Connecticut Education Takes a(nother) Step Forward

The setting.... the most amazing Thomas Edison Magnet School in Meriden, CT at the Connecticut Educators Computer Association (CECA) annual conference.
On 10/24/05 at approximately 10:30ET, Governor M. Jodi Rell of CT cut a virtual ribbon unveiling the Connecticut Educaton Network - a consortium of schools, libraries and higher education institutions.

The purpose of the ribbon cutting was to announce the interconnection of all the entities with Internet2. Their site CEN (CT Education Network came online with the announcement. The CEN is America's first statewide K12 and higher education network built exclusively using state-of-the-art fiber optic connections.

This (welcomed) event corresponded with my keynote at the 2005 CECA conference.
I can't wait to see what happens as a result of this truly amazing initiative.

Virtually every educator I met during my short time at the CECA conference was energized, focused and impressively innovative. The CECA conference was well run and a great example of how to do a state tech event.