Education

BACKGROUND. This subcommittee would include FNCAC contributions to the topics of (A) content on the Internet, (B) education-related applications, and (C) connectivity, especially for the K-12 community.

SUBCOMMITTEE

ACTION ITEMS FROM THE APRIL 1996 FNCAC MEETING

Harold Thompson and Ed Oliver have requested that they be added to the Education Working Group membership.
Done.
This working group has requested that a mail list be established for future discussions (EDU@FNC.GOV).
Done.
The FNCAC Education Working Group will work with the Department of Education (DoED) to develop materials to be posted on DoED's home page. The materials will include a message to the K-12 community conveying realistic expectations they can have of the Internet, how the Internet may affect them, and hints for getting around congestion and other identified problems.
Pending.
NSF and DoED will work together to develop an education clearinghouse. The FNCAC Education Working Group will develop a preliminary list of items to be included in a clearinghouse of information (including administrative and policy information related to K-12 networking, schoolboard policies, student privacy rights, etc.), and a list of existing clearinghouses. The goal for having this clearinghouse operational is October 12, 1996.
Nora Sabelli (NSF) and Alex Poliakoff (DoED) have been invited to report on the status of the proposed clearing houses at the October 1996 FNCAC meeting.
The FNCAC Education Co-Chairs will work together to develop a framework for a "Universal Service" clearinghouse and to identify the topics which schools need to address in obtaining connectivity.
Pending.

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