Since the national lockdowns in 2020, education systems have had to quickly adapt to keep educating their students, as classes suddenly went from being in-person with notes made with pen-and-paper, to Zoom and Microsoft Teams calls and digital note-taking. While classes have largely gone back to being in-person, many students preferred the convenience of taking notes and accessing resources on a personal device, and this has changed the education sector as a whole, as this increase in students using technology in class takes its toll on unreliable networks.
Accomodating your classroom needs
In the education sector, there are no two classes that look the same. One class might have only a handful of students for more one-to-one tuition with their teacher, whereas another might have a teacher giving a lecture to hundreds of students, all taking their own notes and accessing online resources. Clearly, these two different scenarios would have vastly different requirements; which is why at TEC-ID, our engineers construct each solution to fit each particular scenario.
There are other considerations, depending on how students and staff are going to connect. Do you want all of your students to connect wirelessly? Do you want all of your students to connect via ethernet cable? Do you want a mix? From there, additional factors must be considered. If all students connect wirelessly, will the amount of network traffic cause the network to become unreliable? If all students connect via ethernet, how will students that are taking notes on tablets and phones ensure they have the resources they need? All of these things will be discussed with each establishment, so we can offer the solution that suits you and your students the best.
Providing the services you need
There are a number of technologies that can benefit the education sector, and therefore a number of services we can offer for the education sector. Firstly, we offer WiFi and network services, so we can ensure our clients have the most efficient, reliable, and fast network options available. Having high-speed and reliable networks is good for anyone, but for the education sector, where people are constantly coming and going and demanding network bandwidth, having strong reliable networks is even more helpful.
Another technology that can be very beneficial to the education sector is point-to-point WiFi. Particularly for universities and colleges with multiple buildings spread across multiple campuses, point-to-point WiFi is a great way to create a wireless ‘bridge’ for your network, allowing data to be transferred within your network, across a much larger area.
Guest WiFi networks are crucial for network security in the education sector. Kids and young people aren’t exactly known for being the most responsible online, and so malicious software is bound to end up on a network in some way or another. With Guest WiFi solutions to separate the staff network from the student network, sensitive data transmitted through the staff network is much less likely to be intercepted and exposed; separation also ensures that staff have the bandwidth they need.
At TEC-ID we provide a variety of services to build, improve or expand network infrastructure, from structured cabling services to bespoke software development; so no matter what it is, we can provide the education technology solutions you need. Click below to visit our services page where you can find out more about the services we offer, or contact us to make an enquiry.