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Wireless Internet Access

Wireless Internet Access. Status of WiFi Programs in the City of Charlottesville May 3, 2012. Family Internet Access Survey. Student assignments, online resources and electronic textbook use will grow with implementation of CCS computer initiative

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Wireless Internet Access

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  1. Wireless Internet Access Status of WiFi Programs in the City of Charlottesville May 3, 2012

  2. Family Internet Access Survey • Student assignments, online resources and electronic textbook use will grow with implementation of CCS computer initiative • Goal of the survey was to reach out to community to identify current access to technology within the home • Confirmation of access to a computer and access to the internet were solicited • Overall 42% of all families with rising secondary students responded • An average of 22% of those that responded do not have internet access from home

  3. Incoming CHS Students Surveyed Spring 2011

  4. Incoming Middle Students Surveyed Spring 2011 Buford Walker

  5. Geographic Distribution of Responses

  6. Rationale for Student Tablet Selection Instead of Thin ‘Connected’ Computers • Windows 7 Tablet Computers for Students • Similar to thin client - light weight, long battery life and limited moving parts • Provide offline access securely to instructional resources, content creation and ebook reading saved to local storage • In the Fall students will have the option to access to shared virtual CCS computers for those that wish to occasionally leverage a home, library or community computer for coursework

  7. Other Localities with Municipal Networking • Roanoke Virginia installed free WiFi zones in 2003 in its downtown area, centered within the Market Square area with coverage available outdoors in one to two blocks in all directions • Bristol Virginia installed fiber in 2003 with Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU), creating a nonprofit called "Optinet“. Currently it is a municipal broadband Internet service that covers Bristol as well as the Southwest portion of the state of Virginia with approximately 9,000 paying customers. • 14 others in Virginia are deploying networks. Mostly fiber and a few wireless. http://www.ecorridors.vt.edu/networks/?network_id=23 • Nationally nearly 50 localities have been identified that provide variations of WiFi. • Mostly coverage of downtown and park areas similar to Charlottesville. Many are free and some cost.

  8. Factors and Next Steps • Statewide offering of Comcast • Terms of service restricted by family participation in Free & Reduced Lunch Program • Accounts in good standing • Not a customer of Comcast internet service within past 90 days • City of Promise Planning Grant • Network Implementation Grant • Considering options for long term solution in specific area of the city • Considering tiered internet service program • Includes evaluation of providers and costs. National providers and vendor currently leasing school wireless spectrum • City Fiber Network Agreement Restrictions • Guidance from School Board?

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