San Diego Students Get Wired With Broadband Grant

By Kyla Calvert
Published April 13, 2011 on

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Students at 10 schools across San Diego will get netbooks with 3G wireless internet access for use at home and school.

San Diego Unified was one of 20 school districts across the country to win one of the pilot Learning-On-The-Go grants from the Federal Communication Commission.

Students at Innovation Middle School in Clairemont Mesa have been using netbooks for about two years. The school’s principal, Harlan Klein, said they’ve let students explore topics beyond the classroom.

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