Technology and Facility

The Denver School of Science & Tech is the first public high school in Colorado where every student uses a wireless networked laptop. This eliminates the "digital divide" and enables students to be able to operate at a very high technology level, both at school and at home.
 
1 to 1 Study

During the fall of 2007, renowned educational technology consultant, Andy Zucker, conducted an indepth study of DSST's One-to-One program.  The results of that study confirm the value of DSST's technology as part of its overal strategy for student learning and teacher effectiveness.  In addition to the overall study, DSST has undertaken a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) study to round out the picture of technology at DSST. In comparison to other districts without 1 to 1 programs, DSST's technology cost per student is still on the low end of the scale. This study indicates that DSST is achieving an incredible value for its students and staff.

These two studies are now available via these links:

1-to-1 Study Executive Summary

1-to-1 Full Report with Executive Summary

Total Cost of Ownership Report

  Your thoughts and comments are welcome.

See also: Developing A Research Agenda for Ubiquitous Computing in Schools

By Andrew A. Zucker, Ed.D.

Submitted to the Journal for Educational Computing Research January 2004

  http://ubiqcomputing.org/Research Agenda Jan 04.pdf

DSST's Technology Vision

Technology must transform the educational process.

Technology must not be a simple replacement or enhancement of non-technological methods of learning. Technology is too expensive to be a simple substitute for the pencil and the chalkboard. Instead it must invite and enable higher order thinking, more creative thinking, learning and expression. It must engender more intense investment and engagement by the student. It must enable collaboration, extrapolation, projection, analysis, demonstration, and closer, tangible interaction with the subject under study that is extremely unlikely or even impossible without it. It must transport the student to places, experiences, modes of thinking, cultures, and people otherwise impossible to reach for the normal high school student.
 
Technology should empower and enable, and never replace or reduce the central human role of the teacher in a liberal arts education. The role of a liberal arts education is to enable and facilitate the creation of leaders who value community, individuals and the creation of a truly human society. Technology must serve this end.
 
IT Infrastructure

DSST's infrastructure consists of file, print, e-mail, backup and application servers, as well as Cisco network switches and access points all supporting a totally wireless laptop/tablet environment. DSST also takes advantage of a DS3 Internet connection (courtesy of Comcast) as well as voice over IP (VoIP) telephone communications.
 
DSST uses technology on a daily basis for virtually every facet of our school's work. We view technology not as a subject to be learned, as much as a tool in the educational and administrative processes.
 

Facility
The school is designed, from the ground up, to utilize a wireless laptop infrastructure. A variety of interesting learning spaces, including three outdoor courtyards, allow teachers and students to take full advantage of the freedom that wireless technology offers.
 
In addition to fully equipped physics, biotech, chemistry and engineering labs, the school has a variety of classrooms, project rooms, and comfortable work and social areas.
 

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