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Strut Your Stuff TourBlandin Broadband Communities
Lac qui Parle Valley BBC
Agenda2 hour meeting
• Networking, informal discussion and refreshments (cake or other provided by Blandin Foundation)
• Welcome, introductions and check-in by local hosts/attendees
• Meeting purpose~Bernadine
• Community presentation
• Blandin response The future
• Adjourn
Community presentatio
n
• Who was involved?
• What were findings of the planning process?
• What activities and projects were implemented?
• Reflection
Who was involved?
• What need or purpose
brought this group together?
• people and organizations
Planning Outcomes
• Key findings
• Surprises
• Community goals
Activities/ProjectsPresented by project champions!
• Project goals
• Best outcomes
• Most fun
Live Streaming Activities• Presented by
project champions:
Mr. Giles, his media students & Mr. Raddatz
Chromebook InitiativeProject Champions:
All of the 6-12 staff
studentsand JPAC grant
Elementary iPad Carts
Project Champions:All of the K-4 Elemen-
tary staff and students
Technology/Engineering Center
• Project Champion: Dave Raddatz and newly forming team
STEM educationRobotics, computer programming, & 3D
printer
Other LqPV BBC Initiatives
•Public Libraries increasing public access time for all
•Student and Family connectivity increased in one year.
•Local businesses offering free WiFi access to pa-trons
•PCs for People with Blandin’s support furnishing over 150 computers for families, Sr. living and nutri-tion sites •Online banking offered to local residents
•EDA -- digital training for businesses to increase their digital literacy and the Computer Com-muter
Other LqPV BBC Initiative
•City working to bring broadband to Madison Downtown
•CEO—Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities for students—5 school districts & local businesses collaborating on this pro-gram•Hospitals in the area using tele-consulting, E-pharmacy
LqP Health Network promoting community wellness
•WiFi access on a LqPV school bus—grant
•Access Channel expanded coverage
•Others
Reflection
• If we knew then what we know now...
• How could the Blandin team have been more helpful.
• What community-wide impacts are you observing or expecting?