阿鲁巴Gigabit Wi-Fi enables student-centered learning success.
数字学习有望帮助学生更快地掌握概念，并更轻松地进行学习。但是，如果没有普遍的Wi-Fi，新的学习方法就无法正常工作，并且提供无线实用程序是Jim Branton的重中之重。
佛罗里达州埃斯坎比亚县学区的技术服务协调员布兰顿说：“我们不能考虑将设备掌握在每个学生的手中，并使之成为课程不可或缺的一部分，直到我们确定无线网络是可靠的。”“无线访问对于教学就像电力一样必不可少。”
千兆Wi-Fi是数字学习的先决条件
The primary benefit of having an Aruba network is that it just works.吉姆·布兰顿（Jim Branton），埃斯坎比亚县学区技术服务协调员
埃斯兰比亚County, located in the Florida Panhandle and home to Pensacola, embarked on a mission of student-centered learning, called Vision 2020, for its 43,000 students.
埃斯坎比亚县学区的主任汤姆·英格拉姆（Tom Ingram）说：“我们两年前开始了这一旅程。”“ 2020 Vision 2020不是一项技术计划，但我们正在使用技术来实现这种转型。”
Vision 2020建立在任何时间，随时随地发生的前提。给予小学，中学和高中生，以1：1的学习经验为Chromebook提供。教师拥有广泛的数字工具，可以个性化学生的个人学习风格，能力和兴趣。
阿鲁巴Aces Wi-Fi
为了满足1：1学习环境的需求，埃斯坎比亚县学区升级了Wi-Fi。每个教室都有Aruba 802.11acaccess point（AP），已连接到阿鲁巴的移动访问开关和7200系列移动控制器. The district has more than 3,600 access points, 300 access switches and 50 controllers. The district also uses Aruba’s vendor-agnostic management toolAirWave，用于优化Wi-Fi体验。
布兰顿说：“拥有阿鲁巴网络的主要好处是它只是有效的。”
利用电子利率资金使该地区得以加速其升级计划，将五到七年的项目降至18个月。
AirWave streamlines management
一支七人团队可以在154平方英里县的35所小学，9所中学，七所中学和专业中心保持网络运作。企业级可靠性和运营效率至关重要。
该地区使用Airwave主动监视与网络相关的所有事物的健康和绩效，从而为其提供了他们支持学生个性化的数字学习所需的见解。Airwave在有线和无线访问基础架构中提供了颗粒状的可见性，包括对移动应用程序的性能和使用的可见性。
可靠的网络支持个性化学习
布兰顿说：“学生很高兴有一个设备可以自己打电话。”
Students, teachers and staff use Chromebooks, iPads, Windows and Mac laptops in classrooms and flexible learning spaces. Students and staff may use their personal mobile devices as well. Some schools also have wireless IP phones and IP video surveillance cameras.
数字学习工具包括Google教室，YouTube和其他流媒体，数学应用程序，自适应技术等等。Google Expeditions使老师可以带学生进行身临其境的虚拟实地考察。孩子们使用Minecraft和Opensim学习建模和模拟。
The district is expanding its digital toolset to make it easier for students to search for content, to create comprehensive learner profiles, better calendaring and analytics to recommend future learning opportunities.
加速学生进步
A focus on student-centered learning is bearing results. Overall, the third-grade language arts scores on state assessment rose to 59 percent in 2017, up from 51 percent in 2016.
“在新的w与学生沟通的能力ays has converted even some of the tech-dubious among our faculty,” says Branton. “Students that may struggle with traditional assignments are finding their voice through video projects or slide shows or any number of methods.”
Language and music teachers can evaluate recordings made by students rather than impact class and teaching time. Adaptive technology for kids with learning differences has made a big difference, with read-along technologies improving reading comprehension.
A Collaborative Relationship
Escambia县学区在其IT解决方案合作伙伴的Aruba和技术集成集团（TIG）中有强大的合作伙伴。
布兰顿说：“我们已经是Aruba客户已有10多年了。”“当我们开始时，阿鲁巴是唯一可以为我们的便携式教室提供具有成本效益的托管连接性的解决方案。Aruba始终提供了一个可靠，高性能的平台，我们可以依靠学生，教职员工的日常需求。”
“TIG has been an instrumental partner for the school district,” says Ingram. “Their engineering has helped design, implement and maintain the network.”
下一步
In a high-poverty school district like Escambia County, student-centered learning is bringing digital equity. Based on success, the digital learning program will be expanded to all students in grades 3 through 12 for the 2017-2018 school year.
As the network supports more applications, more devices, and more users, the IT team can continue to depend on wireless as a utility. The team plans to upgrade to Aruba OS8 over the summer for even greater reliability and functionality, and also plans to implement single sign-on to simplify wireless access for students, teachers and staff and strengthen security.
