Congratulations to Lars Hasselblad Torres, the winner of the 2012 Beginner Friendly Website Design contest. Our panel of judges selected Lars’ entry because they felt it best exemplified innovation and creativity in design. It began with a strong, easily navigable foundation and then experimented with new ideas for beginner friendly design elements. Judges felt that…
Digital Wish’s School Modernization Initiative (through VCRD’s e-Vermont Community Broadband Program) put one-computer-per-child programs into 24 e-Vermont schools. Through the program they conducted surveys of the participating teachers and students who report a wide range of gains including increased engagement in learning, technological proficiency, and dramatic improvements in the understanding of internet safety issues. The…
Read the 2011 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2011, and what we’re looking forward to in 2012.
MONTPELIER, VT – Vermont Rural Jobs Bill Draws a Crowd: A legislative panel holding a public hearing on the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment bill found a statehouse room packed to capacity Wednesday evening, where more than 100 people turned out – most in support of the bill. Close to 40 testified, with all but…
(9/21/11) – The e-Vermont Community Broadband Project congratulates the West Rutland team for its completion of a successful year. Since being selected in spring 2010 as one of 12 inaugural e-Vermont communities, West Rutland has tapped cutting edge Internet tools to advance multiple local goals. West Rutland’s students are now better positioned for 21st century…
(5/4/11) – The Vermont State Colleges (VSC) are offering a variety of tools to help residents of e-Vermont communities learn basic computer skills. This year, they are expanding their workshop on the basics to include sessions for a new audience – anyone who works with people new to the Internet. If there is one important…
(5/4/11) – We talk about the Internet as the communications tool of the future, but it is also a new tool for communicating about our past. The e-Vermont communities of Sunderland, Arlington, and Sandgate are creating online tools to share their rich collections of historic documents. The Russell Collection at the Martha Canfield Library in Arlington…
VCRD 2010 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2010, and what we’re looking forward to in 2011.
Read the 2008 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2008, and what we’re looking forward to in 2009.
Read the 2007 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2007, and what we’re looking forward to in 2008.