District 62 in Final Stages of Technology Overhaul
Improvements include new computers, interactive whiteboards, projectors, iPads, a new student information system and video distribution server.
Community Consolidated School District 62 has completed most of a series of planned technology updates, and is on track to complete all of them sometime next year as part of the district’s master plan, Seth Bowers, director of information and instructional technology, told board members in a progress report at Forest Elementary School on April 16. The upgrades include new computers for teachers and students, interactive white boards, also known as SMART Boards, a school-wide audio system, increased bandwidth, full wireless access and other infrastructure improvements. Of the 2,000 computers dedicated for student-use in 2008, only 46 had the ability to read DVDs, Bowers told board members. “Now we can’t roll these things out fast enough,” …
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