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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

 

Blogging About Rural Education

A couple this week from Mr. Rural ED.

Linda Hall Leaving Center for Rural Education
By michaellarnold

Earlier today Linda Hall announced her departure as the Director of the Center for Rural Education. The announcement was made on the U.S. Department of Education's Rural Education listserv. To ListServ subscribers: Today marks my last day as the owner...

Rural Task Force July 2006 Meeting
By michaellarnold

Minutes from the July 17, 2006 meeting of the Secretary's Task Force on Rural Education have been posted on the Center for Rural Eduction section on the U.S. Department of Education's website. Of particular interest was a presentation by Phoebe...

And one from Derek's Blog.

Bringing remote schools in Samoa online

Just back from Samoa where I've had an extremely useful time interacting with people from all over the Pacific at the PacINET conference in Apia. Yesterday afternoon, before I left, I had the opportunity to travel by boat to the small island of Manono which lies between the main islands of Upolo and Savai'i. A small group of conference delegates made the trip to participate in the initial setting up and trialling of a receiver on the island to bring internet connectivity to a small school there. The photo above shows me adjusting the receivers - these are made in New Zealand by Waikato University. The 2020/Trust from New Zealand is the group that has initiated this project, in conjunction with a local computer services company in Samoa....

And finally, one from Distance-Educator.com's Daily News.

Broadband Widespread in Rural America

August 15, 2006, Arlington, Va. - Broadband availability in rural areas is comprehensive, and take rates continue to grow in the rural and high-cost areas served by independent communications providers, according to new survey results from the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA). Read the Full Story

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