{"id":14546,"date":"2016-06-03T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.webmaker.org\/?p=14546"},"modified":"2019-02-26T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:23:21","slug":"transforming-learning-through-gigabit-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/transforming-learning-through-gigabit-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Learning Through Gigabit Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/gigabit\/\">Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund<\/a>, a partnership with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us-ignite.org\/\">US Ignite<\/a>, moves next-generation technology out of labs and into classrooms and other learning spaces in Gigabit cities across the United States.<br \/>\nThis month, the Gigabit team has been hard at work to connect gigabit technology with people and projects around the globe, discussing virtual reality (VR), 4K video streaming (4K) and artificial intelligence (AI) possibilities and the profound impact the technology can have on learning spaces.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The team awarded funds to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/gigabit\/2016-round-1-mozilla-gigabit-fund-grantees-announced\/\">nine grantees across Kansas City and Chattanooga<\/a> to build, pilot, and scale gigabit-enabled applications and associated curricula that have immediate, measurable impact on classrooms and informal learning organizations.<\/li>\n<li>The team also co-<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/gigabit\/education-and-innovation-at-the-gigabit-city-summit\/\">hosted the Education Track<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigabitcitysummit.com\/\">Gigabit City Summit<\/a>, with Think Big. Sessions that were part of that track explored where community innovation, emerging technologies, and education meet.<\/li>\n<li>The same week, it was announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/gigabit\/mozilla-gigabit-community-fund-announces-third-city\/\">Austin, Texas is the newest Mozilla Gigabit city<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>May\u2019s Mozilla Learning community call featured Mozilla Gigabit lead <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindsey_in_cha\">Lindsey Frost<\/a>, Mozilla curriculum guru <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadsansing\">Chad Sansing<\/a>, high school teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thecalebbagby\">Caleb Bagby<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennez.com\/\">Pennez<\/a> partners Rebecca Dove and Quest Taylor. The discussion provided an overview of gigabit technology, how each guest has utilized it to make learning more immersive and engaging, and how others can get involved (with or without a gigabit connection). Here are a few resources our guests shared:\n<ul>\n<li>Caleb provides students with VR field trip experiences using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/en-us\/rift\/\">Oculus Rift<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-hololens\/en-us\">hololenses<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orah.co\/\">ORAH 4k 360 degree camera<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennez.com\/\">Pennez<\/a> is building a live time application to assess children\u2019s reading fluency using artificial intelligence technology.<\/li>\n<li>Chad introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/aframe.io\/\">A-Frame VR<\/a> from Mozilla, <a href=\"https:\/\/d157rqmxrxj6ey.cloudfront.net\/chadsansing\/21168\/\">My First VR Site activity<\/a> on Thimble, and this recommended read: <a href=\"http:\/\/hivekc.org\/2016\/02\/12\/gigabit-vr-putting-the-world-into-our-kids-hands\/\">Gigabit VR: Putting the World into Our Kids\u2019 Hands<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you missed the call, you can learn more about opportunities available to you , challenges, and amazing resources by watching the recording below. You can also find the archived video and <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.mozilla.org\/community\/community-call\/\">etherpad here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We wrapped up the month with a #TTWchat about gigabit technology around the world and how it can transform learning spaces. Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n<div class=\"storify\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"storify\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"storify\">\nLearn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/gigabit\/\">Mozilla Gigabit Fund here <\/a>and keep up-to-date with their work on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/gigabit\/\">their blog<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MozGig\">Twitter<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<p>[<a href=\"\/\/storify.com\/kgorr\/gigabit-ttwchat-may\" target=\"_blank\">View the story &#8220;Gigabit #TTWchat &#8211; May&#8221; on Storify<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund, a partnership with the National Science Foundation and US Ignite, moves next-generation technology out of labs and into classrooms and other learning spaces in Gigabit cities across the United States. This month, the Gigabit team &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/transforming-learning-through-gigabit-technology\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378228],"tags":[330394,394427,27977,397152,395333],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}