RCDSB infrastructure works speeds up learning process

RCDSB infrastructure works speeds up learning process

The 2012-2013 Renfrew County District School Board (RCDSB) school year is going to travel at high speed thanks to the introduction of Wi-Fi at all 31 board schools debuting this September.

 “All the RCDSB sites planned to have fibre - have fibre,” RCDSB Manager of Information Technology Roger Chenier told the board of trustees recently about the board’s Wide Area Network (WAN) work.

By September 2012, it is expected all schools will have 100 per cent coverage in all learning spaces. The goal of the WAN is to allow RCDSB students greater access to digital learning and technologies providing an enriched learning environment.

These new, enhanced fibre and wireless services “make a lot of things possible,” RCDSB Instructional Technology Leader Steve Blok said. Students and teachers can now Skype with classrooms around the world, stream video, video conference and work off the network on personal devices such as laptops and tablets.

“The faster speeds allows for things like that,” Blok said. “You can open your classroom to the world. We’re hoping, at some point, to use live-streaming to broadcast sporting events (from our new website),” Blok said. “Without the speed, you can’t do that.”