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Freeing K-12 Educators and Students from Tethered Connectivity Educators are meeting these challenges with powerful, secure wired and wireless networks that let teachers and students use laptops and handheld devices anywhere on campus—in a hallway, in the cafeteria, or on a practice field. Innovative teachers and coaches are leveraging these broadened boundaries to meet the expectations of their communities. In some K-12 school districts, wireless solutions are becoming the networking choice for school curricula and services. Particularly in hard-to-wire buildings, temporary classrooms, and outside locations, wireless access point connectivity is ideal. Easy to install, practical to use and cost effective, 3Com® wireless mobility solutions also offer secure, seamless roaming and exceptional per-user or per-group network access control. Management and security features of 3Com wireless networks let them match the effectiveness of a school’s wired network. For additional economy and enhanced connectivity, rugged, high-speed 3Com wireless LAN bridges with integrated antennas transmit data over secure wireless links. School districts can easily deploy them to reduce telecommunication costs between buildings and between campuses, using them to carry converged traffic affordably to support data, voice, video, and conferencing services throughout a school campus. The following links lead to additional information about how 3Com secure, converged networks can cost-effectively extend the boundaries of K-12 learning environments: 3Com Security Solutions Learn more by using the RELATED INFO links on this page or by emailing education@3com.com.
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Today, boundaries of location and time have been largely obliterated by technology. Learning can occur anywhere and anytime from resources in the next room or from those thousands of miles and time zones away. Technology innovation has raised expectations for immediate, anytime connectivity and entertaining, interactive content by devices such as cell phones, iPods, and video games. It has also unleashed a new and increasingly potent array of security threats requiring the attention of school administrators as they build and maintain their communications networks.