Founded by CEO Evan T McConnell in the 1990s, Virginia-based Earthwalk Communications Inc is a world leader in the development in wireless platforms for educational environments. Providing technology solutions for over 3,000 school districts in America, EarthWalk has partnered Isis in the delivery of their solutions to British schools, colleges and universities.
EarthWalk was the first technology company to integrate wireless technology into a laptop. Through close colaboration with primary and secondary administrators and educators, EarthWalk's technology has evolved to address the fundamental challenges associated with implementing computer-enabled learning environments - access to computers, reliiable power, broadband access whilst understanding the physical and electrical infrastructure limitations (as well as the associated costs).
Access to ICT is the most fundamental prerequisite for an all-inclusive information society. EarthWalk's mission is to provide affordable technology solutions for educational institutions around the globe. In 2001, EarthWalk was awarded a mobile computer lab contract from Puerto Rico's Department of Education. As a result, seven-hundred public schools have integrated NetWize Smart Cart's into their classrooms and one-thousand remaining schools will follow in the next few years. In the United Kingdom, the University of Bath launched a pilot, Assistive Technologies Initiative, for four-hundred students with learning difficulties.
EarthWalk's NetWize System with recharging BatteryBays enables students to complete assignments and take exams via eBuddy notebooks paired with software that converts spoken word to text without interruption, throughout the day. EarthWalk has provided ICT solutions for learning institutions throughout Africa, the Middle East, Mexico, Caribbean Islands and Canada. They have furthermore partnered the Academy for Educational Development as well as other non-governmental organizations in the education sector in an effort open the doorway to technology for students around the world. Because of EarthWalk’s durable notebooks and unique approach to the mobile wireless computer lab, the company allow schools with infrastructural challenges and electrical issues to provide technology to students in every environment.