Issues of Implementation
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The first three years of implementing wide-area networks in the Pittsburgh
Public Schools has raised a number of important issues. In his
early study of the project, Jon Peha and his students researched a number
of these issues. Since his study, the natural evolution of the
project has led to additional issues of relevance.
This presentation suggests possible areas of future study.
Stage II - Future Directions
- Issues of Access....Building On-ramps to the Information
Superhighway
- Students
- Teachers
- Parents
- Modem Pools
- Bandwidth
- Models for School Use
- Labs
- Classrooms
- Library
- Wiring Issues
- Policy Considerations Regarding Providing Information on the WWW
- Student Homepages
- Staff Homepages
- School Homepages
- Issues of Institutionalization - Politics
- Creating District Policy
- Building Infrastructure
- Financial
Considerations
- Technical Issues
- Support (networks, servers and clients)
- Servers - serving a
dual purpose....(information, printing, file sharing)
- User devices (maintaining the
desktop)
Common
Knowledge: Pittsburgh