With more and more schools going to a 1:1 or BYOD model, internet access is crucial to students working on and completing their school work. Melissa Nott of Edudemic recently wrote about a school in California that has found a creative way of providing access beyond its school walls: installing routers in their buses! Now students can use this down time on school work. Nott also states that the increased access improves on the digital divide that might exist for some students who don’t have internet access at home.
Annie Gilbertson writes: “As more schools move to equip all students with a computer, one cost is often overlooked—getting those computers connected to the network grid. The Los Angeles Unified School District is planning to spend over $500 million to upgrade servers, pull wire, and connect antiquated schools to a data grid, all a necessary part of its huge effort to supply 700,000 students and teachers with an iPad. But the price tag is high because costs start far from the building, out on the street.”… Who is on the team in your school thinking about these issues?
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With more and more schools going to a 1:1 or BYOD model, internet access is crucial to students working on and completing their school work. Melissa Nott of Edudemic recently wrote about a school in California that has found a creative way of providing access beyond its school walls: installing routers in their buses! Now students can use this down time on school work. Nott also states that the increased access improves on the digital divide that might exist for some students who don’t have internet access at home.