[1st-mile-nm] Roy Municipal Schools get FCC "Learning On The Go" Funding

[Richard Lowenberg]

Roy Municipal Schools (Roy, NM) is one of 20 projects in 14 states, funded under the FCC's
"Learning On The Go" program.

This netbook program provides elementary and secondary students in an extremely rural area with
off-premise Internet access to allow for interactive capabilities outside the classroom and beyond
scheduled school hours.

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FCC AUTHORIZES RELEASE OF FUNDING TO QUALIFIED SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
FOR OFF-PREMISES WIRELESS INTERNET PROJECTS

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0711/DOC-308331A1.pdf 

“Learning On-The-Go” Wireless Pilot Projects To Support and Advance Digital Learning
and Digital Textbooks for K-12 Students and Others. Builds on National Broadband Plan.

Washington, D.C. – The FCC today officially launched an innovative program for 20 schools and
libraries in 14 states aimed at giving participating K-12 students off-premises connections to the Internet
to increase access to digital textbooks, cutting-edge interactive learning tools, and other innovative
wireless technologies.

The new FCC wireless pilot project, “Learning On-The-Go,” will provide up to $9 million for the 20
schools and libraries selected for the 2011-2012 funding year. It builds on the FCC’s major
modernization of the E-rate program last fall, and follows recommendations of the National Broadband
Plan. Previously, the E-rate program supported on-campus connectivity only. According to a 2010 E-rate
survey, approximately 50 percent of the schools and libraries that responded indicated that they plan to
implement or expand the use of digital textbooks and other wireless devices for digital learning.

The 20 selected projects include initiatives to improve off-campus access to e-textbooks for students;
connectivity for netbooks for students living in remote, isolated areas; and access to flexible, online
education programs for home-bound students unable to attend classes.

Under the “Learning On-The-Go” pilot program, mobile learning devices enable teachers and parents to
tailor school curriculum and interactive learning to students’ skill sets. Digital textbooks never go out of
date and students will have greater opportunities to access the latest educational curriculum available.
With digital textbooks, you can effectively stretch out the binding of a book and slide new content in –
slide in an assessment, or a simulation, or videos – to bring lessons to life. Digital tools also help parents,
allowing them to better monitor and evaluate how their children are doing and where they need more
help. New wireless devices and applications will also help teacher integrate school and home work
assignments for students, creating greater efficiency in the exchange of information.

The FCC’s E-rate program will continue to support schools and libraries across America working toward
the goal of helping ensure that America’s students receive the best education and the high-tech skills to
compete in the 21st Century economy.

A copy of the FCC Order is available on the FCC website at:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1181A1.pdf



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Richard Lowenberg
P. O. Box 8001,  Santa Fe, NM  87504
505-989-9110 off.; 505-603-5200 cell
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