Information Technology: Student Laptop Initiative
For more information about the program email the Help Desk or call 978.665.4500. For more information about recommended laptops available through our current vendors, press the link on our student computer site. For more information about integrating laptops in the classroom and the curriculum, visit our resource guide.
The laptop initiative has been three years in the works. Planning for
this initiative began during the AY03/04 as part of the overall Strategic
Planning Initiative at FSC and continued throughout the AY04/05.
In the following year, AY05/06, the College initiated a pilot
program to test how laptops are used in a mobile computing environment
within classrooms and throughout common areas like the Amelia
V. Gallucci-Cirio Library; in an effort to prepare the College for a fully mobile environment, in the summer of 2005 Fitchburg State installed wireless across the campus. Finally, beginning in the fall of 2006, Fitchburg State College will implement
a student laptop requirement for incoming freshmen.
Timeline for Laptop Initiative:
AY03/04 Strategic
Planning for Technology
AY04/05 Canvassing the Faculty and
Students
AY05/06 Pilot Laptop Initiative: Leadership
Academy
AY06/07 Mandatory Freshman Laptop
Requirement
AY09/10 Student Laptop Initiative
Fully Implemented |
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