Madeira Schools has added iBooks and AirPort base stations in the High School Math and Science programs and the Junior High Programs.
Students can now access our network without a power cord or network cord.
This helps students in class or study hall connect to their files on the fileserver, perform research on the Internet, or print to our network printers - all without a cord in sight. At the present time, we have nine AirPort base stations and over fifty iBooks in operation. In Physics class, the iBook was recently used for a lab to explore potential and kinetic energy. Students used a Vernier motion detector connected to the iBook to study the motion of a falling volleyball. Software on the computer graphed the kinetic energy and the potential energy on the same screen so that students could see the relationship between the two.