What can schools look forward to in the following year when it comes to ICT improvements?
Interactive panels:- Every school will receive the offer of two 65″ Interactive Panels. One will be wall mounted and one will be on a mobile stand. There will however be upgrade options available for each school so that they can tailor the equipment to their local needs. Paperwork will be sent to all schools in the coming weeks.
PC Replacement:- Schools will once again benefit from new computer equipment to replace the oldest units within your school. Schools will receive paperwork in the coming weeks to allow then to select the equipment most suitable for their school. e.g. Small Form Factor PC, Ultra Small Form Factor PC, Netbook or Laptop etc. Schools should return the paperwork as soon as possible to ensure the installation work can be scheduled.
WiFi:- It is planned to roll out WiFi across all Schools. Initially it is planned to ensure that all classrooms are covered in the next 12 months. In future years the coverage will be extended to shared areas within the school and eventually campus wide coverage. ICT will be in contact with schools to arrange site surveys, if they have not been completed already, to organise any network point installations and to arrange for the installation of the wireless access points. ICT will rely heavily on the school to work along with this process to ensure that all schools can be completed in the short timescale available.
Broadband:- Currently the Pathfinder network which schools are using is being replaced with the SWAN (Scotland Wide Area Network) network. Every school will swap over to the new network over the coming months. ICT will again inform schools as this is scheduled by the providers.
Xerox Printing Solution:- All schools will receive new Xerox machines to provide a whole of school printing solution. This work will be scheduled over the coming months.
All of the above work,as well as normal support and project work,is carried out by the same ICT Teams. To ensure that your school benefits from all of the above improvements ICT asks that any paperwork is returned as quickly as possible to ensure that your work can be scheduled.
