1. Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Strut Your Stuff Tour
7.31.14
Blandin Broadband Communities

2. Agenda
2 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

3. Original BBC Team
What need or purpose brought this group together?
Who was involved?
What were findings of the planning process?
What activities and projects were implemented?
List of organizations or partners involved

4. Wireless Hot Spots
Tribal Center
Fond du Lac Ojibwe School
Fond du Lac Head Start
Resource Management
Police Department
Human Services
Tagwii Recovery Center
Mino Wii Gii Win Inpatient Treatment Center
Assisted Living
Supportive Housing
Veterans Housing
Sawyer Community Center
Brookston Community Center
Fond du Lac public internet fun facts:
*Provides a wireless coverage area of about 10
square miles.
*Provides wireless internet access to over 80
residential homes. All major community gathering
locations are covered by the wireless access
points.
*The speed of the wireless internet provided is
much faster than what is available to the public.
* At peak times there are over 400 devices
connected.

5. Wireless Hot Spots
Access speeds of 10Mb to 30Mb down and 5Mb
up

6. iPads in the classroom
Project goals
Best outcomes
Most fun

7. Summer Mobile Learning Project
(Application Creation Workshop)
The camp is focused on smart phone and
tablet application use and development for
up to 12 students, grades 7th
and 8th
.

8. During the first week of
camp
students were introduced to the
processes involved in creating an app.
Discover
Define
Design
Develop
Deploy

9. App Campers traveled to Lake
Connections in Two Harbors, MN to
learn first hand how a fiber network
brings digital communications to
homes and businesses. They also
learned about the many careers in the
various fields of digital
communications.
Field Trip

10. Community Computer Classes
A Community Need
• Basic Computer Skills
• Focused Topics
Flexibility
• 3-4 days per week
• Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekends
• The Freedom to Choose

11. PC’s for People
How Many PC’s were given away?
Experience working with PC’s for People

12. Reflection
Planning Outcomes
Key findings
Surprises
Community goals

13. 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?