{"id":76,"date":"2014-04-24T09:38:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/gigabit\/?p=76"},"modified":"2014-04-24T09:41:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:41:22","slug":"spring-round-grantees-in-kansas-city-and-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/gigabit\/spring-round-grantees-in-kansas-city-and-chattanooga\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Round Grantees in Kansas City and Chattanooga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund Awards $134,600 to Eight Grantees Across Chattanooga and Kansas City<\/b><\/p>\n

Mozilla announced the five projects in Kansas City and three projects in Chattanooga that will receive funds from the first round of the Gigabit Community Fund.\u00a0 Grantees across the two cities will receive a total of $134,600 for a 12-week pilot period beginning Monday.\u00a0 The Fund, supported by NSF and part of the broader US Ignite initiative, is investing in organizations and projects that utilize gigabit technology to serve educational systems, support educators in and out of the classroom, and impact student learning.<\/p>\n

Grantees will utilize the awarded funds to build and pilot gigabit-enabled applications and associated curricula that have immediate, measurable impact on classrooms and informal learning organizations in Chattanooga and Kansas City. Through these pilot projects, Chattanooga and Kansas City will become living laboratories in which to study how these next-generation networks can impact education and workforce development.<\/p>\n

\u201cA web with unlimited connectivity has unlimited potential—and can mean digital access, inclusion, education and workforce opportunity for an entire city,\u201d said Chris Lawrence, Senior Director of Mozilla Webmaker \u00a0Community and Hive Learning Networks. \u201cAs the leading gigabit economies in the US, Kansas City and Chattanooga are uniquely positioned to explore these possibilities. We\u2019re excited to see what the grantees create.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gigabit Community Fund Grantees – <\/b>The following projects received grants between $5,000 and $30,000:<\/p>\n

Chattanooga<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Remote Audio Mixing \/ <\/b>Chattanooga Music Resource Center\u2013for a collaborative, cloud-based music education app to be piloted with the Chattanooga Public Library and with Barger Academy of Fine Arts, a local public elementary school.<\/li>\n
  2. Hyperlocal Hyperaudio \/<\/b> Hyperaudio\u2013for a content remixing curriculum that uses locally produced content from partners including\"hyperaudio-eco\" the Chattanooga Public Library, the Hunter Museum of American Art, the Public Education Foundation, and the Chattanooga History Center.<\/li>\n
  3. Viditor \/<\/b> GeonCode\u2013<\/b>to pilot the launch of a new online video editor with digital art and design classes at Baylor School and at the Chattanooga Public Library\u2019s teen center.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To learn more about these projects – click here<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Kansas City\"Gigabot<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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    1. Gigabots \/ <\/b>Big Bang\u2013<\/b>to bring connected devices to robotics and into classrooms to teach kids how to share innovation in collaborative ways.<\/li>\n
    2. 3D Multi-School Learning <\/b>\/ aSTEAM Village\u2013to utilize next gen telepresence technology to teach computer programming and video game design to students in a multi-school setting.<\/li>\n
    3. Project Bright Spots <\/b>\/ The Lean Lab\u2013to use the gig as a collaboration tool, by enabling community dialogue around specific experiences that highlight local innovation in education.<\/li>\n
    4. Augmented Reality<\/b> \/ Bonner Springs Fire Dept.\u2013for a specialized training system that equips first response trainees with Google Glass to share live video and real-time information during training and simulation scenarios.<\/li>\n
    5. Gigabit Cafe <\/b>\/ Reconciliation Services\u2013to deploy the first public test of the \u201cSoftware Lending Library\u201d to bring gigabit internet connectivity to Reconciliation Services\u2019 clients and neighbors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      To learn more about these projects – click here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

      These 12-week pilot programs will run from April 28 to July 18. The application period for the next round of Gigabit Community Fund grants begins on May 12, for projects that will run from July 7 to September 26.<\/p>\n

      Cultivating Hive Learning Communities <\/b><\/p>\n

      Grantees \u00a0of the Gigabit Community Fund will also become founding members of \u00a0Gigabit Hive Learning Communities in both cities. These local \u00a0communities of practice will function as \u201cliving laboratories,\u201d working \u00a0and learning together around community-driven goals. They also join a \u00a0growing global Hive network that includes New York City<\/a>, Chicago<\/a>, \u00a0Pittsburgh<\/a>, Toronto<\/a> among others.<\/p>\n

      Members \u00a0of the Gigabit Hive Learning Communities will participate in regular \u00a0meet-ups and online forums, and through an openly networked approach, \u00a0will share their planning, progress, lessons learned and best practices \u00a0throughout and following the initial pilot period.<\/p>\n

      How to get involved:<\/b><\/p>\n