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replaced 418 old computers with new, energy-efficient PCs. The new PCs were
loaded with NComputing
desktop-virtualization software, allowing up to a dozen people to work off of
the same machine. Each additional user needs an access device [which NComputing
sells], a keyboard, a monitor, and a mouse. With the exact same number of PCs,
Young provided an additional 1,260 computing seats. Running the 418 older
computers was costing the district $11,537 per school year. Running the 418
fully equipped new PCs costs only $12,477. In addition, Young says he saved
close to $600,000 on equipment and on energy costs. The new setup is $7.44 per
user vs. $27.60 per seat, using the old PCs.
“I know who the user is, what device he or she logged on—at school or at
home—what he or she did, which websites they visited, and when they logged off,”
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- Since I know exactly which classrooms are turning computers on and off, I know
  where the computers should go.”
- One principal removed computers from a classroom because the teacher wasn’t
  using them. Best savings of all? Partch says he no longer buys products that do
  not get used

14 Sep 09

Press Releases - Holy Family Catholic School Deploys Hitachi Software StarBoards To Provide Students With Interactive Learning Opportunities

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smartboard funding

“I use it in science class when I connect a handheld microscope to the computer
and the enlarged image of the specimen is projected on the StarBoard
The protractor, ruler and stopwatch are great tools for math, and in language
arts we use it for paragraph editing and sentence diagramming,”
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- After one year of experience, teachers and students are working together to
  master the features of the StarBoard. I have witnessed student engagement like I
  have never seen before. Many students who were originally reluctant to respond
  are now excited about going up to the board to participate
- Scanning infinite amounts of previously created work and being able to write and
  edit on the board is a beneficial tool that I now could not do without,” stated
  Mrs. Styrsky
- parents and parishioners of our Church have provided generous donations to
  purchase the interactive whiteboards
- Through events such as Back-to-School Night, our parents have been able to
  witness the learning opportunities that the interactive whiteboard technology
  offers,

21 Aug 09

Interactive Whiteboards: Funding & Professional Development

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grants funding Interactive_whiteboards SmartBoard

06 Jul 09

Top News - Feds announce guidelines for rural broadband funding

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funding rural Internet_access

They will consider projects that provide wired or wireless access starting at
low-end DSL speeds, but will give priority to projects that promise higher
speeds. They'll consider an area "underserved" by broadband, and thus eligible
for grants, if half or fewer of the households can get wired broadband today,
among other criteria.
Besides providing money to create the infrastructure, the funding also can go
toward training people to use the internet
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- Pew Internet and American Life Project asked households that lacked broadband
  service why they haven't signed up. Lack of availability was ranked fourth,
  given by 14 percent

Top News - Audits frustrate e-Rate applicants

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erate funding technology

Four out of five applicants said the e-Rate is meeting its goal of connecting
schools and libraries to the internet, and 71 percent said their organization
has more classrooms online as a result of the program--up from 59 percent last
year.
Two-in-Five Rule--which limits a school or library's receipt of funding for
internal connections to twice in a five-year period--is not having its intended
effect, which is to allow this funding to reach a greater number of entities.
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- applicants regarded the Bishop Perry Order--a rule change from 2006 that
  allowed them to make corrections to specific items on their applications, if
  minor errors are discovered--as the most positive change to the e-Rate program
  in recent years.
- however, applicants weren't quite so enamored with the order. The percentage of
  respondents who believed Bishop Perry would bring no change to the e-Rate
  program was 36 percent, up from 25 percent last year.
- most applicants find the audit process arduous and draining on their time and
  resources. While audits might be a necessary evil, most applicants said the
  process could be streamlined

29 Apr 09

pdf document

Examples of needs assessments

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grants assessment funding

17 Apr 09

Press Releases - Funds For Learning Launches 2nd Annual Survey of E-rate Applicants

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erate funding

The survey will assess applicants' attitudes and opinions about the E-rate
program, and identify its key strengths and challenges
released in June on the Funds For Learning Web site,
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- In addition, survey participants will be invited to engage in a national online
  discussion about the E-rate program to elicit more specific feedback
- the online discussion will be organized to generate group interaction.
  Participants will be asked to address questions posed by a moderator, and to
  discuss the responses of other contributors
- About Funds For Learning
  Funds For Learning, LLC, is an E-rate compliance
  firm specializing in guiding E-rate applicants and service providers through the
  complex and ever-changing E-rate regulatory process

02 Apr 09

Many High School Technology Plan

objectives for funding for tech plan

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funding lit_review

OBJECTIVE 4: EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FUNDING AND RESOURCES

Many High School will encourage the efficient use of funds and resources in a
manner, which ensures that all schools and students have access to technologies
that improve student competencies.

A. Strategies

A.1. Encourage school/business partnerships and matching fund programs.

a) Brief local agencies, businesses, and community groups of the need for
business education cooperation and public funding for technology.

1) WalMart matching funds

2) Chamber of Commerce orientations

3) Vo-Tech/High School cooperation

4) Business partnerships

b) Survey businesses to determine each one’s willingness and possible methods
of contributing funds and/or other technology support

A.2. Develop a funding schedule for the technology infrastructure:
maintenance support upgrading, expansion and addition of new technologies.

a) Develop an inventory of technology equipment in the business department
and individual classrooms, updated yearly.

b) Identify specific technologies that will need to be purchased.

c) Follow district standards for purchasing new equipment and the upgrading
of current equipment.

KEY TASKS	RESPONSIBLE PARTIES	FUNDING SOURCE	TIME LINES
Develop and implement technology plan for consolidated funding to provide technology infrastructure with costs and resource requirements.	School Technology Committee		1998-99 Ongoing
Identify specific technologies that will need to be purchased.	School Technology Committee		1998-99 Ongoing
Develop standards for purchasing new equipment and the upgrading of current equipment.	School Technology Committee		1998-99 Ongoing
Update and revise inventory of technology equipment in business department and individual classrooms.	Classroom Teachers		Ongoing
Brief local agencies, businesses, and community groups of the need for business/education cooperation.	School Technology Committee		1998-99
Survey businesses to determine willingness and possible methods of contributing support	School Technology Committee		1998-99 Ongoing