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'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
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
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
Ok, I'm not real big on laptops in the classroom. Quite frankly, kids
destroy them whether they mean to or not, and teachers are too busy to
notice half the time.
Desktops tend to be more durable, and it's cheaper and easier to replace
parts on them.
However...
I am being asked to come up with
Hey gang,
Are there any schools in Iowa that has a "laptop for every student"
program? A board member asked about the possiblity for high school to
look into this and see what could be done. Sounds a little rich, but I
thought I'd throw it out there.
Murray Gafkjen
Clay Central Everly
Home
We could give them all laptops and also give them school cars. Heck lets give
them keys to the school to so they can access it at all hours. Sorry for the
sarcasim. Just found this funny.
Mike Linde
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Michael A. Linde wrote:
We could give them all laptops and also give them school cars. Heck lets give
them keys to the school to so they can access it at all hours. Sorry for the
sarcasim. Just found this funny.
Mike Linde
Mike,
I can always use a laugh. I found out Sunday that I not
Mount Ayr does for junior high students.
Brian Weidenthaler
Technology Director
South Hamilton Schools
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