the ipad revolution and what principals need to know

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School

The iPad revolution and what Principals need to know

Brenton HartyIT Manager

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar


• Co educational K-12 Independent school• Three Melbourne campuses• 2300 Students• 250 Teachers• ICT team of 10 with a FTE of 7.75• Approx 1000 computers• Plus approx 450 iPads• Plus approx 150 unofficial BYOD devices

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar


“Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal. Anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it.Anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it“ Author - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyhttp://www.douglasadams.com/dna/19990901-00-a.html

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There are three major trends in ICT today and the iPad fits into each of them.

1. Cloud Computing2. Mobile Computing3. BYOD – Bring Your Own

Device

Trends in ICT


Using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing

1. Cloud Computing


a. Infrastructure as a Service IaaSServers in the Cloud - Many school servers will move into the cloud in the next 5 years• Amazon’s Elastic Computing

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/b. Platform as a Service PaaS

Operating Systems in the Cloud• Microsoft Azure

c. Software as a Service SaaSPrograms in the Cloud• Google Docs – Collaborative Office Apps• Gmail – Email, Calendar, Contacts

1. Cloud Computing


The shift from desktop computers and laptops to tablets and mobile phones.

2. Mobile Computing

http://pewinternet.org/


• The Appification of the Internet• Access to information, anywhere,

anytime.

2. Mobile Computing

http://pewinternet.org/


Also known as the Consumerization of IT

Staff and students bring their own devices. IT is ubiquitous • Laptops• Tablets• Phones• eReaders• Watches

BYOD is coming and it’s unstoppable

3. Bring Your Own Device


The iPad

The Post PC era?


“The need to know the capital of Florida died when my phone learned the answer. Rather, the students of tomorrow need to be able to think creatively: they will need to learn on their own, adapt to new challenges and innovate on-the-fly”

High School Student- Missouri

Anthony Chivetta


Doesn’t mean the PC is dead. We are no longer in a one-to-one world but rather a one-to-many world.The iPad represents a new category

Post PC era


• Bulk entry of text• Multitasking• Data hungry• Cannot run existing enterprise

software, such as:– Final Cut Pro– PhotoShop– Sibelius.

iPad - Weaknesses


• Multi-touch, Physics and Gestures (MPG) interface is easier to use

• Mobile not just portable• Built-in sensors allow extensive

possibilities for App development• Apps are more focussed than

traditional enterprise software• Automatic back up to the iCloud

iPad – Strengths


• Hidden file system• Personal: not multi-user and

generally not shared• Instant on, no boot time lost• Battery life, run all day• Functional eReader

iPad – Strengths


Deployment Models


In reference to the decision to go one-to-one with iPads

“The school decided that we had won, even if all we achieved was better communication with students and getting them better organised”

Director of IT – Newington College Sydney

Myles Carrick


There are three deployment models based around app ownership

1. Personal – Student owns the apps2. Institutional – School owns the apps3. Layered – Mixture of school and student owned

apps

Excellent Apple Resources for Deployment are at http://www.apple.com/education/it

In particular “iOS 5 Education Deployment Guide”

Deployment Models

http://www.apple.com/education/it


Don Tapscott’s findings• Study involving 11,000 children in 12 countries• NetGen – “Bathed in Bits”• The 8 Norms

1. Freedom2. Customization3. Scrutiny4. Integrity5. Collaboration6. Entertainment7. Speed8. Innovation

Net Gen


1. Personal (Similar to BYOD approach)– Best model for secondary students in 1:1 program– Least restrictive model– Similar to typical consumer experience– iPad could be personal or school owned– Student manages the device’s settings, content and apps

wirelessly– Make configuration as easy as possible. Can use a Capture

Portal and/or Mobile Device Management (MDM) to help student configure the device and redeem apps

– Student use a personal or school supplied iTunes account.– Can use iCloud for backup and Find my iPad

Children under 13 are not legally allowed to have their own iTunes account

Deployment Models


2. Institutional (Shared)– Best for Primary Levels / Special Ed / Library– Most restrictive– School owned iPads– School iTunes account(s)– School manages the device’s settings and apps– Can deploy apps by using:

• Gifting of Apps• Volume Purchase Program (VPP*)

