What advantages can broad bandwidth and wireless networking offer schools? Describe the current technologies available for connectivity.

As the author said in the book, many schools have spent a lot of money every year on network cabling or creating new facilities to be network ready. However, this is becoming the past. Then what are these schools doing now? The answer is wireless networking.
Wireless Networking is not strange to us anymore, today. Just like cell phone, wireless networking can help people connect computers to servers and computer-to- computer. This is powerful, if you think about that we do not need to bring the internet code and go to classrooms or libraries to get online, instead, we can bring a laptop and sit anywhere on campuses to communicate with classmates and/or processors. in fact, this is the truth now and many schools are offering this kind of technologies right now. Furthermore, there are several new technologies which are support this wireless revolution. Take WiFi technology as an example, this is a wireless net working technology based on the common 802.11 standard. WiFi, using radio frequency set aside for consumer use, can offer connectivity across a school campus in hardware barely larger than a textbook. This kind of technology can make internet access everywhere on campus available. Public WiFi can do more than this. It is a cheap way to get internet access nowadays. WiFi has its advantages, such as convenience and open ways of getting on line. However, things always have two sides, also because of WiFi’s open access, some security issues arise. Protecting students’ and faculty members’ privacy is the responsibilities of all the schools. They need to resolve the wide implementation. Also, WiFi has its potential to change the way we access the internet and the places where the resources are located.
Another example is Bluetooth technology. It can help users to share the device in a classroom and communicate to each other. Even when the school network does work, under the supporting of the Bluetooth technology, students can still take pictures and transfer data. Bluetooth is becoming more and more widely used these days and also, more and more devices are now Bluetooth enabled.
Technologies are playing a more and more important role nowadays and it is a part of education. Almost all the schools in the US are offering students wireless connecting to internet now. There is a significant change and reform happening in the education area now. The potential for the limitless connections in every classroom and the capability of arranging the instructional environment without regard for power or network nodes will be possible.
Technology will make teaching and learning easier and more efficient in the future.