Going to agree with TIm on this.
1) We did a survey of our students before the roll out and found out
that 96% of our students had internet at home, now some of those are
just dial-up but not many.
2) Also we spoke with the public libraries in the communities that
make up our district and made sure they had wireless there (all did ,
but we planned on putting a wireless router into the buildings if they
did not).
3) At the roll outs we also had a variety of local ISPs here to meet
with families in case they wanted to upgrade or change their current
internet status at home.
4) Lastly we made sure that the wireless was powerful enough to work
in the student parking lot.
Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)
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On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Timothy A. limbert wrote:
Two thoughts on the home internet thing:
First, that’s something you want to look at in the planning stages
of a 1:1, because the percentage of homes with internet access (or
even high speed internet) can affect how the 1:1 is implemented.
One of the reasons for a 1:1 is to take learning outside the
classroom and outside the school day, and that can’t happen if lots
of your students can’t access the internet at home.
Second, if you find that a good portion of your students’ homes
don’t have internet access, the school may want to partner with a
local internet provider to help remedy that situation. At our
rollout, representatives from our local ISP set up a booth and
offered a deal on high speed internet for new customers. Many
people took advantage of that deal. Right now we have very few
students without access.
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Timothy A. Limbert
Technology Coordinator
Newell-Fonda CSD
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From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us
] On Behalf Of George Tuttle
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:22 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: [info-tech] 1:1
Techs,
I've been blissfully retired for 2.5 years and have missed
most of the conversation and debate associated with 1:1. When called
back about a month ago, our district was already committed to 1:1.
During the past month, I have reviewed some of the information
associated with this commitment. As a classroom teacher, I would
have loved to use the immediate feed-back and evaluation that is
possible with 1:1. There are many other positives. But I see one
possible negative. From the comments that I have heard during the
last couple of days, it sounds like most let the kids take the units
home. How about the kids with no internet access at home? At first
blush, it looks like this creates an even larger uneven playing
field for the disadvantaged. Is this a problem and if so, how has it
been addressed by those already involved with 1:1? I'm concerned
about this and definitely need some help with this one.
George
PS: I have to respond to emails at night at home because I haven't
taken the time to create a school email address (don't plan to stick
around that much longer) and we block hotmail at school!! What a
world we live in!!
PSS: Several schools have called and asked if they could attend the
meeting tomorrow at 10 AM (PM for Lance) Anyone's welcome!! I
really need help in getting up to speed on this 1:1. I really
appreciate Scott and Jason taking the time and will share their
expertise with everyone.
