Download 2007 Information Highway Sites Spreadsheet
K-12 Education:
The NCIH can assist in all areas, but specifically supports:
Providing the Tools and time to Achieve High Standards
- Provide Training
- Provide Time
- Provide Incentives
- Enable Schools to Harness the Potential of Technology
- Coordinate Research And Put It In The Hands of Educators
- School Funding
To provide teachers and schools with the time, training, research, resources and technology it will take to reach the rigorous standards needed to bring our schools to world-class status.
NCIH Resources
A variety of content providers in North Carolina offer virtual field trips and / or classes for students using two-way interactive videoconferencing. These live sessions, typically 55 minutes in length, are cost free. Each of the providers listed below offers programming that is aligned with the NC Standard Course of Study. View the attached pdfs for details about these programs and visit their websites to learn more about their programming:
- The North Carolina Museum of History
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/edu/outreach.html - The North Carolina Museum of Natural Science
http://naturalsciences.org/education/distance.html - The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
http://www.ncwildlife.org - The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/distance_learning/Enrich.htm
NC History Museum.pdf
NC Museum of Natural Science.pdf
NC Wildlife Resources Commission.pdf
NCSSM 06 Fall toolkit.pdf
Today there are about 75 schools and DPI utilizing the NCIH distance learning facilities. A major portion of these sites are in rural areas of the state. The North Carolina School of Science and Math (NCSSM) is teaching into these rural areas through their Education Future Center Program. They are not only teaching the students the contents of the subject matter, but also training existing staff and teachers at these locations and from the surrounding communities.
E-Rate is providing some funding for these public schools for the use of distance learning networks.
Opportunities
Through enhancements in ITS video technologies, the state is now able to integrate programs and content from the universities and other educational resources throughout the United States. ITS will work with these institutions to expand their programming capabilities.
ITS is working to expand their video services to include H.323 compliant conferencing, web-based video streaming and store-and-forward video applications. This should further enhance the capabilities of the education communities.
