U.S. Dept of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, from documents published between 1994 1999. Wireless technology greatly expands the role computers play in class by eliminating the physical location of PCs as a factor in the classroom. This enables learning without impacting the arrangement of the classroom, and allows technology to adapt to the learning style of the student. Classroom environments such as the science lab make wired computer use particularly awkward. Sinks, lab tables and experiment equipment interfere with the ability to install and efficiently utilize wired computers.
Wireless connectivity means the student can now bring the computer to wherever they are working.
They can connect to the Internet, email mentors from universities, research topics on a global scale and get the information they need to complete assignments in real time, without being tied to the PC, or constantly moving between the computer and the point of instruction. Maintaining Integrity of the Classroom Time is one of the biggest challenges schools face, particularly with respect to performance and attendance. Teachers can ill afford to waste any of the precious 40 minutes allotted to the average class period. Yet, too much in-class time is spent manually performing administrative tasks rather than teaching. Completed by the teacher for every period and every student exam, these records are sent to the school administrative office for entry into the student information database.