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All quotes: 1. The ipad is a compete change of mindset in terms of deployment. 2. He first tried to do a mass image and sync everyone to a “mother computer” but everyone had to come back to that computer to do the update. Everyone had to come back to the same account. HIS WORDS: MAJOR PAIN! Also, he tried to sync about 30 at a time but about 5 would not sync each time he did this (translation: out of the 30 he usually got 25 or less to shrink) 3. He then went to individual itune account. School buys “school approved apps” with volume pricing and gets a code which they email to the kids. The kids have a school email for the individual account. 4. Having 2 accounts on the ipad is a lot of trouble. It locks up the school account and won’t update. He stressed have only one account. 5. Having a mass deployment of an image caused lots of lock ups and issues. Everyone needs their own account for deployment. 6. They allow students to have their own money on the account so they can purchase whatever they want… music, apps… 7. Students are encouraged to do app updates at home b/c it strains that bandwidth. You can’t have everyone updating at the same time. 8. Total so far: 45 ipads for teachers since May. 30 for a classroom set deployed the week before Thanksgiving. 9. “Everything we did with data management has changed.” Only uses cloud storage. Students use drop box or email docs to themselves. 10. Their policy- you lose your docs if you didn’t email to yourself or use dropbox. They have not addressed what to do with images and videos and the limited storage space of dropbox. 11. He had to physically touch all the ipads to get the apps on. 12. Students don’t print. Students email assignments and teachers print. 13. All teachers have a tablet pc and ipad. They have a tablet pc so they can grade and do other things. 14. Teachers need the tablet pc b/c: “the workstation is the more powerful device, teachers still need windows and many still want a mouse. We did not want to sever teachers from what they have been using for so long and what works for them.” 15. The Wi Fi must be rock solid b/c it is entirely dependent on the cloud. 16. No damage yet to report mostly b/c kids don’t take them out of classroom. They could not (the teacher and the academic dean) give us many specifics in terms of apps to use. They had no 1:1 before and were impressed with all students in the AP English classes having internet and being able to email. Quote: Safari and email are the two apps we use the most.
 * Transcription of notes from conversation with Robert, IT staff, at Loyola Prep in Shreveport**
 * CAUTION:**

1. 1:1 high schools he knows about: Cincinnati Public – 1100 kids, first time 1:1. 2. Asked about core apps for us to investigate: iworks, evernote, dragon dictation for special needs 3. Staff training: there are 2 day sessions and pre sale resources for both technical side and instructional piece 4. Textbooks: very slow development. Macmillan and Harcourt are looking at apps for chapter by chapter.
 * TRANSCRIPT OF CONVERSATION WITH DAVE MACKINSTRUM FROM APPLE**

1. They were not happy with MacBooks in classroom – too much to set up and had to book carts of laptops. 2. Funded through their general budget. 3. They did an UNDIRECTED DEPLOYMENT – did not tell teachers what to use it for, no one was forced to use it. 4. They are not anti-paper- their goal was to provide more access to digital resources 5. Did not get rid of MacBooks, kept them to use them for flash applications, shockwave technology 6. Kids do not cross machines. They don’t move files from the ipad to the Macbook. 7. Why ipad: battery life, size, and weight 8. Policy: school purchases the device and deploys applications, no kid accounts – gives more control but less flexibility, sync in school 9. Recommended apps: ebooks, artwork, brushes
 * WEBINAR NOTES**
 * FROM CEDAR SCHOOL IN IRELAND**

T**RANSCRIPT FROM WEBINAR – CAMILIA GAGLIOLO, ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CAROLYN SKIBBA – CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CRAIG NANSEN- MINOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS** 1. Gagliolo- Elementary School 2. What they found: allows differentiation, multi sensory, learning center deployment 3. Have 40 ipads in K-5. 4. Are in the pilot stage with digital textbooks. 5. Recommended Apps- National Geographic Maps, Google Earth, Brain Pop (kids), Discovery Education, iworks, ithoughts, drawpad, photogene, strip designer, puppet pals, story kit, historical maps, elements. 6. Management: started with gift cards, now use volume purchasing 1. Limited to 1st /2nd grade. 2. started with 32 ipads, Macbook for syncing, cart for charging 3. Center based- simplenote for brainstorming, poppet lite, drawing pad 4. Volume pricing is cumbersome but the discounts are good. 5. Used idisk for file sharing 6. Now they try to use apps that sync over the air. 1. 100 ipad for staff and teachers. 2. Wanted to do classroom sets but changed plans because they realized the ipad is a personal device. 3. Needs to be set up with 1 person’s email account. Can’t really did ipads with carts. 4. Management issues: can’t have a standard image (all look the same), too complicated to give out to the high school level esp. in carts. 5. The ipad will not replace your laptop. 6. It is a content device - only to get content to kids. 7. Policy- purchase apps- put on one school owned computer 8. Issues- hard to manage- syncing issues, personally purchased music, personal photos, CANT GIVE STUDENTS ITUNES ACCOUNTS. 9. Apps- dropbox, readability,evernote, good reader
 * CAROLYN SKIBBA**
 * CRAIG NANSEN**