[SatNews] Governments, NGOs, foundations and private sector businesses interested in improving education in rural, developing regions throughout Latin America and Africa now have an affordable, turnkey solution at their fingertips.
One of these solutions is courtesy of the Rural Education Package recently unveiled by Miami, Florida-based NewCom International. The Company has developed a turnkey education package that provides high-speed Internet connectivity over satellite, world-class online educational materials and its VideoMeetings™ application that facilitates a virtual interactive classroom. The rural education package also includes NewCom’s SafeAccess™ service which protects against viruses and enables governments or educators to block access to certain online content.
NewCom, which has been working to promote educational advancements in rural developing regions through Internet connectivity and its VideoMeetings service delivered via the satellite-based Evolution Platform by iDirect, recently teamed with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) to offer comprehensive online reading, math, social studies and science curriculum which meets international standards. The online educational platforms, which can be customized to meet the requirements of individual markets, provide an end-to-end solution for educational systems - incorporating innovative content, teaching tools, assessment programs and professional development resources for teachers. The intuitive online educational programs can be used to teach students in the classroom or remotely via NewCom’s VideoMeetings™ service, while also enabling students without access to teachers to learn independently. At the core of NewCom’s Rural Education Package is the aforementioned iDirect satellite-based Evolution Platform, which comes equipped with ACM (Adaptive Coding and Modulation) to ensure service continuity despite rain or other weather interferences in the storm-prone regions of Latin America and Africa. The platform also works on small antennas and features built-in bandwidth optimization features to ensure the most affordable solution possible.
