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 * Teachers - Students - Resources**

What are the resources you see people using?
Fast reliable network access--wired and wireless. A variety of digital tools laptops, as well as other "information appliances" like pocket pcs or iPod-like devices. There will be a variety of tools available that students can use to "show what they know" like video and still cameras. There will be a wide variety of software tools available that allow for students to create, distribute, communicate, and collaborate.1190511578

A seamless wireless network will support laptops (or their compact equivalents) for all. At the elementary level, these might be school owned and shared. At MS and up, each student would have their own. The school would also supply laptops and appropriate software for all faculty. Document cameras and digital cameras would also be available in all classrooms. Some classes may feature smartboards and specialized digital equipment such as probes. Software and applications on classroom, lab, student and faculty computers computers would be compatable.1190350405

ISB citizens will use ubiquitous connectivity at every turn. Internal and international VOIP, instant messaging and groove collaboration from a variety of devices and locations; their mobile phone, PAD (personal access device), HUD. Computers and laptops seem bulky, email is hardly used. 1190094167

-We will use the best tool for the particular task as the phrases "microsoft school", "dell school", "mac school" become obsolete. That phrase will be as ridiculous as saying "we're a [|Faber-Castell] school" sounds today. We will be a technology school. Students and Teachers will "own" the tools they use. They will be able to personalize them to optimize their performance based on their learning styles. Devices will be found in __at least__ a one-to-one ratio but will NOT be made up entirely of laptop computers (hand-held, mobile devices are in the mix). Students and Teachers won't be told WHAT to use or WHEN they can and can't use it. We will use a lot of electricity. :-( 1190035621

-Laptop and desktop computers will be at the center of ICT use, but other devices will be used independently or in conjunction with computers to achieve curricular goals; a prevalence of wireless devices will help facilitate the gathering, processing, and presentation of information outside of the traditional classroom space. 1190029442