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How Sun Corridor Network Can Help K-12 Schools

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equity and inclusion, Internet2 and commercial and competitive pricing, improve the transition
Internet, cloud services at consortium pricing, between secondary and post-secondary education
cybercrime prevention service, access to regional and are able to close their data center.
and national research and academic communities,
leading science and technology partners, and K-12 curriculum resources at Internet2 include
eduroam. Arts and Culture, Earth Science, Engineering,
Astronomy and Space, Biology and History and
“Sun Corridor Network is now Civics. As an example of the sources available, in

working with school districts and the Arts and Culture category, access is provided
to the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
libraries to extend this functionality Manhattan School of Music Distance Learning,

to all learners and educators in Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian
Arizona. We are enablers.” National Portrait Gallery.

Under Astronomy and Space, sources include the
Masseth explained that eduroam (education
Smithsonian Air & Space STEM, NASA: Live
roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming
from the International Space Station, and Sloan
access service developed specifically for the
Digital Sky Survey.
international research and education community.
“Eduroam allows students, researchers and staff
History and Civics sources include the
from participating schools, districts, or institutions
Smithsonian Learning Lab, Time Project, Video
to obtain Internet connectivity across campus
Conferencing for Global Learning, American
and when visiting other participating entities
Museum of Natural History, Presidential Primary
by simply opening their laptop,” Masseth said.
Sources, National WW2 Museum, Ford’s
“Eduroam is based on the most secure encryption
Theatre, National Archives, Library of Congress,
and authentication standards available. Its security
Digital Public Library of America, Civil Rights
by far exceeds typical commercial hotspots and
Digital Library, and Mapping Inequality Digital
provides simple, easy, secure connectivity from
Scholarship Lab.
thousands of hotspots across more than 100
countries.”
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality category
offers expeditions, a tour creator, East of the
K-12 members leverage Arizona’s Sun Corridor
Rockies, Civilizations. Google Earth Virtual
Network by connecting with world class
Reality and Metaverse.
institutions, collaborating with other K-12s and
universities, having access to 100 gigabytes per
second, having audio/video bridging and hosting, Derek Masseth can be reached at: derek@suncorridor.org
and access to technical talents and services and
cyber security. In addition, K-12 members support
Arizona’s research and development, enjoy E-rate

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