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Nebraska
Network 21 helps fund new
website: A new website
offers Distance
Education Catalog. This single, comprehensive
new website provides access to distance learning
courses offered by Nebraska community colleges,
state colleges, the University of Nebraska system
and private institutions.
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Agricultural Sciences Magnet School
Planning is now underway, thanks to a Nebraska Network 21 grant,
for a unique agricultural sciences magnet school in rural Nebraska.
Fortunately, a rural public high school in Nebraska is doing its
part to prepare tomorrow's agricultural leaders, with support
provided from Nebraska Network 21 and the University of Nebraska.
Mead High School in Mead, Nebraska is the first rural agricultural
sciences magnet school in the country. Mead has added 16 new agriculture-related
classes, providing hands-on learning and targeted course work.
As a magnet school within a public school, students who complete
the agricultural sciences curriculum will have completed all requirements
for high school graduation and all college entrance requirements.
Mead provides the class curricula and materials to other nearby
schools via distance education.
(view
video)
Web Publishing
With a mini-grant from the Nebraska Network 21 project and support
from other partners, seventh grade students in Taylor, Nebraska
are joining the information age. These students have received
computers and training to develop a "town web site," which showcases
their small, rural community. Students have learned web site development
and important computing skills as well as business skills, such
as selling advertising space on the web site to local businesses.
The class also learned how to secure a small business loan to
purchase additional computer software using collateral such as
their ponies, school jackets and bicycles. Located in the poorest
county in the nation, students have seen how a new business can
both provide employment within their community and contribute
to economic growth.
(view video)
Nebraska Network 21
University of Nebraska
309 Biochemistry Hall
P.O. Box 830701
Lincoln, NE 68583-0701
Phone: (402) 472-6621 (472-NN21)
Fax: (402) 472-6617
Donald M. Edwards, Director
E-mail:
dedwards1@unl.edu
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NN21 Vision:
In our vision for the year
2020, we see a network of communities of learning...
-- Composed of a diverse
group of lifelong learners brought together by a strong desire to learn
in traditional educational settings as well as the workplace, the marketplace,
and the home.
-- Offering comprehensive
and interactive educational opportunities that respond to specific needs
among communities, business and industry, and educational institutions
throughout the state.
-- Energized by partnerships
and linkages through distance education and educational technology to
ensure wide accessibility and affordability of education.
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