The classrooms are connected to Road Runner, as is the teacher's home. Additional follow-up and extra credit material is posted daily on the classroom's web site, and parents are encouraged to extend the class day with their children by learning together. Parents agree to be interviewed several times throughout the school year by researchers from the University of Akron's Department of Education, who were brought on as part of the project to ascertain what difference this home technology makes in the learning experience. Time Warner Cable has wired, connected and provided programming to hundreds of public and private K-12 schools in Northeast Ohio. 38 Cable networks participating in Cable in the Classroom provide more than 540 hours per month of educational, commercial-free programming for classrooms.
Programming covers all disciplines and issues.
This figure represents the cumulative value of the production, copyright and clearances, installation, services, and staffing to support Cable in the Classroom in local schools. Cable in the Classroom also provides curriculum-related support materials and helps expand and improve teacher resources as well as offers the platform and gives students access to many of the electronic services on the Information Superhighway. In its third successful year generating significant public interest and recognition for the cable industry, The Family and Community Critical Viewing Project has enjoyed the support and participation of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, several Members of Congress, state attorneys general, talk show host Rosie O'Donnell, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. To date, Time Warner Cable has conducted more than 25 Critical Viewing Workshops for schools, PTA's, and other civic groups. The video is the latest element of the Family and Community Critical Viewing Project.