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[Cisco Cartoon Catalyst Series] Prime Your Network for the Rise of the Devices
It’s a nightmare out there. School districts’ wireless networks now have to support teachers, students, and staff – all touting desktops, tablets, smartphones, and/or laptops. For some in IT, knowing who is accessing what using what on the network (a confusing statement itself) could very well be c…
[Cartoon Catalyst Blog Series] K-12 BYOD. Secure Students, Determine Internet Access, and Yet Provide Awesome Network Pe …
So many students, so many devices, yet zero increase in number of IT staffers. The increasingly unbalanced ratio is enough to cause a few nightmares for any IT professional. Luckily, supporting student IT requirements, while remaining secure, has become a bit simpler with Identity Service Engine (I…
[Cartoon Catalyst Blog Series] Why deploy Pervasive Wireless for K-12. Who’s doing it and how.
Is there anything more annoying than a frozen screen? Imagine a teacher or student trying to utilize wireless technology on campus only to be let down by slow or spotty wireless coverage. School districts cannot leverage a wireless network with performance issues. Hot spots are no longer good enou…
[Cartoon Catalyst Blog Series] The New Age Textbook – Implications of BYOD on K12 Education
Today we’re talking tablets versus textbooks in the first of a series of blog posts inspired by cartoons. Does anyone have a good memory of their education textbooks? Textbooks are cumbersome… anyone disagree? Most textbooks are a bulky nuisance weighing down backpacks of elementary to high school…
Register Now for ISTE 2013
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference will take place in San Antonio, TX from June 23rd through June 26th. ISTE is an annual conference providing hundreds of sessions, emerging education tech solutions, keynotes, face to face demonstrations and a collaboration of l…
Register for the K-12 Education: Using Wireless Technologies in Public Safety Webcast
Innovate the education environment by deploying Cisco BYOD Solutions for K-12 to facilitate teaching innovation and emergency safety . Small, medium, and large school districts across the country are utilizing Cisco technology to provide pervasive wireless coverage for their schools. Wireless co…
[Cross-Post] Take the Lead on Learning with BYOD and Mobile Devices in K-12 Classrooms
Open up access to enhanced teaching and learning resources utilizing BYOD with Cisco BYOD Solutions for K12 Education. Read the Education blog. McAllen Independent School District (ISD) is a great example of a school district utilizing Cisco BYOD Solutions for K12 Education. With nearly 3300 emplo…
Take the Lead on Learning with BYOD and Mobile Devices in K-12 Classrooms
Open up access to enhanced teaching and learning resources utilizing BYOD with Cisco BYOD Solutions for K12 Education. McAllen Independent School District (ISD) is a great example of a school district utilizing Cisco BYOD Solutions for K12 Education. With nearly 3300 employees and over 25,000 stu…
K-12 School Enables Online Learning with Cisco BYOD Solutions
Innovate education and provide differentiated curriculums utilizing BYOD with Cisco BYOD Solutions for K12 Education. With 19 schools, 11,700 students, and an unreliable wireless infrastructure, Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools, , faced challenges in attempting to embrace BYOD. Without a pervasi…