Friday, August 30, 2013

Starr's Treks: What Starr says on the Road

Did Superintendent Joshua Starr tell this convention that students will not have access to wireless Internet in schools?
...That was one of the major themes education technology experts, lobbyists and policy makers repeated at a Monday roundtable discussion, organized by Internet Innovation Alliance, and which focused on how private and public sectors can work together to improve digital learning in the nation’s classrooms. 
Montgomery County schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr was the keynote speaker at the event in downtown Washington...
...By the start of the coming school year, every school in Montgomery County is expected to be fully outfitted with wireless access, Starr said. 
Starr said the E-Rate program is one of the most important federal programs available to help schools improve Internet access and increase technology in schools. The E-Rate program was set up in 1997 and provides billions in federal funds to schools and libraries each year...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/roundtable-infrastructure-teacher-training-key-to-improving-technology-in-classrooms/2013/07/15/e7158bc6-ed75-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html

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