Monday, October 8, 2012

We got iPads!!! Yeah! Oh...Now what?


10 Questions about Deployment....

We were so excited when we found out that we were able to get iPads for our teachers and 3 iPad carts for our high school.  When the excitement died down, the questions started coming and coming and coming!  How are we..., who is going to...., when are we going to.....  The list kept growing.  If your school is getting iPads, iPods, Android tablets, or any other devices, look over these simple questions and see if you have a plan for the devices.  So many times with this great advancement of technology in schools, the plan comes after the devices instead of before.  Be proactive!

1.  Do you have enough wireless bandwidth to sustain the population of your mobile devices?

2.  Do you have a Mobile Device Management system in place to effectively manage and support the  
     devices?

3.  Do you have a mobile filter on these devices?

4.  Do you have the personnel in place for the Apple Store Volume Purchasing program?  Set aside 
     money for the Vouchers.

5.  Management plan for Carts or plan for roll-out of iPads or  Devices?  Responsible Use Policy?

6.  Professional development for teachers and/or training.

7.  How will you push out apps?  Create accounts for each devices so the district maintains
    ownership of the apps, or are you going set accounts for each student?

8.  Is there a curriculum vision for the devices?  You don't want them to become just word 
     processors, music devices, or not to be used at all.

9.  Do you have a Learning Management System to make the devices effective? 

10. How are you going to get information to the students and assess their learning?
      Check out our training on Schoolwork, Bundles, Groups and many others!

So whatever devices your school is purchasing or even if you are going BYOD, just make sure you have a plan!  My Big Campus is a great way to make the most of any device. Check it out! www.mybigcampus.com