Technical Workshop: Devices in the classroom - how to make technology work for you
1. Devices are in the classroom- how to make the
technology work for you
Cramlington Learning Village
Phil Spoors, Assistant Head Teacher
Graham Quince, VLE Co-ordinator
The Mountbatten School
Chris Goodrich
Director of IT Services
Frog
Chris Pates, Head of Solutions
Technical Talk
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3. Phil Spoors, Assistant Headteacher
Graham Quince, VLE Coordinator
Crazytalk Frog to reminisce
about his old pencil case in
school. In doing so he also
makes fun of the audience
and upsets the
presentation. Have one
which can be amended.
14. Devices in the Classroom
• Chris Goodrich – Director of IT Services
• The Mountbatten School
• Twitter - @cgood77
15. Infrastructure
• Massively important!
• Needs to be reliable
• If you have problems with devices on your
wired network fix them first!
• Get the basics right first!
16. Wireless
• Enterprise wireless solution
– Meru, Meraki, Ruckus, and more
• Does your wireless cover the whole site?
• Is it easy to make changes to?
• Needs to support a high density of devices
17. The Mountbatten School
• Romsey, Hampshire
• Converter Academy (April 2011)
• 1420 students
• 800 computers and laptops
• 150 iPads
18. iPad Management
• Apple Volume Purchase Program (VPP)
• Apple Configurator
• Meraki – www.meraki.com
– Free Mobile Device Management (MDM)
system
– Can be used to manage iPads, Andriod devices,
Windows and Macs
19. Apple Volume Purchase Program
• Buy multiple copies of apps
• When purchasing more than 20 copies
usually receive 50% discount
• Receive redemption codes to distribute
20. Apple Configurator
• Use to bulk configure iPads to enrol them
to Meraki.
• To retain VPP redemption codes Apps need
to be removed using Apple Configurator
21. Meraki
• Security profiles sent to iOS devices
• Install and manage Apps remotely
• Manage VPP apps purchased (along with
Apple Configurator to retain codes)
• Full inventory of all iOS devices
• Remote lock and wiping
• Change passcode
22. Now and Future
• All teaching staff have an iPad
• Classroom based support staff to get iPads
• 1:1 rollout to a year group at a time
• Hopefully FrogOS will play an integral part
in there use in the classroom and at home!
I cant emphasize enough the importance of having a good solid infrastructure in place before even thinking about getting mobile tablet devices in the classroom. The foundations are so important unless they are correct everything you put on top will fail.
You need to have an enterprise level wireless system in place which is able to handle a high density of devices in a small space, for example in one classroom you may have 32 devices all connecting via a single access point, is your wireless system capable of this? A wireless system designed for home use is not good enough.
You need to have an enterprise level wireless system in place which is able to handle a high density of devices in a small space, for example in one classroom you may have 32 devices all connecting via a single access point, is your wireless system capable of this? A wireless system designed for home use is not good enough.
You need to have an enterprise level wireless system in place which is able to handle a high density of devices in a small space, for example in one classroom you may have 32 devices all connecting via a single access point, is your wireless system capable of this? A wireless system designed for home use is not good enough.
You need to have an enterprise level wireless system in place which is able to handle a high density of devices in a small space, for example in one classroom you may have 32 devices all connecting via a single access point, is your wireless system capable of this? A wireless system designed for home use is not good enough.
You need to have an enterprise level wireless system in place which is able to handle a high density of devices in a small space, for example in one classroom you may have 32 devices all connecting via a single access point, is your wireless system capable of this? A wireless system designed for home use is not good enough.
You need to have an enterprise level wireless system in place which is able to handle a high density of devices in a small space, for example in one classroom you may have 32 devices all connecting via a single access point, is your wireless system capable of this? A wireless system designed for home use is not good enough.
You need to have an enterprise level wireless system in place which is able to handle a high density of devices in a small space, for example in one classroom you may have 32 devices all connecting via a single access point, is your wireless system capable of this? A wireless system designed for home use is not good enough.