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A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. Efforts by the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to publicize how much districts pay for broadband have allowed many school systems to negotiate bandwidth deals to get greater capacity for a fraction of the cost.
As is the case in many mega-districts, PWCPS already had access to high-speed broadband. The district put in a request to their school board to upgrade their network’s bandwidth, and sought out additional support to make their broadband goals a reality. They had recently increased from 1 Gbps to 2 Gbps. GAINING MOMENTUM. to $1.85.
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When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We So Elliott petitioned the school board to give each high schooler an iPad and improve the school’s infrastructure to support increased internet use. It was a well-timed initiative.
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Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. And fourth graders collaborate on an annual ecosystem project using iPads, taking pictures and annotating their work as they go. Clearly, broadband is a huge problem,” said Keith Krueger, CoSN CEO.
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