NEIT14+OpenSpace+1F

NEIT14 - OpenSpace Session


 * 1-1 Tablet **

Attendees: Akbar Herndon, Grace Church School Alfonso Espinal, St. Luke’s School Ken Ambach, Friends Academy Aleah Dacey, Rodeph Sholom School Elizabeth Shaw, Rodeph Sholom School Kara Martone, Long Island Lutheran Domenica Casale, Churchill School Seana McLaughlin, Apple Adena Dershowitz, Lycee Francais de New York Rodrigo Rodriguez, The British International School of New York. Victoria Milton, LREI Toni Andrews, Saint David’s School Tom Maher – Millennium Technology tmaher@mtgtechservices.com Tracee Hurley – AirWatch Mobile Device Management Avi Bloom – SAR High School Sean Dagony-Clark – Riverdale Country School YongSoo Ha – The Brearley School Scott Roller – Dwight School


 * As eBooks increase in quality, iPad becomes more of a necessity. **
 * ** What about distraction? **
 * ** What about the app push out workload? **
 * ** What about note-taking? **


 * iPad as a consumer oriented device, stretched to work for education **


 * MDM Options: **
 * ** Configurator: Supervise or don't? **
 * ** Apple no longer promotes it **
 * ** Summer plans to make push out-pull back of licenses is easier (regardless of device ownership). Apple MDM tool is coming. **
 * ** Meraki: **
 * ** Use tagging system for students to push-out apps to right groups **
 * ** New ability to tag apps with apple id **
 * ** Casper **
 * ** Allows for teacher control with Casper Focus **
 * ** Frustration with loading apps **
 * ** Purchase the right amount of licenses **
 * ** Push out to one Apple ID (100 iPads per Apple ID) **


 * Ownership Questions: **
 * ** Whose Apple ID for apps? **
 * ** How to handle for students under 13? **
 * ** Coming from Apple **
 * ** Parents prefer that school owns the iPad, controls the apps **


 * Learning how to use the device versus Ease of Management (MS and US) **
 * ** Enabling teachable moments **
 * ** Student management of devices teaches control **
 * ** Politically more difficult **


 * Cost/benefit model of using 1-1 iPads in Upper School **
 * ** Is it transformative? **
 * ** Individualized student pacing, alleviating the amount of time lecturing **
 * ** Innovators will innovate, traditional teachers will use the iPad as a tool. **
 * ** Need to help the teacher want the change **
 * ** Introducing the iPad into a traditional classroom is a problem **
 * ** "If you're talking for the 39 of 41 minutes, it will be a distraction. But you no longer have to talk for 39 of 41 minutes." **
 * ** The tablet is only for some things. Sometimes you need a laptop and sometimes you need pen and paper. **
 * **One participant mentioned that US students don't want them.**


 * Middle School Internet Access Restriction **
 * ** Content filter, either completely open or just restricting illegal or explicit content **
 * ** Guided Internet research for primary school (curated list of sites) **
 * ** Parents may enter parental controls disallowing students to do their work **


 * Early Childhood **
 * ** Game-changer because of tactile engagement **
 * ** Share work easily on screens **


 * Teacher Buy-in **
 * ** Instant-on **
 * ** Show teachers that it just works **
 * ** Need relevance and desire **
 * ** Need a real leader **
 * ** The model of change requires major time **
 * ** Time is the biggest obstacle. **


 * Non iPad Tablets **
 * ** Google App Library is not Comparable to App Store **
 * ** Nexus and Chromebooks can all be managed all through Google Apps **


 * iPads and GAFE Integration: **
 * ** Can not open Google Drive in other places (iBooks) **
 * ** Is this a reason for 2-1 **
 * ** Need for keyboard? **


 * Laptop Carts **
 * ** Still need them when teachers request them for certain activities **


 * What About WebDAV? **
 * ** Does work as a file system **
 * ** Some moving away from it towards Google Drive **
 * ** Not all apps support it **
 * ** Showbie, Hapara (Google Apps) can mimic this process. **