Wireless Technology in Our Schools

Wireless technology has been in the forefront of some of the changes that we are implementing in the district. We have slowly been able to add some of this technology as the dollars come in. Wireless technology can have a wonderful impact on technology. Listed below are some of the benefits of using wireless technologies.

Ease/Seamless use of Mobile Devices including:

Laptop carts- We currently have several mobile laptop carts in our MS, HS and South elementary school (coming soon!). Simply roll in the laptop cart, pull out the computers and start using this resource.

Smart board Carts- Not necessary to unplug your computer to plug in the laptop that is connected to the smart board (Seamless!)

Laptop computers- For teachers, administrators, special need students. We will now be able to look at getting our teachers laptop computers as we upgrade teacher workstations.

Wireless desktop computers- We currently have no capacity to add more wired student use computers to our classroom. With this environment, we can add these workstations wirelessly to the classroom.

Baraboo Schools Looking to Macs for the Future

As we are upgrading and purchasing computers in our district we are looking more toward using Macintosh computers to fit this need. With the advent of the intel processor in the mac, now each Macintosh computer you purchase has the capabilities to have both the windows operating system and the Macintosh operating system on it. So you will get the benefits of both resources on one machine. Hence, the Ultimate Learning Tool.

• Benefit- All windows resources we currently have along with all the Macintosh Resources (I Movie, I DVD, I Photo, Garage Band etc.)


• Benefit- The workstation is wireless and a one piece unit. Easy for our Technology Department to setup and connect to network.


• Benefit- Training for the Macintosh Platform. We have several people in the district who use Macintosh computes and would be will in to train staff
  
• Issue- The mouse and keyboard are different.

These workstations will ultimately be a Macintosh computer running Windows XP, so there will be no learning curve here.

We will be piloting 5 i-Macs in the district in 3 elementary schools, 1 ms and 1hs teachers classrooms.

Good Search Supports Our Schools

Every time you use the internet to search on any specific topic, if you use GoodSearch.com, Baraboo Schools will get 1 cent for every search. That certainly can add up. You can also use GoodSearch.com to do any online purchasing, and this is where we can really raise some dollars. Depending on where you purchase an item, our school can receive from 1% to 25% back on any purchase. You can simply click on the image shown on this page and find the specific vendor you are looking for.

All money raised from this website will go directly back into investing in technology in the district. The district Technology Committee will be responsible for making the decision on how to spend the raised money.

Teacher Tube Video

Take a few moments to watch this powerful video on Technology. Please feel free to post any comments on it.