Infrastructure for technology—This section of the Texas long range plan is the most important to me. I feel that this particular section of the plan is the one which gets the least amount of attention and requires the most. This section of the plan addresses the access and availability of technology to students. This seems like a straight forward and easy section. That's where most people get it wrong. In my mind this is the most difficult. I see this section as more than just buying a bunch of computers and putting them out there for the students to use. The issue is the actual infrastructure support for those computers. Most schools are running a very inadequate server and bandwidth. One of the things that my current school has issues with is the bandwidth required to run all of our computers. It seems that we are really using technology until the server and bandwidth limitations start to hamper our efforts. When too many people throughout the district start using the internet, it locks everyone down and no one can use it. This is where we have to focus on infrastructure. Before students can have this instant and constant access to technology for learning, we have to make sure that it is reliable and dependable. The state says we are supposed to make sure the students have access to computers, but the more important thing is that they can use the available computers effectively.
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