
Technology Infrastructure Lab
The Technology Infrastructure Lab is constantly analyzing new technologies to see where benefits can be realized in the State. By working across multiple organizations including K-12, community colleges, universities, nonprofits, and the State's Department of Information Technology, the team has a bird's eye view of many initiatives and can often identify opportunities for collaboration and economies of scale. The TIL is a data-driven organization that mixes staff members with backgrounds in computer engineering, business, education, public policy and analytics. Combined, these skill sets produce solutions that attack problems from various angles with a wide aperture.
Updates
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Friday Institute Educators, Warren County Students Overcome Obstacles and Find Inspiration Through Robotics
Friday Institute staff taught a three-week robotics class as part of Warren County Schools’ (WCS) Summer Bridge Acceleration Camp July 11-29.
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White Paper Highlights Friday Institute’s Broadband Mapping Work for North Carolina
A new white paper from Signals Analytics highlights the North Carolina Broadband Infrastructure Office’s broadband mapping initiative featuring survey data developed by the Friday Institute’s Technology Infrastructure Lab.
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Friday Institute Hosts High School Students in Career Accelerator Workforce Development Program
The Friday Institute hosted local high school students to learn about education careers, practice interview skills and gain insight into some of the Friday Institute’s projects as part of WakeEd Partnership's Career Accelerator Program.
Selected Resources
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Equity for Digital-Age Learning: Education Leaders Address New Challenges in North Carolina SchoolsReportDigital inequities—or the divide amongst students who have and do not have access to digital resources —has become a national concern among K-12 educators in recent years. Research has documented the impacts of differential access to technology, however, as many districts and schools across the country move closer to fully transitioning to digital-age learning, digital inequity among K-12 students has become a more salient concern.
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North Carolina Rural Student Home Internet Access Pilot Program Initial ReportReportAs a result of the pandemic, the NC Department of Public Instruction and the NC Broadband Infrastructure Office (BIO) awarded the Friday Institute research grants to investigate alternative and cutting-edge wireless technologies that could be used to provide rural students with home internet access. This report serves to show the progress and expected expenses and to provide some early findings and recommendations.