This presentation was co-presented by Dr. Wendy Shannon and Jen Hegna at "Technology in Southeast Minnesota Schools" on December 15, 2008 to area legislators, superintendents, and tech coordinators.

1. Telecommunications In The Conceptual Age

3. A Vision of K-12 Students Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

4. 10 Year Economic Pyramid

5. SEMNET – Southeastern MN Network

6. SEMNET’s Mission To Build and Maintain a World-Class Regional Telecommunications Collaborative in Southeastern Minnesota.

7. SEMNET – Membership Benefits

9. Learning Management Systems Go Mainstream

10. Online Assessment Is Replacing the No. 2 Pencil

11. The Student Computing “Race to Mobility” Accelerates

12. Interactive Whiteboards Come Into Their Own

13. Internet Bandwidth Crisis Reveals New Concernshttp://www.ads2006.net/ads/order08

15. http://www.ciconline.org/thresholdfall08

16. http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/18575969.html

17. Governor Pawlenty’s Online Learning Initiative Online Learning Experience Required for High School Graduation. Under the Governor’s proposal, the state’s high school graduation standards will require every graduate to take an online course, participate in an online experience or participate in online experiences incorporated into other graduation requirements. The new requirement would take effect in 2013. http://www.governor.state.mn.us/mediacenter/pressreleases/PROD009202.html

18. STEM provides education and economic opportunity, both now and into the future Luntz (Phd), F (May 4, 2008). Promoting STEM education: A communications Toolkit. National Governors Association, Retrieved 12/4/2008, from http://tinyurl.com/565ycq

19. “BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE, Obama and Biden’s Plan for America” “Ensure that rural Americans have access to a modern communications infrastructure. (…) modernize an FCC program that supports rural phone service so that it promotes affordable broadband coverage across rural America as well” http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

20. The Road to the White House… Using Web 2.0

21. http://www.setda.org/

22. http://www.setda.org/

23. http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/online-courseware

24. http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband

25. http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband

26. http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband

27. http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband

28. Affordable Broadband Access and MN Telecommunication Equity Aid are Essential to MeetK-12 Education Needs