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SPRING CONFERENCE WRAPUP

BY DON HARRIS

Expert Dispels Some Myths

about WiFi in the Classroom

With the growing need for WiFi access, school districts are “Eventually, standardized tests will be delivered
facing costly expenses and need to be aware that spending more
isn’t always the way to go. on tablets and portable devices. Schools have to
To help districts avoid unnecessary purchases and better
understand the intricacies of WiFi, Ryan McCaigue, Senior be able to support that. Nobody wants to interrupt
Systems Engineer at Ruckus Wireless, dispelled a number of the learning process. They don’t want teachers
myths about WiFi in K-12 education during a breakout session
April 7 at the AASBO Spring Conference in Laughlin, Nevada. complaining that they can’t use the technology or the
And in a subsequent interview, McCaigue said: “School
districts and AASBO members managing costs of deployment technology doesn’t meet the needs of the classroom,
are challenged to provide top-level data performance for or worse, it’s taking time away from the educational
online testing and mobility in the face of austere budgets.
More applications are moving to the Internet in the classroom content they need to deliver. Make sure your
environment. It won’t be long before every school has a one-
to-one initiative, where every student has a laptop or portable technology is as bulletproof as you can make it.”
— Ryan McCaigue, Senior Systems Engineer at Ruckus Wireless
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