<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; ">Roy Municipal Schools (Roy, NM) is one of 20 projects in 14 states, funded under the FCC's</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; ">"Learning On The Go" program.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; ">This netbook program provides elementary and secondary students in an extremely rural area with</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; ">off-premise Internet access to allow for interactive capabilities outside the classroom and beyond</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; ">scheduled school hours.</div><div><br></div><div>--------------</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">FCC AUTHORIZES RELEASE OF FUNDING TO QUALIFIED SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">FOR OFF-PREMISES WIRELESS INTERNET PROJECTS</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0711/DOC-308331A1.pdf">http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0711/DOC-308331A1.pdf</a> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>“Learning On-The-Go” Wireless Pilot Projects To Support and Advance Digital Learning</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>and Digital Textbooks for K-12 Students and Others. Builds on National Broadband Plan.</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><br></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Washington, D.C. – The FCC today officially launched an innovative program for 20 schools and</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">libraries in 14 states aimed at giving participating K-12 students off-premises connections to the Internet</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">to increase access to digital textbooks, cutting-edge interactive learning tools, and other innovative</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">wireless technologies.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The new FCC wireless pilot project, “Learning On-The-Go,” will provide up to $9 million for the 20</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">schools and libraries selected for the 2011-2012 funding year. It builds on the FCC’s major</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">modernization of the E-rate program last fall, and follows recommendations of the National Broadband</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Plan. Previously, the E-rate program supported on-campus connectivity only. According to a 2010 E-rate</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">survey, approximately 50 percent of the schools and libraries that responded indicated that they plan to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">implement or expand the use of digital textbooks and other wireless devices for digital learning.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The 20 selected projects include initiatives to improve off-campus access to e-textbooks for students;</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">connectivity for netbooks for students living in remote, isolated areas; and access to flexible, online</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">education programs for home-bound students unable to attend classes.</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Under the “Learning On-The-Go” pilot program, mobile learning devices enable teachers and parents to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">tailor school curriculum and interactive learning to students’ skill sets. Digital textbooks never go out of</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">date and students will have greater opportunities to access the latest educational curriculum available.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">With digital textbooks, you can effectively stretch out the binding of a book and slide new content in –</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">slide in an assessment, or a simulation, or videos – to bring lessons to life. Digital tools also help parents,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">allowing them to better monitor and evaluate how their children are doing and where they need more</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">help. New wireless devices and applications will also help teacher integrate school and home work</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">assignments for students, creating greater efficiency in the exchange of information.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The FCC’s E-rate program will continue to support schools and libraries across America working toward</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">the goal of helping ensure that America’s students receive the best education and the high-tech skills to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">compete in the 21<span style="font: 7.0px Helvetica">st </span>Century economy.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">A copy of the FCC Order is available on the FCC website at:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(27, 57, 245); "><a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1181A1.pdf">http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1181A1.pdf</a></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div>
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