4. SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY TO HAVE BROADBAND AT
HOME
SOURCE: fcc Survey 2010
Demographic
National Average 65%
How will these “less likely” non
adopters influence our success in
Vermont Average 75%
changing household behaviors for
energy consumption, health care,
Low Income 40%
education and services?
(under 20K)
How can our community libraries Less Educated 24%
(no high school degree)
tackle the basic barriers: digital
literacy, cost, and relevance?
Rural Americans 50%
What strategies will we deploy that Other Americans ( 65+) 35%
influence citizen participation in
community life ? and how might we
impact the other sectors of our People with Disabilities 42%
community and economy?
African Americans 59%
Hispanics 49%
5. Economic
Development
Energy and Government
Transportation Services
ADOPTION
AND
Agriculture APPLICATION
and the
Education
Working
Landscape
Community
Capacity Health Care
Building
6. Community computing centers
Breaking down barriers: access to and for all
Teaching digital literacy
Computer basics, internet fundamentals, email
On line job search, internet collaboration, content evaluation, cyber
safety
Employment assistance
Inter-generational learning : community digital coaches
Accessing municipal and state services
Making the globe relevant
Literacy for the 21st century
Extending the school curriculum
Always on wi fi
Improving health, education and employment incomes
Imagine the possibilities!
7. Internet2 Network Sponsored What is Internet 2?
Education Group Participation National Research and Education
In association with Vermont network – primarily higher
EPSCoR education
Both infrastructure (a national high-
performance network) and
organizational programs and
projects
Example programs & projects:
Advanced networking systems
Collaborative software
development & standards
K-20 educational collaboration
8. Funded by the National Science Foundation
Builds research and education infrastructure throughout the state;
Higher Ed: UVM, VSC, private colleges
Private Sector [Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 0, Innovation
Fund]
Education Outreach: Center for Workforce Development, Streams Project
Vermont Public Television: Emerging Science
9. UVM is an Internet 2 member and is joining SEGP
Vermont EPSCoR & UVM will fund I2 participation for every Vermont
nonprofit and for-profit K-20 education institution, museum, library, art
gallery and hospital through UVM’s I2 SEGP membership
10. Collaboration among VT, NH, ME, RI, DE as
EPSCoR’s northeast region
Building redundant “big pipes” between
Vermont and neighboring states
120 Gbps BTV to Hanover (and on to Boston)
120 Gbps BTV to Albany
11. Access advanced technology – student centered learning, one-to-one
computing, collaborations with students in different cultures working with
similar interests
Expand student learning opportunities – online courses engage students and
provide schools and students with flexible learning environments
Video conferencing resources – sharing and collaborating with other
classrooms inside and outside Vermont, interacting with different cultures
and countries
http://k20.internet2.edu/projects
5-year, $20M grant from National Science Foundation to Vermont EPSCoR
Research on Lake Champlain Watershed Basin; scenario testing and
predictive tools for policy and land-use decisions
16 full-time jobs created; fellowships for Abenaki and first-generation college
students
Opportunities for high school, college and graduate students to collaborate
on Lake Champlain Watershed Basin studies
12. 39 states (VT will be number 40)
66,000 connected organizations
Bandwidth:
Average 104Mb/sec
Median 12 Mb/sec
You don’t have to have “big pipes” to participate!
Participants include 7300 school districts,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Museum of Art (Michigan), 3500 libraries, etc.
13. Your role
The role of your Select Board
What is the broadband ecosystem for
your community?
Budgeting FY 2013
New budget objectives
Realignment of existing and new
resources
Sharing and disseminating
innovation
Collaboration with private partners