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MTU Vision
Plan: Letter of Intent Project Title:
Michigan Technological University Wireless Information Network Service
(MTUWINS) Abstract: A quote from Education Week: "The marriage of education and technology seems inevitable. School boards, politicians, business executives, and others touting such a union are practically unanimous in their belief that technology will revolutionize the classroom and revive anemic parts of our education system." As leaders for innovation where is MTU's position as we enter the 21st century? How far have
we really come from the first introduction of computers into schools.
Now, as they were in the beginning, computers are largely lumbering beige
boxes set aside in separate rooms called "Computer Labs." When
will we see the light and bring these incredibly versatile instruments
out package them in handheld devices and set them free to roam around
campus and communcate effortlessly? The MTUWINS project could change the
way people think about , and use computing. The combination of client/server
computing, and wireless network connectivity, will permit individuals
to send and recieve information regardless of time or position. Project Leader
Name: Paul Charlesworth
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