1. The iPad revolution and what Principals need to know
Brenton Harty
IT Manager
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar

2. 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

3. Douglas Adams
“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 Galaxy

4. Trends in ICT Cloud Computing Mobile Computing
There are three major trends in ICT today and the iPad fits into each of them.
Cloud Computing
Mobile Computing
BYOD – Bring Your Own Device

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

6. 1. Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a Service IaaS Servers in the Cloud - Many school servers will move into the cloud in the next 5 years
Amazon’s Elastic Computing
Platform as a Service PaaS Operating Systems in the Cloud
Microsoft Azure
Software as a Service SaaS Programs in the Cloud
Google Docs – Collaborative Office Apps
Gmail – , Calendar, Contacts

7. 2. Mobile Computing
The shift from desktop computers and laptops to tablets and mobile phones.

8. 2. Mobile Computing The Appification of the Internet
Access to information, anywhere, anytime.

9. 3. Bring Your Own Device 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

10. The iPad
The Post PC era?

11. Anthony Chivetta
“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

12. Post PC era
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

13. iPad - Weaknesses Bulk entry of text Multitasking Data hungry
Cannot run existing enterprise software, such as:
Final Cut Pro
PhotoShop
Sibelius.

14. iPad – Strengths
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

15. 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

16. Deployment Models

17. Myles Carrick 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

18. Deployment Models
There are three deployment models based around app ownership
Personal – Student owns the apps
Institutional – School owns the apps
Layered – Mixture of school and student owned apps
Excellent Apple Resources for Deployment are at
In particular “iOS 5 Education Deployment Guide”

19. Net Gen Don Tapscott’s findings
Study involving 11,000 children in 12 countries
NetGen – “Bathed in Bits”
The 8 Norms
Freedom
Customization
Scrutiny
Integrity
Collaboration
Entertainment
Speed
Innovation

20. Deployment Models 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

21. Deployment Models 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 Australia

22. Deployment Models 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)

23. Deployment Models 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

24. 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

25. Recommendations School Rules Training Printing Projection
Communication
Backups
Textbooks
Network
Find my iPad
Library
Provisioning
External Keyboards
Spares
Storage
Software

26. Recommendations 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

27. Recommendations Training Students Teachers/Librarians Parents
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

28. Recommendations 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

29. Recommendations 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-340

30. Recommendations Communication Email Google Drive Google Docs Wikis
WebDav shared folders on Lion server and above
Disable FaceTime?
Disable iMessages?
Block Skype?

31. Recommendations Backups
Make students responsible for their own backups
Use iCloud / Google Drive / Sky Drive etc
important documents to the teacher

32. Recommendations Textbooks
The iPad supports the most formats and bookstores.
eBook vs PDF
Books vs Apps
Publishers
Kindle / iBooks
iBooks Author
iTunesU – Create and share your own course materials

33. Recommendations 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

34. Recommendations 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

35. Recommendations Library
Make sure your libraries are on-board and helping to drive this change.
Work towards providing mobile friendly services.

36. Recommendations Provisioning iPads on the booklist
Textbooks and eTextbooks on the booklist
Apps on the book list

37. Recommendations External Keyboards Try to get by without them
If you can’t, purchase some battery powered Bluetooth keyboards and loan then from the library

38. Recommendations Spares
Have some spares for a quick change over at school.
Can recover to the last iCloud backup relatively easily

39. Recommendations 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

40. Recommendations
Software
Is software now a consumable?

41. John Dewey
“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow”
Philosopher, Psychologist and Educational Reformer

42. Brenton Harty itmanager@pegs.vic.edu.au Twitter @brentonharty
Thank you for your time
Brenton Harty