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Reading, Writing and Technology

Calypso Systems brings seamless technology integration and management to St. Michael-Albertville School District classrooms

“Located northwest of Minneapolis, the St. Michael – Albertville (STMA) School District is not unlike school districts nationwide – eager to bring instructional technology into the classroom, but at the same time somewhat intimidated by the prospect.

While the promise of classroom technology offers great advantages, for many teachers it often seems like more of an inconvenience than a resource. Using technology to shape lesson plans is important to many, but the time it takes to manage the different tools occasionally becomes a challenge.

Though many districts like STMA have projectors, interactive whiteboards and sound amplification systems, these tools don’t always realize their full potential, partly because the products were not designed to work as an integrated system. As a result, teachers’ usage of instructional technology tools is compromised.”

The Wired Schoolhouse

Calypso Systems forges seamless, affordable AV connections and sound reinforcement across the vast Boulder Valley School District.

Located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) stretches from the peaks of the Continental Divide to the suburbs of Denver.

In 2006, the district passed a bonding referendum that included a sizable information technology (IT) allocation. The district used the money to construct a wide-area fiber network connecting every building—55 schools spread across 500 square miles. “With a robust fiber network and a new video archive system, we needed classroom-based technology to make the most of these new resources,” said Zemer. “So much multimedia instructional material is available today – learning isn’t all about pens and worksheets and books anymore. Now that we have the infrastructure to support this material in the classroom, we needed to find a solution we could deploy rapidly across the entire district.” Calypso’s ezRoom classroom AV solution and wireless voice amplification system were the solutions BVSD was seeking.