. It uses distance learning technology and videoconferencing to reach remote schools, especially in the periphery where teachers are scarce, particularly those who teach English and math. Sixteen schools are expected to participate, representing the cultural diversity of Israel.

This project serves as a testbed for current broadband technology and ATM protocol, and utilizes voice, audio and data. The project provides teacher training to assist students in the use of the broadband technologies, and adopts a student empowerment program.

The multi-cultural model of the project encourages cooperation among schools of different geographical locations (Galilee, Negev), old Israelis and new immigrants, Arab, Druze and Jews; secular and religious; development towns, kibbutzim and moshavim.

The program builds upon the experience of the North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH) and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM). It is carried out in cooperation with the Israel Internet II program and industrial partners Bezeq (Telecom), Motorola Israel, Bynet, TNN and Accord. International corporate partners include VTEL, PictureTel, GTE.

Contact

Iris Raviv
Directorate for Science and Technology Israel’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
Israel
irisraviv@hotmail.com

Hamutal Hameiri
North Carolina Israel Partnership
Israel
hamutalm@netvision.net.il

Itzhak Yuli
Tel Hai College
Israel
tzachy@telhay.co.il

Peggy Manring
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
USA
manringp@academic.ncssm.edu

Collaborators

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
USA

Tel Hai College
Israel



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