Why Should You Deploy Wi-Fi 7 APs in Your Schools
There are many benefits to deploying Wi-Fi 7 today, including faster connectivity, improved security, and the ability to support high-density ... Read more
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Achieve Educational Equity with a Robust Network
ESUHSD faced many network challenges: extending coverage to neighborhoods without impacting Wi-Fi, minimizing management, and needing instant reports. With RUCKUS ... Read more
Wi-Fi radiation: Practical steps to implement safer tech in classrooms
Although Wi-Fi is certainly convenient, wireless devices emit radio frequency radiation (RFR), considered an environmental issue in today’s classrooms. A growing body of research indicates RFR exposure can…
Diagnosing Wi-Fi Performance Issues with a Modern Wireless Assessment
A comprehensive wireless network assessment helped this historic Maryland college identify the causes of pervasive wi-fi performance issues. Reporting and ... Read more
The Do’s and Don’ts of K-12 Wi-Fi Networks
With student learning and IoT devices reliant on wireless connectivity, reliable and always-available Wi-Fi is mission critical for success. Here ... Read more
The new normal: Edtech techniques that will inspire learning
In this episode of Getting There: Innovations in Education, hosted by Kevin Hogan: 3 tools to support trauma-informed teaching; Why you should focus on esports--experts share their advice;…
Extron ShareLink Pro Now Mirrors Windows 10 Devices via Miracast
Anaheim, California (June 17, 2021) – Extron is pleased to announce that the ShareLink Pro WFA 100 is now shipping. The WFA 100 is ... Read more
5 ways to bridge the gap between in-person and online learning
Before the pandemic hit, our district was rocking right along and getting ready to go on spring break. Like many other districts around the country, we never went…
BlueZoo Expands into Occupancy Monitoring for Social Distancing with BlueFox Count
To better protect businesses, their employees, and their customers from the dangers of overcrowding during the Covid-19 pandemic, BlueZoo is ... Read more
Reimagining the school help desk
The impact of the pandemic on educational programming has created what will more than likely be fundamental and foundational changes to the traditional classroom environment. In general, the…
5 Myths About Wi-Fi 6 That Could Be Slowing Down Your Network
The launch of Wi-Fi 6 has been accompanied by widespread misunderstandings that are hindering deployments nationwide. We want to dispel ... Read more
How we turned around our wireless network performance and security
Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD), with 67 schools, 6210 employees, and 63,061 students is the largest school district in northern California and fifth-largest in the state.
Video: Adams 12 Five Star Schools – Watch Xirrus Keep 45,000 Students Connected
Adams 12 Five Star Schools’ Chief Information Officer, David Bonsett needed a fast, reliable and secure Wi-Fi network solution to ... Read more
Report: Schools expect faster internet within 3 years
Seventy-two percent of E-rate applicants participating in a recent survey said wi-fi is critical to fulfilling their organization's mission. Twenty years after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 created…
Georgia district creates homework zones via wi-fi buses
Georgia’s Liberty County School System to outfit its school bus fleet with wi-fi in an effort to extend the school ... Read more
3 Google Fiber programs that could help ease the digital divide
Google Fiber has started providing affordable internet in certain communities. Now schools are starting to wonder how it will affect students' internet challenges, both in and out of…
Before going one-to-one, this district is helping every kid get home wi-fi
Little Falls Central School District is going one-to-one. But before it does, it wants to make sure that every student, and student athlete, has internet access when they're…
Bringing wi-fi, and parent engagement, to the community
Kent School District's new internet kiosks are bringing the SIS and free wi-fi to the community to increase parent engagement and internet access at the same time.
Wi-Fi in schools: Security vs. accessibility
The very benefit of Wi-Fi in schools—easy, open access—is also the biggest threat. Is the FCC helping school administrators understand the risks, or simply doling out cash without…
Top ed-tech stories to watch: eRate gets a facelift
No. 2 on our list of key ed-tech trends for the new school year is the dramatic overhaul of the eRate, the nation’s school wiring program.
New eRate rules invite a new approach: Managed Wi-Fi
The FCC’s extensive eRate overhaul includes a new type of eligible service, managed Wi-Fi, which could lead to more outsourced networks in K-12 schools.
A $5 billion bounty: How to use eRate support for Wi-Fi
The FCC’s new eRate rules set aside $5 billion over the next five years for the equipment needed to extend broadband access within schools and libraries, including wireless…
Coming soon: ‘Super Wi-Fi’ connectivity?
A new flavor of Wi-Fi, with longer range and better wall-piercing power, could show up in wireless gadgets a year from now if the Federal Communications Commission works…
Canadian parents say Wi-Fi made kids sick
Some parents in Ontario, Canada, say they suspect Wi-Fi transmitters at their children's school made them ill, UPI reports. The group of Simcoe County parents have approached school…
Looking at the iPad from two angles
Apple’s iPad seems to be hated by techies and loved by everyone else—so New York Times technology columnist David Pogue has written separate reviews for the two audiences.