Monday, November 23, 2009

Projectors, Sound Field Systems & Wireless!

Not quite as catchy as "Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My!" but these are the sort of priority items and words that are most uttered in the form of technology requests here at Holmdel. At this point, a good portion of Village, Indian Hill and Satz Schools have Wi-Fi coverage and classroom sound field systems. The goal is to have complete coverage in the next 3-5 years, or as funding allows. While there is a great amount of momentum building for ceiling mounted LCD projectors, there is much fundraising and work to be done before the majority of the classrooms can have this sort of student-engaging presentation capability.
Thanks to our own maintenance department adding this installation burden to their already busy schedules, we expect to be able to afford and deploy over twenty-five LCD projectors or 37" LCD TVs before we break for summer recess.
I am really encouraged that teachers and administrators are asking for Tablet PCs and LCD projectors and I hear great things are happening with podcasting technology in the World Languages Department. Well, I guess this blog posting will serve as my holiday season technology wish list.