<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc" text="#000066"> <font size="+1">Add bandwidth to the list below. </font><big>As a group perhaps we can help determine what bandwidth will be needed as all students some online.  <br> <br> I was prompted to amend  the list because of the following article. I am cutting and pasting it to avoid a a lot of advertising.<br> <br> <i>TechCrunch</i><br> <br> </big> <div class="post_header snap_nopreview"><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/14/applause-for-finland-first-country-to-make-broadband-access-a-legal-right/" rel="bookmark" title="Applause For Finland: First Country To Make Broadband Access A Legal Right">Applause For Finland: First Country To Make Broadband Access A Legal Right</a>    </div> <div class="post_subheader" style="padding-bottom: 8px;"> <div class="excerpt_subheader_right"><br> </div> <div class="post_subheader_left"> by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/author/robin/" title="Posts by Robin Wauters">Robin Wauters</a> on October 14, 2009 </div> </div> <p><img src="cid:part1.04030701.02050404@comcast.net" class="shot2" width="197" height="285"><br> Kudos to the Finnish government, which has just <a href="http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/10/1mb_broadband_access_becomes_legal_right_1080940.html?origin=rss">introduced laws<img id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" class="snap_preview_icon" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt ! important; padding: 1px 0pt 0pt; max-height: 2000px; max-width: 2000px; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: "trebuchet ms",arial,helvetica,sans-serif; float: none; position: static; left: auto; top: auto; line-height: normal; background-image: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.12/theme/silver/palette.gif); background-color: transparent; visibility: visible; width: 14px; height: 12px; background-position: -1128px 0pt; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top; display: inline;" src="cid:part2.02040800.06030907@comcast.net"></a> guaranteeing broadband access to every person living in Finland (5.5 million people, give or take). </p> <p>This is reportedly a first worldwide.</p> <p>Starting July 2010, every person in Finland will have the right to a one-megabit broadband connection as an intermediate step, says the Ministry of Transport and Communications. By the end of 2015, the legal right will be extended to an impressive 100 Mb broadband connection for everyone.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland#Media_and_communications">Wikipedia<img id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" class="snap_preview_icon" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt ! important; padding: 1px 0pt 0pt; max-height: 2000px; max-width: 2000px; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: "trebuchet ms",arial,helvetica,sans-serif; float: none; position: static; left: auto; top: auto; line-height: normal; background-image: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.12/theme/silver/palette.gif); background-color: transparent; visibility: visible; width: 14px; height: 12px; background-position: -1128px 0pt; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top; display: inline;" src="cid:part2.02040800.06030907@comcast.net"></a>, approximately 79 percent of the Finnish population use the Internet. Finland had around 1.52 million broadband Internet connections by the end of June 2007 or around 287 per 1,000 inhabitants.</p> <big> </big><br> <br> On 10/16/2009 3:21 PM, Mike Huffman wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4AD8C79F.5070906@comcast.net" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <font size="+1">Keep up the great introductions!<br> <br> Mike Huffman here.  I am very excited about this effort and look forward to hearing all sorts of great ideas - and seeing  them take hold.<br> <br> I was with the Indiana Department of Education for a long time, and had the pleasure of being the IT Director there for 10 years before moving into instructional technology.  In the instructional technology area, I served as the Special Assistant to the Superintendent which gave me a good platform to begin talking to schools about open-source software. </font><font size="+1"> In future posts, </font><font size="+1">I will share some of those experiences and more importantly, where that led us in Indiana.<br> <br> For this group, my personal hope is that it becomes a communication forum that leads down many paths.  To see real change  in K12, we will need a clear vision, documentation that will back up our positions, some brilliant brainstorming, and a commitment to our kids' futures.  Some of the topics up for discussion probably should be:<br> <br> - one-to-one computing<br> - affordability<br> - sustainability<br> - scalability<br> - repeatability<br> - cost effectiveness issues<br> - management methodologies<br> - professional development issues<br> - transition programs <br> - more ideas from you!<br> <br> If you have suggestions or ideas about how you would like to see this list run, please feel free to email me on the list or individually.  I hope everyone participates.  If you have suggestions for changing the web page, let me know.  I plan to get a list of software that schools can begin using posted soon.<br> <br> I encourage you to go to <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.doe.in.gov/olt/InACCESS/">http://www.doe.in.gov/olt/InACCESS/</a><br> to learn more about what we accomplished in Indiana.  It is not perfect but was a good start.  <br> <br> I am looking forward to a spirited discussion and your ideas!<br> <br> Mike<br> </font><br> <blockquote cite="mid:9a8ab6a50910161108l35611c83r7a3260405f4b3f4d@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> _______________________________________________ education-wg mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:education-wg@opensourceforamerica.org">education-wg@opensourceforamerica.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/education-wg">http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/education-wg</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>