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From: "Tom Rolfes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue Dec 9, 2003 9:10:03 AM US/Central
To: "Affiliate Rep List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [affiliates] CoSN Wireless Report
Reply-To: "Tom Rolfes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Please consider forwarding this message to your membership base; especially technology coordinators. We've found this report to be a good introduction to wireless LAN technology.
CoSN Releases New Report on Wireless LANs
A new report from the Emerging Technologies Committee (ETC) of theConsortium for School Networking (CoSN), entitled "A Guide to WirelessLANs in K-12 Schools," examines the challenges, options and lessonslearned from the implementation of wireless LAN technologies in the K-12environment. The goal of the document is to provide a practical roadmap for CTOs, CIOs, school administrators, and technology coordinatorsto plan for wireless implementation, although it has applicability to other educational environments. Critical issues addressed include standards and compatibility, planning and implementation, security, and total cost of ownership (TCO). The 24-pagereport, developed with inputfrom several wireless technology providers and many educators, includescase studies of the actual wireless implementations of eight differentschool districts from across the country.
An informative summary of the report can befound at http://www.cosn.org/emerging_technologies/wireless.html. It is available for order in print and pdf versions. This "Guide to WirelessLANs in K-12 Schools" is the first of a series of objective, cutting-edge reports thatCoSN's ETC will be releasing over the coming months, including a reporton handheld devices to be released in March 2004.
Tom Rolfes
Executive Liaison
Nebraska Educational Technology Association
Nancy Movall
School Improvement & Instructional Technology Consultant
Prairie Lakes AEA 8
Storm Lake Regional Office
824 Flindt Drive, Suite 105
Storm Lake, IA 50588
866-503-4636 (IA)
712-732-2257 x52
Van: Bldg#117, Rt. 4
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Nancy Movall
School Improvement & Instructional Technology Consultant
Prairie Lakes AEA 8
Storm Lake Regional Office
824 Flindt Drive, Suite 105
Storm Lake, IA 50588
866-503-4636 (IA)
712-732-2257 x52
Van: Bldg#117, Rt. 4
