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  • From: Hurley, Jeannene (MDE)
  • Date: Fri Nov 06 16:27:51 2009

Hello All,
     If anyone is interested in submitting comments, I would surely be grateful for your thoughts.  Please use the link below to share your thoughts - or there is a form embedded.  Not sure how this is all going to work, but am sure going to try !
; j

 
If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out online:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFVNc1pZVGh6bklxUV9ERERYNURJR3c6MA

FCC Request for Comment

On November 3, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released Public Notice DA 09-2376 seeking comment on Broadband Needs in Education. The FCC is requesting comments on various issues related to broadband access in education and the E-rate program. Comments are due to the FCC by November 20, 2009. Reply comments are due December 11, 2009.

For more information go to the FCC website at www.fcc.gov.

All information in this survey is taken directly from this document and information gathered will be utilized to develop responses to this request.


BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT DATA

1. We seek information on the current state of broadband connectivity, device availability, and adoption in U.S. schools and classrooms. We seek statistics on the current state of network connectivity as well as information on technology deployment projects that address connectivity, access, and adoption.




BROADBAND IMPLEMENTATION

2. We seek comment on school and school system broadband initiatives including infrastructure and large-scale application deployment.





BROADBAND AND DIGITAL CONTENT

3. We seek comment on schools’ and school systems’ online and digital content needs and uses, including content for student instruction (e.g., whole or partial textbooks or supplemental resources) as well as professional development content for educators.




DIGITAL LITERACY

4. We seek comment on digital literacy programs, standards, and content.



ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEMS

5. We seek comment on online learning systems.




ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING SYSTEMS

6. We seek comment on schools and school system implementation of online/ASP/cloud-based student instructional data reporting systems and their impact on student achievement and school operations.





EDUCATIONAL DATA INTEROPERABILITY

7. We seek comment on data interoperability projects utilizing the Internet and/or wide area networks (WANs). Such interoperability projects could include student record transfer solutions between enterprise software applications within a single organization, or inter-agency data transfers.





COMMUNICATION AND VIDEO SYSTEMS

8. We seek comment on implementation of other online applications in schools and school systems.






COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY SYSTEMS

9. We seek comment on implementation of collaboration and best-practice-sharing online systems. For example, we have been directed to a number of systems which demonstrate features of collaboration or online community capabilities including: www.curriki.org, www.nylearns.org, www.oercommons.org, www.schooltube.com, www.boepilot.org.




INNOVATION IN BROADBAND AND ONLINE SYSTEMS

10. We seek comment on opportunities for government to support innovation in the education technology sector, both in terms of driving innovative program and product development, as well as driving adoption.






E-RATE MODIFICATIONS

11. As part of the national broadband plan, we seek comment on how the Commission can modify the E-rate program to more effectively meet the needs of applicants as well as whether the program can be a vehicle to stimulate the adoption of broadband throughout communities. For example, in Portugal researchers have found that the usage of broadband in schools creates “spillover” effect that leads to greater broadband adoption in the community as students increase their Internet usage at home and transfer their technology skills to other family members.8 8 Patrick Agyapong and Pedro Ferreira, Spillover Effects from Wiring Schools with Broadband: Implications for Universal Service Policy, 37th Research Conference on Communication, Information,and Internet Policy, Arlington, VA. Sept 25-27, 2009, available at http://www.tprcweb.com/images/stories/papers/AgyapongFerreira-TPRC2009.pdf (last visited Oct. 21, 2009).









E-RATE DISBURSEMENT

12. We seek comment on how changing the E-rate disbursement and discount methodology might maximize the deployment of broadband.






E-RATE FUNDING

13. We seek comment on the implications of modifying E-rate funding to support additional broadband deployment and how changes to the E-rate program would improve the ability of the program to meet applicant needs for broadband.










OPEN CALL

14. We seek any additional case-studies, research and other evidence that may provide additional insight into the types of questions asked in this document. This matter shall be treated as a “permit-but-disclose” proceeding in accordance with the Commission’s ex parte rules. Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain summaries of the substance of the presentations and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a one- or two-sentence description of the views and arguments presented generally is required. Other rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings are set forth in section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200, 1.1206. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b).







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