Distance Learning

Rural Colorado School Districts Close the Gaps Between Schools
PowerPlay links twelve school districts through live video-enabled classes in a wide variety of subjects. As rural school systems contend with teacher shortages, PowerPlay enables districts to share their resources with other districts in need and benefit from other districts’ resources in turn.

Navajo Nation Students Gain Marketable Skills Without Leaving Home
Students in the Northeast Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education school district once had to move away from home to pursue an education, but PowerPlay distance learning has made courses in nursing, culinary arts and veterinary science available at the students’ own schools.

El Paso Independent School District Awarded for Excellence in Educational Technology
PowerPlay, high-speed wide-area networks and the El Paso Independent School District combined to deliver exceptional educational opportunities to students, and the Astronauts Memorial Foundation honored the El Paso program at the Kennedy Space Center.

Improving Teacher Training Through Distance Learning
Faced with a growing student population and a heightened need for teachers, the Alvin Independent School District (Alvin, Texas) leaned on PowerPlay to make its teacher-training and mentoring processes more efficient and effective.

The First Steps in Connecting All Nebraska Schools Lifts Off
In a state as large, and rural, as Nebraska, the benefits of sharing resources and connecting schools across the state were obvious to some forward-thinking administrators. BNI and a cable operator collaborated to make the first, substantial steps in reaching this ambitious goal.