differs from district to district in school systems. Factors such as cost and adapting to change
drive the level at which technology is adopted in schools. Technology is not uniformly
adoptednationwide, and, in fact, technology adoption may be uneven within the same school
district. As a result of lack of uniformity, the description of either wired classroom or
wireless classroom may apply to the same scenarios or differing scenarios, depending on the
context of the school district. Both terms refer to using computers and other technology in the
classroom and may be used interchangeably. Increasingly, the other technology may include
smart boards and mobile devices. Because the range may be so broad and may differ from district
to district,to discuss the difference between wired and wireless classrooms, it may be helpful
to focus the discussion on computers, networks, and Internet usage and how those may be
configured in school districts. Computers in the classroom may be desktops or laptops.The
computers students, teachers, and administrators use may be Macs or PCs, and school districts
are often uniform about the choice. The network in a school district is usually the main
server-client network used by the school district. The Internet service in the district may be
wireless ordial up. Further, desktop or laptop computers may be connected to the Internet
wirelessly or through dial-up service. The differences between wired and wireless classrooms
hinge upon how the technology is used or configured for classroom use by the district. The
distinction will vary from district to district. For example, a wired classroom in one
district may mean that the district uses laptops but still uses dial up service for Internet
access. This type of district may be described as wired but not wireless. At the other end of
the spectrum, a district may use laptops and wireless Internet, as well as other current
technology.Classrooms in such a district may be described as wirelesss.
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