"Why Wireless?" One School Steps Out

Arapahoe High School is a school one step ahead of most.

In a day when most schools are locked down and worried about security and network integrity, Arapahoe HS has opened up their network to personal used devices. My personal opinion has been that students will soon be more and more tied to one computer, rather than the current model in our system of computer labs accessed by students. In order for this to work effectively, personal devices will need to have access to school-based networks.

Karl Fisch, Directory of Technology at the school, offers this explanation/rationale to the parents of the school in the school newsletter. Click here to read his open letter.

Opening up the wireless networks of our schools is a significant step we as an educational community need to look at. If we are to move our students forward to the world they will live and work in, access to technologies in all aspects of their education will be key.

"Our students will spend the rest of their lives in a multi-tasking, technology-driven world and will need information and communication technology literacy in order to be successful – in both their professional and personal lives. They will need to be continually learning throughout their lives. “Lifelong Learner” will not be an educational buzzword for them; it will be an economic and personal necessity."

As always, comments and discussion is welcome.