Comments on: More broadband mentions in the MN election http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/10/23/more-broadband-mentions-in-the-mn-election/ News and information on broadband use, policy, and trends Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ann Treacy http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/10/23/more-broadband-mentions-in-the-mn-election/#comment-4134 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:28:12 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-4134 Mary,

Thanks so much for the heads up on the report. I’m going to paste the summarized hard numbers here. Why we need connectivity is great too – but I think these hard numbers really illustrate the issue.

Key recommendations include:
In a technology-rich learning environment for the next 2-3 years, SETDA recommends:
• An external Internet connection to the Internet Service Provider of 10 Mbps per 1,000 students/staff
• Internal wide area network connections from the district to each school between schools of at least 100 Mbps per 1,000 students/staff

In a technology-rich learning environment for the next 5-7 years, SETDA recommends:
• An external Internet connection to the Internet Service Provider of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students/staff
• Internal wide area network connections from the district to each school between schools of at least 1 Gbps per 1,000 students/staff

Here’s the link: http://www.setda.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=270&name=DLFE-211.pdf

Thanks! Ann

]]> By: Mary http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/10/23/more-broadband-mentions-in-the-mn-election/#comment-4123 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:58:51 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-4123 Broadband access is critical to K-12 education as well, and it is important that policy makers understand that such access is now critical to the delivery of education services and management of schools. The State Education Technology Directors’ Association (SETDA), a national organization that advocates for effective technology integration in schools, recently released a report on broadband for education. The report can be downloaded from http://www.setda.org.

I work for 70 school districts and four public library systems in northwestern Minnesota. I can tell you that without adequate Internet access the students and citizens in this area would definitely be at a disadvantage when it comes to educational opportunity and equitable access to information resources.

Thanks for your work in the area of broadband to communities.

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