NextGenWeb caught up with Briana LeClaire, a member of the National Coalition for Public School Options, while she was out talking with parents about the coalition. In the podcast, Briana, whose children are enrolled in the Idaho Virtual Academy, talks about the benefits of online learning and why broadband is so important to making this education option available to more students.
NextGenWeb recently spoke with Geraldine Tibbs, Director of Communications and Public Relations for the Madison County School District located in northern Alabama.
The Madison County School District participates in the ACCESS Distance Learning Program. The acronym stands for Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide, a state-funded initiative that uses broadband to connect students to classes in other schools. The program is available to 23,000 students in 170 high schools across the state. As a result, young people in rural and underserved areas are able to access advanced courses not available at their own schools. Larger schools are also able to use the program to enhance their own course offerings.
The ACCESS program is producing good results. School districts are sharing resources, expanding educational opportunities and creating a more dynamic learning environment; all of this is possible through the power of broadband.
NGW recently spoke with Fritz Nordengren, Education Technology Strategist for the College of Health Sciences at Des Moines University. Our podcast explores how broadband technology has enhanced the educational experience for students and professors at the College of Health Sciences and how new media has revolutionized the classroom environment.
Click here to listen to part one of our interview with Fritz Nordengren.
Click here to listen to part two of our interview with Fritz Nordengren.
Rich Wonders, Vice President—Marketing and Business Strategy for Alcatel-Lucent recently spent some time with NextGenWeb to talk about what his company is doing to get broadband to underserved areas. He also touches on some of the life-improving applications like e-Health and e-Learning that are associated with access to high-speed Internet.
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