Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund<\/a>, a partnership between Mozilla, the National Science Foundation, and U.S. Ignite. The Fund has granted more than $1.2 million to over 90 projects during its six-year history. Learn more about the Fund in the short film at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\nThe Projects
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Lafayette Gigabot Coding Initiative | Lafayette, LA<\/b> This project trains elementary and middle school teachers in connected robotics and cloud-based programming. Teachers then integrate these topics into their curriculum. Led by Lafayette Parish Public Schools<\/p>\n
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Virtual Reality Ecoliteracy Curriculum | Lafayette, LA<\/b> This project uses virtual reality to show students the real-world impacts of climate change and coastal erosion. It spotlights the plight of \u201cclimate refugees\u201d \u2014 a displaced Native American tribe in coastal Louisiana. Led by University of Louisiana at Lafayette<\/p>\n
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A Community In Motion | Lafayette, LA<\/b> This project trains high school students in livestream, broadcast and 4K technology, positioning them as community journalists and storytellers. Led by Youth Literacy Foundation of Acadiana<\/p>\n
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New Hope STEM Club Gigabot Project | Lafayette, LA<\/b> For this project, middle school students will receive cloud-based programming lessons from members of the Black Male Leadership project at University of Louisiana. Led by New Hope Community Development of Acadiana<\/p>\n
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Giga-Scapes | Eugene, OR<\/b> Using internet-connected board games, this project allows people hundreds of miles apart to play together. It also features STEM workshops for local students, taught by game-industry experts. Led by Tech Tone Graphix<\/p>\n
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Gigabit Residencies | Eugene, OR<\/b> This project provides virtual reality and video game development training to teachers at low-income schools. Led by Lane Arts Council<\/p>\n
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Real Time Wetland Restoration Mapping and Analysis | Eugene, OR<\/b> This project empowers at-risk students as environmental watchdogs \u2014 teens will use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to track land restoration initiatives. Led by Bethel Education Foundation<\/p>\n
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Educational Equity VR | Eugene, OR<\/b> This projects uses virtual reality training to help eliminate teachers\u2019 unconscious biases \u2014 and, as a result, mitigate disproportionate suspensions and expulsions for minority students. Led by Treadwell Ventures LLC<\/p>\n
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Opening Access to Virtual Worlds | Eugene, OR<\/b> This project provides training in the fields of virtual reality and video game development for community members. Led by Eugene Public Library<\/p>\n
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Cross-Community Kvasir-VR | Lafayette, LA and Chattanooga, TN<\/b> This project allows middle and high school students to take interactive virtual reality field trips to solar energy plants. Led by University of Louisiana at Lafayette<\/p>\n
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Networking the Classroom of the Future | Chattanooga, TN and Austin, TX<\/b> This project uses 4K streaming to bring content from museums and research facilities into classrooms. Led by The Enterprise Center<\/p>\n
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Path to Python | Austin, TX and Eugene, OR<\/b> This project provides an interactive Python curriculum to students in low-income schools. Led by Kiwi Compute, LLC<\/p>\n
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LOLA-Enabled Puppet Theaters | Chattanooga, TN and Kansas City<\/b> This project uses internet-connected robotic puppets, 3D printing, and other emerging technologies to teach history in local classrooms. LOLA stands for \u201clow latency audio visual streaming.\u201d Led by Red Bank High School<\/p>\n
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LOLA in Lafayette Pilot Program | Lafayette, LA and Chattanooga, TN<\/b> This project uses low latency audio visual streaming to create a cross-city learning day on Make Music Day in June 2018. The two cities will share their musical traditions. Led by Acadiana Center for the Arts<\/p>\n
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