Education

Description:  Cyberinfrastructure differs from traditional web and broadband access in its focus and magnitude.

Smart technologies are igniting rural economic development, improving health care and education, and improving farming and ranching production. The Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) Agriculture and Rural Broadband SuperCluster encourages collaboration on innovative agricultural technology and rural projects and released a blueprint for rural communities in July.

Time: 8:30 AM MSTLocation: U.S. Forest Service Training Center, 4000 Masthead Street NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109Program summary: Connect with federal, state, and local resources to activate local broadband planning teams. Learn about: 1) digital applications that will reshape your community’s economic and educational future, 2) federal and state funding programs, and 3) tools for local broadband projects.  This workshop is sponsored by NTIA, USDA, and the State of New Mexico.

Time: 8:30 AM MSTLocation: Truth or Consequences Civic Center, 400 West 4th Street, Truth or Consequences, NM 87901Program summary: Connect with federal, state, and local resources to activate local broadband planning teams. Learn about: 1) digital applications that will reshape your community’s economic and educational future, 2) federal and state funding programs, and 3) tools for local broadband projects.  This workshop is sponsored by NTIA, USDA, and the State of New Mexico.

BroadbandUSA’s October webinar, “Broadband’s Role in Revitalizing Main Street,” showcased innovative efforts that governments, universities, and providers are undertaking to expand broadband access and use to revitalize their communities. The speakers each emphasized the importance of clarifying the goals a community is trying to meet in order to best identify the resources necessary to meet those goals.

NTIA’s BroadbandUSA Program will host a broadband workshop in Raymond, Mississippi in partnership with USDA and the Mississippi State University Extension. The purpose of the workshop is to engage stakeholders and provide them with the resources and tools needed to build local coalitions to improve broadband connectivity.

NTIA’s BroadbandUSA Program will host a broadband workshop in Raymond, Mississippi in partnership with USDA and the Mississippi State University Extension. The purpose of the workshop is to engage stakeholders and provide them with the resources and tools needed to build local coalitions to improve broadband connectivity.

NTIA’s BroadbandUSA Program will host a broadband workshop in Casper, Wyoming in partnership with USDA and the Wyoming Business Council. The purpose of the workshop is to engage stakeholders and provide them with the resources and tools needed to build local coalitions to improve broadband connectivity.