There is broad support for expanding the E-rate...
There is broad support for expanding the E-rate program to cover wireless devices, Qualcomm said in reply comments filed at the FCC. “No less than fifty-five commenters -- from school teachers and administrators, to educational content providers, technology developers, and…
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service providers to prominent professors of education technology at America’s leading universities -- are urging the Commission to change the E-rate program to enable schools to use these funds for anywhere/anytime wireless connectivity so all American students can continue their learning outside of school, after hours and on weekends, no matter their income level,” Qualcomm said (http://bit.ly/1j2eGFw). PCIA agreed, saying the school of the future will be built around mobile devices. “Static, paper-based textbooks will be replaced by adaptive digital curriculum, capable of monitoring student engagement and assisting teachers in assessing ‘individual student needs in real-time,'” PCIA said (http://bit.ly/1a1AZdh). “Equipped with Internet enabled mobile devices, students will research, communicate, and collaborate in dynamic fashion.” Mobile broadband “sometimes is the only option for obtaining reliable, high-speed broadband service, especially in rural and remote areas where fixed broadband networks are not available,” T-Mobile said in its reply comments (http://bit.ly/1dmpXiC). In addition, “as educators stress, the new digital learning environment requires always-on, anytime, anywhere access for students and teachers,” T-Mobile said.