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CIC Mission Statement

Cable in the Classroom (CIC) promotes the visionary, sensible, responsible and effective use of cable’s broadband technology, services, and content in teaching and learning.  CIC also advocates digital citizenship and supports the complimentary provision, by cable industry companies, of broadband and multichannel video services and educational content to the nation’s schools.

Areas of work:

  1. Exercise a national leadership role in advocating the innovative and effective use of broadband in teaching and learning, and for digital citizenship.

  2. Encourage and recognize educational leadership that exemplifies the innovative use of cable services, broadband technology, media literacy, and related services and applications. 

  3. Represent the cable industry’s commitment to education by showcasing the wide variety of cable initiatives in education, and by encouraging cable industry companies to continue their efforts to contribute to learning.

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Through location footage, interviews, realistic reenactments, and original period accounts, this documentary chronicles the life of the Native American princess who forged an improbable peace between two nations.
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Portrait of the architect behind the now well-established tradition of First Lady activist.
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Learn how teens are using Twitter and how can they minimize privacy concerns in this iKeepCurrent lesson.
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Learn how new technologies bridge the generation gap and promote closer bonds in this iKeepCurrent lesson.