Little Priest Tribal College

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Little Priest Tribal College

• Our Technology
• Today and Tomorrow

Presenter dbales_at_lptc.bia.edu
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Little Priest is Little Now
But Getting Bigger!
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Computers Today

• Our computer network consists of
• 35 Staff and Faculty computers
• 6 Server computers (web, email, file, etc)
• 24 Student Lab Computers (3 labs)
• Main Lab/Classroom(14), Library(6), Small Lab(4)
• 5 Multi-media Classroom computers.

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Computers Tomorrow

• Future Plans for Additional Computers
• CLC Staff, Faculty computers
• Several Staff members will move to CLC
• No Additional Staff Computers will be needed
• 12 Computers will be purchased for the Learning
  Lab in the CLC
• 1 Multi-media Classroom computer will be added.

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Computers Tomorrow

• Future Plans for Additional Computers
• Library Computers
• 4 new Lab computers
• One more PAC (catalog) Computer
• 1 Multi-media computer will be added.
• Dakota City Educational Center
• One Staff Computer
• 9 Lab/Classroom Computers
• 1 Multi-media Classroom computer will be added.

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Network Infrastructure Today

• WE have two LANs at the Main Campus
• Our Main LAN is for our Staff, Faculty,
  Library
• It consists of mostly 100mbt Ethernet
• Some 10mbt cards and hubs still need upgraded to
  100mbt
• Our main LAN has a T1 Internet connection
• Courtesy of the BIA
• The Student Lab Computers make up our other LAN
• This LAN is currently 10mbt
• It has a 256K VSAT Satellite Internet Connection
• Courtesy of ADEC / EPSCOR (thank you very much)

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Network Infrastructure Tomorrow

• Here At Little Priest Main Campus
• Both LANs will be upgraded to full 100mbt
• All CLC computers will be added to our
  Staff/Faculty LAN
• The Additional Library computers will be added to
  our Staff/Faculty LAN
• Firewall routers will be purchased soon
• This will provide improved network security
• This will also provide VPN capability for Staff,
  Faculty, and Students to access the network from
  home
• Our Dakota City Center will also VPN into our
  main LAN here in Winnebago.

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Network Infrastructure Tomorrow

• Dakota City Educational Center
• A Firewall router will be purchased
• This will provide security and VPN
• Dakota City will use VPN to connect to the main
  LAN at Little Priest Main campus in Winnebago.
• A Multi-media Cart will be set up to share
  between the two classrooms there.
• Hopefully, a second Multi-media cart will be
  needed at Dakota City in the not too distant
  future. We have grant money to pay for this.

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Network Infrastructure Tomorrow

• Dakota City Educational Center Continued
• We Will utilize a VSAT Satellite for Internet
  connectivity.
• (courtesy of ADEC/EPSCOR) Thanks again.
• We will use grant to pay for the monthly
  recurring Satellite fees.
• VPN to the main Winnebago campus will be a big
  part of this Internet connectivity.
• We would like to see our main campus VSAT
  upgraded to 512k.

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Winnavegas Casino

• At Winnavegas Casino, the casino provides us with
  a classroom for training their employees.
• We hope to equip that site similar to our Dakota
  City Educational Center and eventually serve the
  public.
• We currently have 10 computers in the classroom
  there.
• However, they need to be upgraded (P100, 32mg
  RAM)
• We would like to treat the casino classroom like
  another site.
• Many employees at the casino would like to take
  classes at Little Priest, but dont want to make
  that 45 minute drive.
• Or they live in Winnebago, but their work
  schedule prohibits them from taking classes here.
  Casino classes can be scheduled to suit casino
  work schedules.

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Winnavegas Casino

• We may possibly utilize another VSAT Satellite at
  the casino, or we may need to rely on the casino
  to obtain a commercial T1.
• Either way, students there will be able to VPN
  into our main Little Priest Network.
• Once our Dakota City center is in full swing, we
  will focus on the Casino site.
• Between the two sites, we hope for a significant
  and much needed FTE increase.

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Technology is more than just computers, routers,
and wire. Technology is people. Hardworking
people . Like the people of Little Priest When
our president is away on travel. The rest of us
pitch in to pick up the slack, we go that extra
mile!
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Grassy Knoll
Betty Redleaf
While The Cats away!
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People Do Make A Difference

• When Dr. Lehrer comes and consults with us on
  math and science
• That makes a difference
• When Randy Ross helps us focus on our Technology
  goals
• That makes a difference
• When Dr. Ballinger reaches out to us and helps us
  acquire new technology
• That makes a difference

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People Make A Difference

• Discussions with learned people like Dr. Poley,
  Dr. Lehrer, Dr. Ballinger, and Randy Ross
• They make a difference
• We need and appreciate all the help we can get
  from people like this
• It makes a difference
• People who help us attain grants that to some,
  may seem small, yet are a huge sum to us
• They make a difference

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People Make A Difference

• Attending Technology conferences like the one at
  Ohio State next week
• That makes a difference
• Having the opportunity to network with people
  from large Universities
• That makes a difference
• This meeting today
• Makes a difference

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A few ideas and plans

• James Carville would put it this way
• Its the technology, stupid!
• Without technology, higher education is
  shackled.
• One goal is to be able to deliver non-credit and
  credit courses on site live and over the Internet
  at the Dakota City center and at the casino.
• For some classes, we can utilize H.323 video
  Conferencing technology. Classes can be live
  here in Winnebago and delivered over the Internet
  to the casino or Dakota City. Of course,
  training for faculty and technical assistance
  will be necessary.

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Other Ideas.

• We have been investigating TV / Video based
  courses that we can customize to suit our needs
  and deliver to the casino and Dakota City.
• The Dallas County Community College District
  produces excellent video based courses. We plan
  to use these videos, their pre-designed websites,
  and our creativity to deliver them in a manner
  more suitable to our instructors and students.
  Our hybrid TV Courses will combine Videos,
  synchronous and asynchronous discussion boards,
  online learning centers, and email.
• We would also like to deliver non-credit
  Internet based courses for anybody with dial-up
  Internet access. (Ed2GO)

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Outside the Box

• With our improved technology that is forthcoming,
  we will have the tools we need to be creative and
  to think outside the box.
• New Ideas will flourish as instructors, deans,
  and administrators become trained and accustomed
  to the new technologies.
• Once our early pioneers deliver that first online
  course, or that first live video-conference
  course, we will have made that first footprint on
  the other side of the Digital Divide.
• Unfortunately, the Digital Divide is for real on
  reservations like ours.

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Summary

• Little Priest is small, but we have plans for
  harmonious growth that suits our style. We need
  better technology and training so we can pass it
  along to our students, staff, and faculty. The
  students are most important. Just because they
  live on a reservation, should not mean that they
  have to settle for old technology. We see
  technology as a tool to help us offer more
  courses and better courses to our students.
• We are also very appreciative of the people in
  this room who have helped us improve our
  technology and thus our college.