<div dir="ltr">Take any technology info from PED with a grain of salt. I believe PED was gutted when<div>Martinez took office. Then there was a steady trickle of talent drained off from PED as many of</div><div>the remaining experienced people have retired. Before Martinez, the technology</div>
<div>bureau had about 1/4 of the people it needed to provide useful support</div><div>to school districts.</div><div><br></div><div>But there could be renewed interest in technology as the corporate powers are introducing</div>
<div>computer-based standardized tests starting next school year: No Child Left Untested!</div><div><br></div><div>-Glenn</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Richard Lowenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org" target="_blank">rl@1st-mile.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I'm hoping that this is an error, and that it ought to be 50 Mbps.<div>I will check on this and more, and hope to have follow-on info.</div><div>after this Thursday. </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
RL</div></font></span><div class=""><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:39 PM, John Brown wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Am I reading this right??<br><br>Are we saying that 50Kb/s as in 50 Kilo BITS PER SECOND is a good thing???<br>
<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Richard Lowenberg <<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org" target="_blank">rl@1st-mile.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">
The New Mexico Public Education Department has a map and database file on<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">their web site, showing bandwidth and device readiness, at:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/TechFootPrint.aspx" target="_blank">http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/TechFootPrint.aspx</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">While many schools districts seem to be in good stead currently, the site<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">also indicates many that are far on the wrong side of the digital divide,<br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">with some providing no data.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Much can and needs to be done. This is an area that requires dedicated<br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">attention in this state.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Stay tuned for more on NM schools technology preparedness and connectivity,<br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">on this list soon.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">RL<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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