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Speed sharing. Set student laptops free

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Richard Kelleher eLearning Co-ordinator Killester College, Springvale, Victoria. rkelleher@killester.vic.edu.au

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Killester College 1:1 program Yr 7 MacBook Airs Yr 8-10 MacBook Pros VCE legacy DER iPads BYOD program

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Image source: http://what-when-how.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tmp3917.jpg None of our student devices are managed. Each user is the administrator of their own device. Student devices do not connect to the network, except for internet access.

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Image source: http://2012onwards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Cloud.jpg All student resources are provided online. distribution & collection of student work is online. there are no network shared drives for student work.

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Google Apps for Education (GAFE) across the school. Hapara Teacher Dashboard for class file management.

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Resources provided to students through faculty & subject websites. Teacher created, built up over a number of years. The websites contain: written Information videos worksheets lesson plans presentations interactive activities Generally not static links, but embedded content. http://science.killester.vic.edu.au

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So students manage their own laptops? Backups yes Software updates yes

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But dont they install games? Download videos? Music? Yes, and yes, and yes.

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But if a student is playing a game, watching a video, or listening to music its a classroom management issue, not a technology issue.

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And what about printing? PaperCut has a browser-based web print client that allows managed print services without network access. Image source: http://www.papercut.com/products/ng/manual/ch-web-print.html

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Web filtering? At school Facebook/Tumblr etc blocked Melbourne CEO content filtering YouTube not blocked for both upload and viewing At home no restrictions parental responsibility

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What does the school community think? Do people in general agree or disagree with our approach?

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Teachers are happy. Students always have their laptops Students look after their laptops No delays logging onto the network when class starts

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Leadership is happy. successful laptop rollout minimal problems in day-to-day laptop use Significant money saved on servers, storage & staffing

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IT Techs are happy. More free time to keep cabling tidy. Many fewer network issues to manage Less onsite storage and backups

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Students are happy. Well of course they are Happy students are productive students

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Parents are happy. easy connection to home networks ability to load printer drivers encouraged to create parent accounts on laptops

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If problems occur? parental controls enabled to restrict internet access and remove the ability to load programs Currently affecting 4 or 5 students in the school.

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Rollout issues? an issue with Apple IDs for younger students needed for App Store and iTunes access Apple dont make it easy!