Meru Networks supplies Wi-Fi network at Wielkopolska schools – Telecompaper
RELATED CIOs Await E-Rate Changes In a cost model released on visit the site Wednesday, the organizations sent two recommendations for school networking funding to the commission: 1. Add a minimum of $800 million in new E-Rate funding each year for local area network, Wi-Fi and core wide area network upgrades. This funding should be distributed to schools and libraries based on what each campus needs to bring the network up to snuff. Total: $3.2 billion over the next four years 2. Set aside part of this new funding to cover any schools that overestimated their network readiness. If the commission follows these recommendations, it could make the Wi-Fi portion of Obama’s ConnectED vision a reality by 2018.
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Second, Florida lawmakers have required half of all instruction to be digitally delivered when classes begin in 2015. Most schools have found the best way to accomplish those goals is with wireless networks and more laptops or other portable computers. But many Florida schools will need to be rewired, and districts will have to purchase or lease additional computers. Orange County schools estimate it will cost roughly $280 million to upgrade their schools. Hamilton County schools superintendent Tom Moffses estimates it will cost $3.6 million for the 1,700-student district between Tallahassee and Jacksonville. Some of the funding will be from the state. Lawmakers approved $40 million in the state budget beginning July 1, and every school district will receive at least $250,000. A longer term goal would set aside at least $100 million a year for bandwidth and devices . But most of the funding could come from the federal E-Rate program, which helps schools and libraries purchase Internet access. The program is funded through a fee on phone services. School districts are awarded grants based on need and demographics.
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Report: It Will Cost $3.2 Billion To Upgrade Schools To Wireless Internet | StateImpact Florida
Deployment at approximately 230 additional schools is currently underway. The e-Szkola Moja Wielkopolska e-learning development programme involves approximately 9,450 students and 1,050 teachers. The programme is a joint effort among the local governments of the Wielkopolska region, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and the Nationwide Foundation for Computer Education. With wireless connectivity in the classrooms, teachers and students can use e-textbooks, participate in online lectures and collaborate on projects using tablets and notebooks. The programme also allows students at the middle and secondary schools to participate in 32 separate online lectures in science and math conducted by Adam Mickiewicz University. WLAN coverage design, deployment, integration and maintenance were provided by Advisor, a Meru Gold Partner in Poznan, Poland. More than 1,000 Meru AP1010 enterprise access points and more than 100 MC1500 controllers have been deployed in the Wielkopolska schools. Categories:
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