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Colleges, Universities And K-12 Give Mobile Computing A+ As Schools Flock To IBM For Wireless ThinkPad Computers
Wireless Cheaper Than Hardwired Network While Giving Students Greater Access, More Integrated And Customized Learning
WHITE PLAINS, NYAug 24, 2001 The explosive growth of campus-wide, mobile computing among colleges and universities is causing well-equipped freshmen this fall to add wireless IBM ThinkPad notebook computers to their lava lamps, popcorn poppers and year-long supply of laundry detergent. Students from nearly two dozen higher education schools, including Seton Hall University, Northern Michigan University, University of Akron, Mount St. Joseph, Wake Forest University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and most recently Loras College, Oklahoma Christian University and Framingham State College will be using wireless ThinkPad computers from IBM this fall. Dozens of additional schools are collaborating with IBM to give all or part of their student body use of such computers. The cost is usually included as part of the tuition or school fees. The phenomena of students using wireless IBM ThinkPad computers also includes a growing number of leading K-12 schools across the nation. | |
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