Aruba Gigabit Wi-Fi可以以学生为中心的学习成功。

Digital learning promises to help the students grasp concepts faster and engage in learning more readily. But new and better ways of learning don’t work without pervasive Wi-Fi, and delivering that wireless utility is a top priority for Jim Branton.

“We couldn’t consider putting a device in every student’s hands and making it an integral part of the curriculum until we were certain that the wireless network was reliable,” says Branton, Technology Services Coordinator for Escambia County School District in Florida. “Wireless access is as essential to teaching as electricity.”

Gigabit Wi-Fi is a Prerequisite for Digital Learning

拥有Aruba网络的主要好处是它只是有效的。Jim Branton,Technology Services Coordinator, Escambia County School District

埃斯坎比亚县（Escambia County）位于佛罗里达州潘汉德尔（Panhandle）和彭萨科拉（Pensacola）的故乡，并为其43,000名学生进行了以学生为中心的学习的任务，名为2020年的Vision 2020。

“We started on this journey two years ago,” says Tom Ingram, Director of IT at Escambia County School District. “Vision 2020 is not a technology initiative, but we’re using technology to enable that transformation.”

Vision 2020 is built on the premise that learning happens anywhere, anytime. Elementary, middle, and high school students were given Chromebooks for a 1:1 learning experience. Teachers have a broad set of digital tools to personalize learning for students’ individual learning styles, abilities and interests.

Aruba Aces Wi-Fi

To meet the demands of a 1:1 learning environment, Escambia County School District upgraded its Wi-Fi. Every classroom has an Aruba 802.11ac切入点(AP), which is connected back to阿鲁巴岛的移动访问开关esand 7200 SeriesMobility Controllers。该地区拥有3,600多个访问点，300个访问开关和50个控制器。该地区还使用Aruba的供应商 - 敏捷管理工具空波, for optimizing Wi-Fi experiences.

“The primary benefit of having an Aruba network is that it just works,” says Branton.

Tapping into E-Rate funding allowed the district to accelerate its upgrade plans, cutting a five- to seven-year project down to 18 months.

气波精简管理

A seven-person team keeps the network operating for 35 elementary schools, nine middle schools, seven high schools and specialized centers across a 154-square mile county. Enterprise-grade reliability and operational efficiency is essential.

The district uses AirWave to proactively monitor the health and performance of all things connected to the network, providing IT with the insights they need to support students’ personalized, digital learning. AirWave provides granular visibility across the wired and wireless access infrastructure, including and visibility into the performance and usage of mobile apps.

A Reliable Network Supports Personalized Learning

“Student are thrilled to have a device to call their own,” says Branton.

学生，老师和员工在教室和灵活的学习空间中使用Chromebook，iPad，Windows和Mac笔记本电脑。学生和员工也可以使用其个人移动设备。一些学校还拥有无线IP电话和IP视频监视摄像机。

Digital learning tools include Google Classroom, YouTube and other streaming media, math applications, adaptive technology, and much more. Google Expeditions lets teachers take students on immersive, virtual field trips. Kids use Minecraft and OpenSim to learn modeling and simulation.

该地区正在扩展其数字工具集，以使学生更容易搜索内容，创建全面的学习者资料，更好的日历和分析，以推荐未来的学习机会。

Accelerating student progress

以学生为中心的学习的重点是结果。总体而言，州评估的三年级语言艺术在2017年增长到59％，高于2016年的51％。

布兰顿说：“以新方式与学生沟通的能力甚至使我们的教师中的一些技术转变。”“可能与传统作业斗争的学生正在通过视频项目或幻灯片节目或任何数量的方法来找到自己的声音。”

语言和音乐老师可以评估学生创作的录音，而不是影响班级和教学时间。具有学习差异的儿童的自适应技术已经有了很大的差异，随着阅读技术的提高阅读理解。

协作关系

Escambia County School District has had strong partners in Aruba and Technology Integration Group (TIG), its IT solution partner.

“We have been Aruba customers for over 10 years,” says Branton. “At the time we started, Aruba was the only solution that could provide cost-effective, managed connectivity to our portable classrooms. Aruba consistently delivered a reliable, high-performing platform that we can depend upon for the day-to-day needs of our students, faculty and staff.”

“提格一直是学区的工具伙伴，”英格拉姆说。“他们的工程帮助设计，实施和维护网络。”

Next Steps

在埃斯坎比亚县（Escambia County）这样的高贫困学区，以学生为中心的学习带来了数字公平。基于成功，数字学习计划将扩展到2017-2018学年3至12年级的所有学生。

随着网络支持更多的应用程序，更多的设备和更多用户，IT团队可以继续依赖无线作为实用程序。该团队计划在夏季升级到Aruba OS8，以提高可靠性和功能，并计划实施单个登录，以简化学生，老师和员工的无线访问，并加强安全性。