Building the Gigabit City: Brainzooming a Google Fiber Roadmap Prepared by The Brainzooming Group November 10, 2011 BUILDING THE GIGABIT CITY Building the Gigabit City: Brainzooming a Google Fiber Roadmap Release 1.0 November 10, 2011 © The Brainzooming Group and Social Media Club of Kansas City BUILDING THE GIGABIT CITY Contents Table of Contents SMCKC and Google Fiber - A Letter from Joe Cox, President of Social Media Club of Kansas City .............. 1 Moving Faster, by Aaron Deacon, SMCKC Events Chairperson .................................................................... 3 Hearing the Voices of the Gigabit City - The Brainzooming Group ............................................................... 6 Sponsors & Supporters ................................................................................................................................. 8 Invited Participants ................................................................................................................................... 9 A Community-Based Approach to Building the Gigabit City ....................................................................... 11 Taking Action ............................................................................................................................................... 13 The Gigabit City and its Community Activities ............................................................................................ 16 Community Activity - Needs and Opportunities ..................................................................................... 17 Concepts for the Gigabit City and its Community Activities ................................................................... 22 Concept: Creating a Culture Cache Time Capsule ........................................................................... 22 Concept: Kansas City as a Global Creativity Center ........................................................................ 23 Concept: Health Center of the World ............................................................................................. 24 Concept: Comprehensive Personalized Community Events Calendar ............................................ 25 Concept: Kansas City Rebranding Campaign .................................................................................. 26 Concept: Kansas City as Destination of Data-intensive Broadcast Events ...................................... 26 A Participant Perspective .................................................................................................................... 27 The Urban Core in the Gigabit City ............................................................................................................. 30 Urban Core Citizens - Needs and Opportunities ..................................................................................... 31 Urban Core Concepts for the Gigabit City ............................................................................................... 33 Concept: Access to Access .............................................................................................................. 33 Concept: Let Your Fingers Do the Walking ..................................................................................... 34 Concept: Healthy Home in More Ways than One........................................................................... 34 Concept: Doctor Next Door Program .............................................................................................. 35 Concept: Entrepreneur Center or Schoogle .................................................................................... 35 Concept: Provide Micro Loans for the Urban Core ......................................................................... 36 Concept: Gigamarket ...................................................................................................................... 36 The Suburbs in the Gigabit City ................................................................................................................... 37 Suburban Citizens - Needs and Opportunities ........................................................................................ 38 BUILDING THE GIGABIT CITY Contents Concepts for Suburban Areas in the Gigabit City .................................................................................... 40 Concept: It Takes a (Social) Village to Raise a Child ........................................................................ 40 Concept: Communities Linking With Like Communities ................................................................. 41 Concept: Smart(er) City ................................................................................................................... 42 Concept: Biggest (Energy) Loser ..................................................................................................... 43 Concept: KC On Demand ................................................................................................................. 44 Concept: Better Civic Results Through Effective Participation ....................................................... 45 Concept: ESPNme............................................................................................................................ 46 Concept: My Appointments Come to Me ....................................................................................... 47 A Participant Perspective .................................................................................................................... 48 Public Safety Possibilities ........................................................................................................................ 50 Schools in the Gigabit City .......................................................................................................................... 51 Grade K through 12 - Needs and Opportunities ..................................................................................... 52 Grade K through 12 Education Concepts in the Gigabit City .................................................................. 54 Concept: Kansas City Master School District .................................................................................. 54 Concept: Cloudy Day Education or “Skoogle” ................................................................................. 55 Concept: Re-tool the School Day .................................................................................................... 55 Concept: Just in Time Learning for Students .................................................................................. 56 Concept: Student-centered Learning Framework .......................................................................... 56 Concept: Customized Teaching Experience .................................................................................... 57 Concept: iGoogle for Students ........................................................................................................ 57 Concept: Homework Help Desk ...................................................................................................... 58 Concept: Study Hangouts for Students ........................................................................................... 58 Concept: Gamification of Education ............................................................................................... 59 Concept: Private Channel TV in the Classroom............................................................................... 59 Concept: Dynamic Communication ................................................................................................ 60 Concept: Google Analytics for Education ....................................................................................... 60 Concept: Google Fiber University of Excellence ............................................................................. 61 Concept: Learning to Teach in the Google University .................................................................... 61 Concept: Economies of Scale for IT ................................................................................................. 62 Concept: Google Fiber Education Consortium ................................................................................ 62 A Participant Perspective .................................................................................................................... 63 BUILDING THE GIGABIT CITY Contents Higher Education in the Gigabit City ........................................................................................................... 64 Higher Education - Needs and Opportunities ......................................................................................... 65 Higher Education Concepts in the Gigabit City ....................................................................................... 67 Concept: Academic Earth ................................................................................................................ 67 Concept: Inter school collaboration ................................................................................................ 68 Concept: Virtual Mentoring ............................................................................................................ 68 Concept: Virtual Tutor/Collaborator ............................................................................................... 69 Concept: Ending/Killing the Semester ...........................................................................................