Are You Wireless?

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Are You Wireless?
GLITTERGreat Lakes Information TechnologisTs for
Education and Research
Chester Andrews Center for Information
Technology Oberlin College
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Are You Wireless? Topics

• Seminar style classroom
• Campus wireless services
• Demo of Wireless Technology

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Goals in Developing Classroom

• Seminar style classroom
• More collaborative learning
• Move from Sage on the Stage to Guide on the
  Side
• Computers should be unobtrusive, not in the way
  of teaching and learning.

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Collaborative Effort

• Center for Information Technology (CIT)
• Oberlin Center for TechnologicallyEnhanced
  Teaching (OCTET)
• Cooper International Learning Center (Language
  Lab)
• Audio Visual Department

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Products Used in Classroom

• Apple iBook with Airport cardhttp//www.apple.co
  m/airport
• Lucent WaveLan access pointhttp//www.wavelan.co
  m
• Spectrum Furniture carthttp//spectrumfurniture.
  com/products/level_3.cfm?prod_line1cat6subcat
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Security Measures

• Alcove became locking closet
• Security camera installed
• Lockable laptop charging cart
• Permanent Marker numbering on each iBook

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Software Implementation

• Brute force installation
• OS 8.6, Office 98, Mulberry
• Apple Network Assistant 4.0
• some software installs
• file distribution
• screen sharing
• direct control of student desktop

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Classroom Results part 1

• First semester used by 4 faculty for 7 classes
• Expository Writing
• History
• Computer Science
• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint andweb browsing most
  used apps

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Classroom Results part 2

• Software/hardware/network stability not a problem
• Student acceptance high, depended on faculty
  comfort
• Speeds slow for large files, video, etc

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Campus Wireless Services

• Main Library (including CIT)
• Conservatory lounge and library
• Student Center
• Two largest classrooms
• Two outdoor areas (Wilder Bowl and Tappan
  Square)
• http//www.oberlin.edu/campusmap

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Campus Wireless Services

• Cabletron (Enterasys) RoamAbout access points
• http//www.enterasys.com/wireless
• 21 access points
• 1200 each (including antennas)
• 45,000 for project

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Promoting Wireless

• Promote laptop ownershipnot required, but
  recommended
• All bundled with wireless card
• Sold 40 laptops during BTS
• Faculty wireless cards on request

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Campus Wireless Results

• Stay Tuned

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The Future

• Let the students show us how they will use the
  technology.

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Questions? and Wireless Technology Demo

• Chester.andrews_at_oberlin.edu
• Linda.iroff_at_oberlin.edu
• Barbara.sawhill_at_oberlin.edu
• http//www.oberlin.edu/cit/glitter2k