The Gigabit Community Fund: Moving Gigabit Apps From Prototype to Pilot

千兆社区基金项目促进了利用超高速宽带网络服务于教育和劳动力发展需求的应用程序（应用程序）的开发。 该项目整合了机构合作伙伴关系、支持应用程序开发的激励基金，以及一个开源工具、代码和文档库，以开发下一代互联网的学习实验室。千兆社区基金扩展了美国物联网应用挑战项目的工作，继续从构思到构建再到试点的进程。该项目采用Mozilla的Hive Learning Networks模式，其中每个合作城市（查塔努加和堪萨斯城）的协作团队将开发人员与当地锚机构联系起来，以创建以用户为中心的应用程序。千兆社区基金在三个关键领域推进理解：1）千兆应用程序本身的开发过程，包括代码和策略的细节; 2）设计引人注目的STEM应用程序，增加学习和参与; 3）优化千兆创新的国家生态系统特征。千兆社区基金项目展示了超千兆创新的潜力和能力，高速宽带网络为公共部门的需求做出重大贡献。 通过该项目产生的试点应用程序为技术基础设施的需求和投资提供了种子，同时满足了国家迫切需要，以增加STEM学习的机会和参与，特别是传统上服务不足和代表性不足的社区。通过创建动态学习实验室，千兆社区基金项目为基础设施，应用程序开发和STEM的国家对话提供信息。

The Gigabit Community Fund project catalyzes the development of applications (apps) that leverage ultra-high speed broadband networks in service to education and workforce development needs. The project integrates institutional partnerships, an incentivizing fund to support app development, and a repository of open source tools, code, and documentation to develop learning laboratories for the next generation Internet. Extending the work of the US Ignite Application Challenge project, the Gigabit Community Fund continues the progression from ideation to build to pilot. The project adopts Mozilla's model of Hive Learning Networks in which collaborative teams in each of the partner cities, Chattanooga and Kansas City, link developers with local anchor institutions to create user-centric apps. The Gigabit Community Fund advances understanding in three critical domains: 1) the development process of the gigabit apps themselves, including specifics of code and strategy; 2) designing compelling STEM applications that increase learning and engagement; and 3) optimizing features of a national ecosystem for gigabit innovation.The Gigabit Community Fund project demonstrates the potential for and capacity of ultra-high speed broadband networks to make significant contributions to public sector needs. The pilot apps generated through the project seeds demand for and investment in technology infrastructure while serving an immediate national imperative to increase access and engagement in STEM learning, particularly by traditionally underserved and underrepresented communities. Through the creation of dynamic learning laboratories, the Gigabit Community Fund project informs the national conversations on infrastructure, app development, and STEM.