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K-12 Technology Budget Busters
As more evidence accumulates that mobile learning in K-12 schools has the power to increase achievement, engage with students in a medium they like, and prepare students to succeed in a global economy, the timeline for K-12 schools to get mobile learning programs off the ground is getting super-charged. But a level of caution still exists as school districts look carefully at logistics and budget before diving in. Mobile learning is expensive and miscalculations can quickly derail the most carefully planned budget. Here is what we see as...
read moreOld School Asset Management for K-12 Schools Depends a Lot on the IT Manager Staying Healthy
“If I get hit by a truck, the excel sheet is in a filing cabinet behind my desk. They need something for when I retire and to support a full mLearning launch.” This is one of the comments we heard about asset management at CoSN 13 by a high level school district administrator who is launching a mobile learning initiative in her district for thousands of students. Currently, each time an asset is procured, lost, broken, or transferred an excel sheet needs to be updated. She is smart enough to know that the file cabinet method won’t...
read moreThe 10 Key Components of Mobile Learning Technology
Here’s to the Unsung Stars of K-12 mLearning Programs. The happy picture of a teacher and student leaning over tablets is the iconic symbol of mLearning programs in K-12 schools. What is not seen in these pictures is the essential infrastructure necessary to support students, teachers, IT Directors, and Administrators. It’s similar to a film. No scripts, no lights, no camera, no action. This week we begin an in-depth series on the unsung stars of mobile learning. The policies. The MDM and LMS. The filtering that provides safe internet...
read moreBandwidth One of Many Key Challenges to Powering on K-12 Classrooms
We are on the road this week to Brainstorm in Wisconsin and CoSN 13 in San Diego. It’s exciting to listen to and engage with K-12 thought leaders and decision makers leading the charge to get mobile learning technology powered on in classrooms. It’s a daunting task they face. Take bandwidth. Picture 30, then 100, than potentially a thousand people suddenly using your home wireless network. Bandwidth doesn’t just happen. It needs to be planned – just one of the many challenges district IT Managers and CTO/CIO’s face when...
read moreThe ROI of going CLOUD for K-12 Schools launching MLearning Technology
When I go to Education Technology conferences and workshops, I am listening to attendees more than I am talking about our product. It’s the best way to find out what are the real-time concerns of school CTO’s and administrators. You can add teachers to that list too. At an FETC conference I attended a few weeks ago in Orlando, I met a lot of teachers who are serving on the front line for their schools in gathering information about the technology associated with mobile learning. The conference featured a mixture of thought leaders,...
read moreAccelerating the Intersection of Technology and Learning
Welcome to the Wireless Campus Manager™ blog. We are very excited to bring our voice and capabilities to the critical and exciting development of mobile learning in K-12 schools. As the parent of young children, I can’t think of any other arena where our company’s ten years of mobile technology solution building and device management could be better applied. Our kids need every advantage to achieve and succeed in the classroom and later in the workplace. Our children, all of our children no matter where their family falls on...
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