Internet School Networking (isn)
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 Charter 
 
 Current status: active working group
 
 Chair(s):
     Jennifer Sellers <sellers@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov>
     Jodi Chu <jodi@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
 
 User Services Area Director(s): 
     Joyce Reynolds  <jkrey@isi.edu>
 
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Description of Working Group:
 
The Internet School Networking Working Group is chartered to address
issues related to the connection of primary and secondary schools
worldwide to the Internet.  The key audiences include network service
providers and educational policy makers responsible for network access
and use.  The key areas of focus for this group are advocacy and
articulation.

1.  Advocacy.  The ISN Working Group will facilitate dialog between the
primary and
secondary education community and the Internet engineering community in
order to identify and fulfill the needs of the primary and secondary school
community.

2.  Articulation.  Informed by the group's experience, and with input
from other IETF working groups, the ISN Working Group will articulate
solutions to the challenges a school may experience in seeking and gaining a
connection to the Internet, as well as the benefits of such a
connection.  Advantages to Internet connectivity may be articulated by
means of pointers to such services as user interfaces, directories,
organizations, and training programs, as well as to other resources.
Articulation will most often be in the form of periodic documents
that address key issues of interest to the school networking
community.  Representative issues to be addressed by the group include
connectivity models, educational directories, and acceptable use
policies.
 
 Goals and Milestones: 
 
     Done Release as an FYI RFC a short document that gives guidance to schools
          in setting an Acceptable Use Policy.                                 

     Done Release as an FYI RFC a general document that gives guidance in how 
          to connect to the Internet. Included as an appendix will be models 
          for connectivity that may be of particular interest to schools. This 
          is a joint activity with the User Documents Revisions Working Group. 

     Done Define the information to be included in an online database of 
          educational people involved in networking, recommend a process for 
          collecting and updating the data, and coordinate with a directory 
          services provider to implement the database. Results will be 
          published in an FYI RFC.                                             

   Mar 95 Write a set of two documents, one aimed at connection providers and 
          the other aimed at educational sites, providing guidelines for 
          bringing educational sites online. Included will be a broad 
          definition of connection providers. Interim milestones: 3/94 complete
          outline; 7/94 first draft; 3/95 review completed.                    


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  RFC  Stat Published    Title 
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RFC1578 I    Feb 94     FYI on Questions and Answers:  Answers to Commonly 
                        Asked ``Primary and Secondary School Internet User'' 
                        Questions                                              
 
RFC1709 I    Dec 94     K-12 Internetworking Guidelines                        
 
RFC1746 I    Dec 94     Ways to Define User Expectations