NEIT16+Open+Space+2K+-+Conference+House+Azalea

Notes

Saint Andrew's School in Austin, Texas - 1:1 Dell laptop program Surveyed NYCIST & ISAS-T schools to get the nuts and bolts of their 1:1 laptops program http://tiny.cc/12why (survey results)

Big Question to ask the group: How has your 1:1 program improved student learning?

Jennifer - the stuff that students do on their laptop that is not part of the curriculum Majority of students just use the laptop as an internet searching device

Bill - Standardization is key (Macs) How do we keep that standardization piece, but provide for students who want to go beyond the standardization of our school

Matt - what about the students who come in to your school with great knowledge in what platform and then are met with another platform?

"1:1 Emphasis on mobile devices helps with the equity issue"

Bill - putting less on the device on the initial imaging

JP - have a de facto 1:1 program, but its not theirs. Chromebooks Dream: Can the schools consolidate so that everything can be done, like a device agnostic?

Matt - our history as a tech department means that going to BYOD is a little frightening, especially considering the support issue

JP - going BYOD would mean that you have to shift focus on support issue from laptop support to bigger support issues (network, security, peripherals)

Jennifer - we seem to be talking about polars - either all standardized or BYOD, which isn't exactly fair.

Bill - how do you snoop on students (my paraphrasing) if you do not own the device? The faculty - they are the biggest problem, the biggest hurdle - you must start with them first Begin with identifying the learning goal, which is what we did at Montclair. We started with the teachers first for 3 years before adding students.

Glenn - I would bet there are not admins in this room that are as supportive as Bill's

Q: What does everyone use in terms of cloud-based stuff? A: Google Apps

JP - If we are teaching students how to use a device, then we are doing a disservice, because those devices will be obsolete and in the landfill by the time they go to college.

John - Can you bolster the PD support for faculty in order to do BYOD

Matt - how many schools own the device? (about half responded yes)

Bill - the 3-year Apple Laptop Lease program is 0% interest and you own the device at the end of the year. Rather than charging the laptop as a fee to the parents, the cost of the laptop is built into tuition

JP - in theory, what is keeping you from taking an invisible/transparent device (like a Chromebook) and putting all OS applications on a server?