Certain broadband stimulus projects already lead in providing...
Certain broadband stimulus projects already lead in providing the high-speed broadband the White House recently prioritized in ConnectED, said NTIA in a Monday blog post (http://1.usa.gov/14KQCBb). North Carolina nonprofit MCNC “has leveraged NTIA funding to significantly expand and fortify its…
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statewide fiber-optic network -- ensuring it can scale to meet the ballooning bandwidth needs of North Carolina schools in the years ahead,” NTIA said. It pointed to the 100 Mbps or higher speeds at 115 K-12 school districts. The post cited examples such as in the Avery County school system where high speeds allow older students to take home MacBooks and younger students iPads. Rutherford County schools also supply students with laptops. “Individualized Web-based projects are replacing teacher lectures,” said NTIA of Avery. “Online instructional resources are replacing textbooks.” NTIA said one district doesn’t buy textbooks anymore. The agency highlighted MCNC as an example of its education-focused Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grantees. “Of our 116 network infrastructure projects, about 75 percent are linking or supplying additional bandwidth to schools,” it said. “Overall, roughly 10,000 schools in 44 states are being connected or upgraded, and almost 70 percent are getting access to speeds of at least 100 megabits.”