Gets around age restriction (13 years) for iTunes account

*VPP is coming to Australiahttp://www.apple.com/education/volume-purchase-program/

Deployment Models


2. Institutional (Shared) continued

– Using Apple Configurator via USB• Single master school iTunes account• Can create multiple templates (SOEs)• Supervise mode prevents configuration changes by the

student• Integrates with Volume Purchase Program (VPP)• Requires Syncing Trolley or USB hub

OR– Using Mobile Device Management (MDM*) via Wireless

• Using Casper, Lion Server etc• Multiple school iTunes accounts, one per device with simple

password• Students generally have to accept configuration profiles.• Volume Purchase Program (VPP)

Deployment Models


3. Layered (Personal and Shared)– Apple Configurator can be used to “side

load” school apps via USB– Student configures the iPad as a personal

device– Student ends up with a set of school

owned apps and personal apps and data

Children under 13 are not legally allowed to have their own iTunes account

Deployment Models


Notes– Under the VPP, always purchase apps

in lots of 20 copies to take advantage of education pricing eg cheaper to get 20 copies than 11.

–With gift codes and VPP redeem codes, whoever gets the code owns the app

Deployment Models


1. School Rules2. Training3. Printing4. Projection5. Communication6. Backups7. Textbooks8. Network

Recommendations9. Find my iPad10.Library11.Provisioning12.External

Keyboards13.Spares14.Storage15.Software


1. School Rules– Develop a BYOD policy with students

and teachers– Get buy in and sign off– Acceptable Use Policy that is well

articulated to staff, students and parents

– Education: Privacy, bullying, photographing, recording

Recommendations


2. Training– Students

• Almost training themselves– Teachers/Librarians

• Must be given their own iPad and Laptop• Initially train teachers in big groups• Quickly move to small groups and 1:1 training

using champions• Can be supported by students in the classroom

– Parents• Major stakeholder• Offer training on their child’s iPad

Recommendations


3. Printing– Avoid paper, embrace the electronic

distribution of materials– Can use a computer running OS X

client to share printers and make them available for iPad Bonjour printing

Recommendations


4. Projection– Are IWBs dead?– Adapter cable– Projection facilities are very important– Cheap solution ~$109 – AppleTV

Connect the ATV to an ethernet port on the same VLAN as the iPad’s wireless.

– Expensive Solution ~$700 - TEQ WID-340http://teqavit.com/

Recommendations


5. Communication– Email– Google Drive– Google Docs–Wikis–WebDav shared folders on Lion server

and above– Disable FaceTime?– Disable iMessages?– Block Skype?

Recommendations


6. Backups–Make students responsible for their

own backups– Use iCloud / Google Drive / Sky Drive

etc– Email important documents to the

teacher

Recommendations


7. Textbooks– The iPad supports the most formats and

bookstores.– eBook vs PDF– Books vs Apps– Publishers– Kindle / iBooks– iBooks Author

http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/– iTunesU – Create and share your own course

materials

Recommendations

http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/


8. Network– Create a great wireless network and

monitor rather than block–Must create a wireless network for both

coverage and capacity–Make connecting to the network as

simple as possible eg Capture Portal– Provide great Internet access to

discourage the use of 3G and 4G–May need to employ a transparent proxy

Recommendations


9. Find my iPad– Some wireless systems provide

relatively cheap tools to enable you to locate lost iPads on your property

– Use the free Apple service• Remote messages• Remote wipe

Recommendations


10.Library–Make sure your libraries are on-board

and helping to drive this change.–Work towards providing mobile friendly

services.

Recommendations


11.Provisioning– iPads on the booklist– Textbooks and eTextbooks on the

booklist– Apps on the book list

Recommendations


12.External Keyboards– Try to get by without them– If you can’t, purchase some battery

powered Bluetooth keyboards and loan then from the library

Recommendations


13.Spares– Have some spares for a quick change

over at school.– Can recover to the last iCloud backup

relatively easily

Recommendations


14.Storage– For 1:1, store in normal student lockers

during the day. No need for a power supply

– For shared, purchase the expensive USB storage trolleys to allow the iPad to be wiped and reconfigured between users

Recommendations


15.Software– Is software now a consumable?

Recommendations


“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow”

Philosopher, Psychologist and Educational Reformer

John Dewey


Thank you for your time

Brenton [email protected]

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