Re: [info-tech] Laptops Carts
Mitch et al, We run two carts of 16 in the Middle School. We have two labs in the middle school, one is used pretty much all the time by the technology classes. The other was scheduled 95% of the day. There was a need and an opportunity with STAR schools to get the two mobile labs. IT is not ideal to me as they usually need both carts to let each student have a computer. The students are pretty good with them, but we have had some dropped. The machines are now in years 5 and 6 and so we are looking to replace them. iT just came down to not having space, but having the need. I would rather have a physical lab, hard wired desktop machines because that is just how I roll. But in the end we serviced the students and met a need in the best way that we could. Just my 2 cents -- "We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. " ~ Charles Darwin -- Lance L. Lennon District Technology Director Eagle Grove Community School District 515-448-4749
Re: [info-tech] Laptops Carts
Mitch, Questions for you to consider are: Who will really be using the mobile lab in the high school? What laptops will you put in the mobile lab? How will the mobile lab be scheduled? As I shared in my previous response, we have two mobile labs in the elementary with ibooks. These were from grants that I received. They are primarily in the second grade classrooms as those teachers have shown their use of them. We have had a mobile lab in the junior high with ibooks but they did not hold up well with the student use. This also was from a grant. They were used for keyboarding because of a lack of regular lab time. That has been changed. Just need to consider where, why and how a mobile lab is used before moving in that direction. Hope this helps. Can't say what you should do, each situation can be different. Ann Bloomquist Ann Bloomquist Technology Coordinator Dayton Elementary School Southeast Webster-Grand 104 2nd St NW Dayton, IA 50530 Phone: 515-547-2314 Fax:515-547-2213 and Boxholm Middle School Southeast Webster-Grandl 404 Walnut St. Boxholm, IA 50040 Phone 515-846-6214 Fax 515-846-6212 e-mail: a_bloomqu...@se-webster.k12.ia.us alternate e-mail: swebs...@lvcta.com On Jan 27, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Mueller, Mitch wrote: Who out there has laptop carts, or mobile labs. We are looking at getting one of them. Our high school principal is wanting one but we have a lot of problems with our wireless network working so I want to stay away from them. I would rather have a couple new labs of terminal services like we have now but using terminal clients and not old computers. Could you guys please give me input of what you think. Any questions just ask and I'll respond asap. Thanks Mitch Mueller Emmetsburg Community Schools --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] - Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ -
Re: [info-tech] Laptops Carts
We've deployed four mobile labs in the past year a half, 2 at the MS and 2 at the HS. Our wireless isn't perfect, but we put wireless access points on the labs that might go to dead spots, and that's worked out pretty well. Three of my labs are HP labs with HP carts. One of those is a MiniNote lab. The other lab is a Dell lab. We like all of them very much. I, too, felt a little like we were putting the cart before the horse by purchasing mobile computing without very good wireless, but we've made it work. It's nice to get technology into the classrooms. My concern now is how budget money will stretch to sustain mobile technology. It's one thing to purchase equipment once. It's another when you look at upkeep, repair, replacement, and expansion. Sarah Sarah M. Freking, District Technology Director Storm Lake Community School District Storm Lake, IA 50588 Phone: 712-732-8100 Fax: 712-732-8101 info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us writes: > >Who out there has laptop carts, or mobile labs. We are looking at getting one >of them. Our high >school principal is wanting one but we have a lot of problems with our >wireless network working so >I want to stay away from them. I would rather have a couple new labs of >terminal services like we >have now but using terminal clients and not old computers. Could you guys >please give me input of >what you think. Any questions just ask and I'll respond asap. > >Thanks >Mitch Mueller >Emmetsburg Community Schools >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] > >- >Archived messages from this list can be found at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ >- >
[info-tech] Laptops Carts
Who out there has laptop carts, or mobile labs. We are looking at getting one of them. Our high school principal is wanting one but we have a lot of problems with our wireless network working so I want to stay away from them. I would rather have a couple new labs of terminal services like we have now but using terminal clients and not old computers. Could you guys please give me input of what you think. Any questions just ask and I'll respond asap. Thanks Mitch Mueller Emmetsburg Community Schools --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] - Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ -
