Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Atlanta, GA
13-04-01058
To assist Georgia Public Television (GPTV) in offering distance learning services to teachers and students in Georgia's public schools. The system will allow the delivery of multi-media content using the digital television transmission infrastructures that GPTV is building. The project will use outbound high-speed bandwidth with lower-speed return service. It centers on a web portal built by three Georgia educational institutions. Through nine transmitters statewide, GPTV offers public TV programming to approximately 4.5 million residents of Georgia.
| Contact: |
Mr. James Lyle |
| Phone |
(404) 685-2410 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 150,925 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 301,850 |
The Washington County Consortium for School Improvement
Machias, ME
23-04-01248
To assist the Washington County Consortium for School Improvement, Machias, ME, activate a distance learning system that will interconnect 40 educational facilities throughout Maine's easternmost county. The schools to be served are located in small, rural communities. The planned network will use a system based on Internet Protocol through T-1 and ATM transmission lines. In addition, the schools will have access to health care resources via ISDN-based interactive television. The system's transmissions will be integrated through a central bridge located at a hub site in Machias.
| Contact: |
Mrs. Betty Jordan |
| Phone |
(207) 255-1219 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 549,715 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 769,715 |
Educational Service Unit #7
Columbus, NE
31-04-01104
To establish a video distance learning system for the Educational Service Unit 7 ("ESU 7"), Columbus, NE. The system will interconnect 10 school districts in a four-county area of eastern Nebraska. The counties are Butler, Colfax, Platte, and Polk. The system will also include Central Community College (in Columbus), the Excel Family Learning Center (in Schuyler), and ESU 7 itself. Each participating school in the system will be interconnected with a DS-3 digital video system configured to provide four television channels, two T-1 digital channels and two low-speed control or data channels.
| Contact: |
Ms. Phyllis Brunken |
| Phone |
(402) 564-5753 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 373,452 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 497,936 |
Williamsburg Technical College
Kingstree, SC
45-03-01164
To help Williamsburg Technical College, Kingstree, SC, develop a comprehensive plan to guide the expansion of distance learning in rural Williamsburg County. The intent of the planning will be to provide a common platform for eliminating barriers to access for post-secondary education and advanced technical training for county residents.
| Contact: |
Mrs. Mona Dukes |
| Phone |
(843) 355-4121 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 34,560 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 50,627 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Communications Network Services
Blacksburg, VA
51-04-01037
To establish a distance learning system to bring educational and instructional programming to underserved populations in isolated sections of Appalachia: Smyth and Floyd Counties and the New River Health District, all in southwest Virginia. The instructional programming's two main themes will be (1) secondary and adult continuing education and (2) continuing medical education and public outreach.
| Contact: |
Dr. Andrea Kavanaugh |
| Phone |
(540) 231-5488 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 327,534 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 436,712 |
This page was last updated on 09/28/2001.
