Thursday, February 11, 2010

The last of the carts.

Tomorrow, weather permitting of course, we should be delivering the rest of the "Bob carts". All of the elementary schools have received at least 2 carts by now, and have already put them to use. By the end of tomorrow, each school will have 5.
The main idea behind these carts was to provide the convenience of mobile computing, with the stability of a wired connection. By using an NComputing solution, on a wheeled table, we can provide 4 usable terminals, in a small portable footprint.
The computers were setup with elementary children in mind. They are loaded with reading, math, and other educational applications. Also included is a web browser, for accessing websites like BLink, as well as an office suite for word processing and spreadsheets.
I'm sure the students are going to wear the letters off of the keyboards with all the use these carts will see. Please let us know of anything that could help improve these carts for the next go-around.
Hopefully we will be able purchase more setups similar to this in the future.
P.S. Special thanks to the maintenance guys for helping with the building and delivery.

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