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In the Fresno Unified School District, the HP Mini-Note is small enough to fit on students’ desks without taking over the desk top and powerful enough to give students and teachers the tools they need to learn and explore.
Fresno Unified School District in California didn’t think it could afford to equip all its classrooms in a 1:1 program. But working with HP, it has come up with a new solution that brings both the cost and the footprint of technology down to size.
It’s deploying some 10,000 HP 2133 Mini-Note PCs in select classrooms, giving many students throughout the district a 1:1 or 2:1 student-to-computer experience in the classroom.
“The HP Mini-Note is small enough to fit on students’ desks without taking over the desk top, and powerful enough to give students and teachers the tools they need to learn and explore,” notes Kurt Madden, Chief Technology Officer for the district. “We think it strikes the best balance of size, price and capability for computing in the classroom.”
Objective:
Improve computer access in the classroom, while reducing the PC’s footprint so that the notebook can stay on the students’ desktops
Approach:
Fresno Unified School District in partnership with Western Blue is deploying close to 10,000 HP 2133 Mini-Note PCs to provide select classrooms with a 2:1 or 1:1 experience
IT improvements:
• Improved reliability of classroom technology
•Cost efficiency stretches technology budget to serve more students
•Wireless network supports specialized software downloads, teacher websites, student storage
Business benefits:
• Number of computers increased in select classrooms
• Freedom to pursue individual research projects online
• Small footprint allows Mini-Note to share desktop space with books, papers
• Ability to work collaboratively in classrooms
• Teachers able to move from “sage on the stage” to coach/guide/mentor
