| School districts in United States handle public | | | | A software program called SERTS works in |
| education of all government-funded schools. | | | | requisitions, orders and inventory that supports an |
| Among the many school districts in America that | | | | on-line survey system and its website. The site |
| gives importance on educational technology is the | | | | includes updated educational information and uses |
| West New York School District. They believe that | | | | also uses ConnectEd to send personalized |
| it is a cumulative process that helps students | | | | messages to the parents, staff, faculty, and |
| achieve their fullest potentials in the IT world. | | | | students. The district facilitates |
| They believe that educational technology will | | | | telecommunications and wireless network to over |
| attract many resources, opportunities and good | | | | 2,200 computers and laptops for the students |
| communications in the local and global | | | | and faculties. All the employees have e-mail |
| communities. They are committed in preparing the | | | | accounts that connect through a Microsoft |
| students to work in the ever changing | | | | Outlook Web Access web mail. |
| technological pace and growth with regard to all | | | | Resources and Implementation |
| aspects of life. They see to it that all the | | | | Students from kindergarten to the sixth grade |
| students, teachers and staff are competent | | | | are equipped with computers. A formalized |
| enough to use IT tools, to communicate well and | | | | computer instruction is administered for the first |
| solve delicate problems easily. | | | | graders. They are scheduled to use the available |
| West New York District's Technology Plan | | | | resources in their media centers or computer |
| The district's technology 2007-2010 plan is an | | | | laboratories. The class can entirely use laptop |
| approved document wherein the members of the | | | | computers to integrate technology in classroom |
| West New York School System are committed | | | | discussions. All the fourth year students are |
| to meet the needs of the urban student | | | | evaluated for computer literacy. |
| population. It aspires to enhance each child's love | | | | Middle school students such as seventh and eighth |
| of learning, to potentially develop a feeling of | | | | grades have state-of-the-art classrooms with |
| self-confidence and to help recognize the positive | | | | computers, large screen TVs, streaming videos, |
| nature of their cultural diversity. | | | | VCR and DVD. The student's media centers are |
| The success of the plan relies on the system | | | | equipped with wireless laptop computers, |
| implementation and equipments to be used. The | | | | multi-media projectors and digital cameras in their |
| district's technology infrastructure includes 13 sites | | | | large computer laboratories. |
| that act as the Network Operations Center. The | | | | However, the high school students have eight |
| 25MB internet connections and 10/100 Ethernet | | | | computer labs, a portable wireless laptop station |
| Cisco switches are connected in rooms to | | | | and an Interactive Television classroom with an |
| accomplished data and voice management. The | | | | extensive range of elective computer courses. |
| district also acquires an AS/400 mid-range | | | | The students are given opportunities to enroll in |
| computer in used by the central office business | | | | the Intermediate Computer Applications to |
| department to handle the district's human | | | | receive Microsoft Certification. |
| resources and financial management. | | | | |