Impact of NRTS
Partner Grant at NSU, 1997 - 1998
Summary of Purchases:
- A Pentium Pro 32 MB NT machine used to host an experimental
XML server
- A 24 port 100BaseTx Network Switch
- A Kodak 210 digital camera used for Web page photos,
and a course on Internet
- A 56K Modem · Books on SGML, XML, JAVA , CORBA, and
SQL Server
- Refreshment for CHROME Workshop
- Travel (SGML/XML Conference and NECC Conference)
Impact on NSU undergraduate students
- Use of the digital camera for the Internet Class (CSC
192) to enhance Instruction
- Provide an NT Server for students to experiment software
distribution , and SQL server installation
- Provide a Web server experiment testbed for students
to turn a Web Server into a backward compatible XML document server
Impact on K-12 school
- Provided PPP server access to Douglas Park Elementary
teachers from their homes.
- Offered teacher's internet workshop at Douglas Park
Elementary
- Offered Internet Workshop for CHROME (4th - 5th grade)
students from Douglas Park Elementary · Numerous network support phone
calls and 3 consulting visits to Douglas Park Elementary
Other Impact
- Made a Presentation on XML to 7th MUSPIN User's Conference
- Upgraded Faculty network segment from 10 Mbps to 100
Mbps in the NSU Computer Science Department
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