SEMNET is a regional network collaborative, established to develop and implement advanced telecommunication services by joining to the State’s network, MNET.

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

2. BENEFITS OF SEMNET
Develop and Improve
Lower Telecommunication
Collaboration, Connections
Costs
Between area Schools
Access to high-speed
Develop Shared Services
Regional, State-wide
among members
connections

3. Examine and implement
Preserve, enhance, and expand
appropriate alternative
learning opportunities
deliveries of education
Collaborate within the
Explore and deploy appropriate membership, other
collaborative administrative entities, and regions to
and business systems maximize the value of SEMNET
to their communities
Actively promote SEMNET and
recruit new membership

4. SEMNET Districts with OET Letters of agency
service agreements Districts
Membership Albert Lea
Byron
Chatfield
Cannon Falls
Grand Meadow
Dover-Eyota
Kingsland
Houston
Rochester
Leroy Ostrander
Pine Island
Lyle
Plainview - Elgin
Redwing
- Millville
Southland
Stewartville

6. •Large-Scale 1:1 Implementations
•Learning Management Systems
Go Mainstream
•Online Assessment Is Replacing
the No. 2 Pencil
•The Student Computing “Race to
Mobility” Accelerates
•Interactive Whiteboards Come
Into Their Own
•Internet Bandwidth Crisis Reveals
New Concerns
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7. http://etoolkit.org/etoolkit/bandwidth_calculator/index

8. INTERNET WAN
10 Mbps per 100 mb per
1,000 1,000
students/staff students/staff
Technology
Rich
Learning –
2-3 years
http://www.setda.org/

9. INTERNET WAN
100 Mbps per 1 Gbps per
1,000 1,000
students/staff students/staff
Technology
Rich
Learning –
5 to 7 years
http://www.setda.org/

10. “Rural areas often have more
limited access to broadband
than other areas of the
country. The digital divide
remains a significant obstacle
to overcome when providing
access to virtual learning
opportunities for all students”
http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/online-courseware

11. Teachers and students need high-speed
broadband access in their schools to take
advantage of a wide range of new and rich
educational tools and resources available
for learning anytime, anywhere
http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband

12. Teachers need high-
speed broadband
access for professional
development, and
engaging in professional
learning communities
as well as accessing
new educational
resources such as
curriculum cadres and
education portals
http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband

13. Administrators need
high-speed broadband
access to conduct
online assessments
and to access data for
effective decision
making
http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband

14. Students need high-
speed broadband access
to overcome the digital
divide in rural and low
socio-economic areas
http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband

15. High-speed Telecommunication
Infrastructure is Essential to Meet
K-12 Education Needs