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Schaffhauser, Dian – T.H.E. Journal, 2011
Setting up a wireless network is easy enough. Place a few access points in strategic areas, then watch the network traffic fly! That approach may hold up reasonably well for a few dozen users, but there's no way it would support a schoolwide 1-to-1 program. Once students take to it with their wireless devices, "they're going to kill it,"…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Telecommunications, Reliability, Handheld Devices
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Eglash, Ron; Gilbert, Juan E.; Taylor, Valerie; Geier, Susan R. – Urban Education, 2013
The academic performance and engagement of youth from under-represented ethnic groups (African American, Latino, and Indigenous) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) show statistically large gaps in comparison with their White and Asian peers. Some of these differences can be attributed to the direct impact of economic…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Urban Schools, After School Programs, Educational Technology