tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743754769256353718.post3465479743913793976..comments2019-12-21T15:37:49.236-08:00Comments on CPS Chromebook PLC: Guest Post: Jack West from HaparaJennie Magierahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467628532951539043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743754769256353718.post-77437870167648597882013-01-03T16:14:30.199-08:002013-01-03T16:14:30.199-08:00Thanks for your thoughts Aaron. Arne Duncan visite...Thanks for your thoughts Aaron. Arne Duncan visited our school this year on his Back to School Bus Tour. One of the things he promised was legislation and funding to solve the wireless backbone problem. Let's keep our fingers crossed!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13810221988476179562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743754769256353718.post-6991634665075360452013-01-03T15:43:37.574-08:002013-01-03T15:43:37.574-08:00The wireless backbone is in shambles all over the ...The wireless backbone is in shambles all over the country because school districts always choose the lowest cost bidder and they many technology leaders neglect the envitable exponential growth of devices in their buildings.<br />Chromebooks are revolutionary for the make the consumer adapt to the cloud. I have so many people say they won't use Chromebooks because they have only been consumers of PowerPoint and Word (they spend to much time formatting). Every device has a weakness but - your right - teachers need to worry about instruction and content - not whether or not their machine has the right flash update.<br /><br />@ARJLMSAaron Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824949672229304653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743754769256353718.post-66603687712231898852013-01-03T14:18:35.138-08:002013-01-03T14:18:35.138-08:00Agreed.. "As long as the wireless backbone is...Agreed.. "As long as the wireless backbone is up to the task.."<br /><br />This has been the one challenge for us. Initially we thought our wireless infrastructure was more robust than it actually is. The result is that we moved the student onto the faculty network. Upgrades will hopefully happen next summer before the flood of one to one classrooms come on.<br /><br />I think Jennie fixed the spelling mistake for us, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743754769256353718.post-11069670400652291072013-01-02T23:49:35.633-08:002013-01-02T23:49:35.633-08:00We've had Chromebooks in our school since Marc...We've had Chromebooks in our school since March 2011. They've been terrific. As long as your wireless backbone is up to the task the Chromebooks really are near-zero maintenance devices. No wonder tech people in some jurisdictions are reluctant to deploy them! (BTW: millennium is spelled with a double "n").Peter Vogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072733669745620718noreply@blogger.com