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Broadband Access in Nevada PK-12 Schools

Broadband Access in Nevada PK-12 Schools. Nevada Broadband Taskforce Meeting June 19, 2014 Presented by: Alan Medeiros, Lyon CSD Dan Slentz , Oasis Online Duane Barton, Elko CSD John Endter , Douglas CSD Kimberly Vidoni , Nevada Department of Education Scott Lomari , Lyon CSD.

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Broadband Access in Nevada PK-12 Schools

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  1. Broadband Access in Nevada PK-12 Schools Nevada Broadband Taskforce Meeting June 19, 2014 Presented by: Alan Medeiros, Lyon CSD Dan Slentz, Oasis Online Duane Barton, Elko CSD John Endter, Douglas CSD Kimberly Vidoni, Nevada Department of Education Scott Lomari, Lyon CSD

  2. Overview • Supporting Data • Nevada Ready 21 (One-to-One Initiative) • Community Partners • Rural School Needs • Possible Solutions • Role of Task Force in Solution

  3. Data Collection • Education Superhighway – State School Speed Test Month, October 2013 • Nevada Educational Technology Survey • Nevada School District Broadband Survey

  4. State School Speed Test • ~75% of Nevada schools participated • Tested the speeds of at least 10 devices per school

  5. SETDA Thresholds Source: State Educational Technology Directors Association, http://www.setda.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Broadband_Trifold.pdf

  6. Nevada Schools: Online Assessment Readiness At current bandwidth availability, 39% of schools can support media-rich online assessment, while 17% of schools are not ready for any online assessment Not ready for online assessment Basic assessment ready Media-rich assessment ready

  7. Nevada Schools: Digital Learning Readiness Schools’ long-term connectivity goals should focus on developing capacity for digital learning; 28% of schools today are ready for technology-rich digital learning Not ready Basic connectivity Digital learning ready Emerging reliance

  8. Impact of lower connectivity in rural areas on students Greater proportion of rural schools are not ready Note: Excludes 93 schools with 1000+ students (analyzed separately, ~163k students)

  9. In urban and suburban areas, concentration of very large schools reduces bandwidth availability per student

  10. Nevada Ed Tech Survey • Annual inventory survey • Spring 2014 • Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium (SBAC) compliant devices • “Red Flag” list

  11. Nevada School District Broadband Survey • Survey broadband connectivity modalities across the state • Determine how many students attend schools that are not connected via fiber • Esmeralda, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, White Pine are not connected via fiber

  12. One-to-One Student Computing • Nevada Commission on Educational Technology One-to-One Plan • Nevada Ready 21 • In the process of revising • Same capacity issues as for online testing • Broadband capacity issues • Personnel expertise issues • Communication to stakeholders

  13. Gaps in Home/School Coverage

  14. Gaps in Home/School Coverage

  15. Gaps in Home/School Coverage • 3G networks offer download speeds of 600 kilobits per second (kbps) up to 1.4 megabits per second (mbps), with bursts up to 3.1 mbps. • Sprint says its 4G WiMax network can deliver average download speeds between 3 mbps and 6 mbps, with bursts up to 10 mbps. The network can deliver upload speeds of up to 1 mbps. • Sprint: Download: 2.14 Mbps | Upload: 0.17 Mbps • Verizon: Download:13.3 Mbps | Upload:5.5 Mbps • Fact vs. Fiction – school districts need facts

  16. Community Partners • Provides project sustainability • Costs would be spread between partners • Hospitals/Clinics • County Agencies – Human Services, Libraries, Court, Fire, Rescue, Police • Private Companies – ISP’s, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Service, Mining

  17. eRateReform • New eRate Goals • Increased Broadband Capacity • Create Affordable access to Broadband • Proposed Rulemaking • Simplify rules on fiber deployment • Prioritize funds for new fiber deployments • Phase out support services - paging • Allocating funding on a simplified, per-student

  18. Rural School Needs • High Capacity Broadband • Access for 24/7 learners • Access to Distance Education resources • Testing requirements- current and future • Distinctions between rural and frontier • Limited broadband availability for rural schools having to use limited wireless backhauls • Nearly Impossible to find/fund broadband connections to frontier schools like Duckwater and Montello.

  19. Prime Example – Elko • 70% of students attend schools connected through fiber • Tried to connect other schools • $1 million to run line • ~$14K/month to lease line • For just 2 schools • Lack of competition

  20. Grant Opportunities • Nevada Commission on Ed Tech • eRate • ConnectED

  21. Possible Solutions • Better coordination between K-12 public education, higher education, and state agencies, including maps of state owned lit and dark fiber • Nevada Assessment Readiness Team (NV-ART) • Superintendent’s Online Testing Summit in August 2014 • Nevada Ready 21 Plan includes a committee focused on broadband capacity issues

  22. Role of Task Force in Solution • Help us ensure that ALL Nevada students have school access through fiber • Accountability for Internet service providers • They’re installing what they say they’re installing • Availability of trained, network experts in all districts

  23. Questions?

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