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[Video] 2018 Tech Student of the Year

This year we were privileged to award 14 different scholarships to graduating high school seniors located across Montana and Wyoming. We had the opportunity to visit with Payten Zenahlik from Cascade High School and David Dobbins the technology director there who nominated her. Here is the complete video story of her scholarship:

Cyber-Security Education Infrastructure Communication

Announcing Pine Cove Tech Students of the Year

Pine Cove Consulting has been working with K-12 schools for its whole 25-year tenure in the technology industry. Many of the schools we started working with 25 years ago, we still work with today. Pine Cove was founded by educators and supplies schools across Montana and Wyoming with the cyber-security, infrastructure, and communication technologies. This ensures that kids are taught in a 21st century environment.

Cyber-Security Education Infrastructure Communication

Anaconda School District Kicks off New Year with Technology Upgrade for Students, Faculty and Staff

BOZEMAN, Montana —In an effort to modernize and improve efficiency and education, Pine Cove Consulting assisted the Anaconda School District to completely upgrade its technology

Cyber-Security Education Infrastructure

Chromebook vs Laptop | Chromebook Classroom Management

In our previous post, Chromebook vs Laptop - Which is Right for your Classroom, we gave you a few reasons why Chromebooks are a better choice for your classroom. There is an argument to be had that Chromebooks are not the best option in every case, and we agree that special circumstances might merit your school use laptops. We also acknowledge that laptops allow you to download/install any application and Chromebooks limit you to online based applications.

Education Infrastructure

Chromebook vs Laptop - Which is Right for your Classroom?

There is no doubt that technology has had a significant impact in education. In our previously published post, How Important is Technology in Education, we highlight some of the reasons why technology is not only unavoidable, but also a good thing.

Education Infrastructure

Challenges in Wireless: (Part 1 of 5: Wireless Coverage)

Framing the question

Great Wi-Fi is everyone’s goal, but achieving it can be a big challenge:
How do we get the maximum wireless coverage with the least interference and the best throughput?

Stating the question that way, we can see there are three basic issues we always have to deal with, and we can look at them one by one. Let’s start with wireless coverage.

Radio range

In an earlier post, we explained that creating a predictive heat map is crucial to planning a wireless network. This heat map should be designed using industry standard software tools that take a number of factors into account.

Infrastructure

Challenges in Wireless: (Part 2 of 5: Interference)

The biggest single challenge

We’re continuing to explore key challenges in wireless network design: How do we get the maximum coverage with the least interference and the best throughput?