President Obama Speeds Up ConnectED (20 images)

U.S. President Barack Obama unveils a speedup to his ConnectED initiative at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Maryland on February 4, 2014. ConnectED is to provide high-speed Internet to all students in American schools. In addition to the Federal Communications Commission directing $2 billion for that purpose, several companies are donating $750 on digital tablets, computers and software. UPI/Pat Benic

President Barack Obama shakes hands with business leaders and guests after he unveiled a speedup to his ConnectED initiative at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Maryland on February 4, 2014. ConnectED is to provide high-speed Internet to all students in American schools. In addition to the Federal Communications Commission directing $2 billion for that purpose, several companies are donating $750 on digital tablets, computers and software. UPI/Pat Benic

President Barack Obama shakes hands with business leaders and guests after he unveiled a speedup to his ConnectED initiative at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Maryland on February 4, 2014. ConnectED is to provide high-speed Internet to all students in American schools. In addition to the Federal Communications Commission directing $2 billion for that purpose, several companies are donating $750 on digital tablets, computers and software. UPI/Pat Benic

US President Barack Obama uses an iPad to record a seventh grader in a classroom that uses technology to enhance students' learning experience, prior to delivering remarks on the ConnectED Initiative at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Maryland, on February 4, 2014. ConnectED is President Obama's initiative to bring all schools into the digital age with broadband and wireless technology. UPI/Jim Lo Scalzo