Student Roll out – Phase I - unpacking, assembly and naming

With all the boxes in the room I was ready to begin. I began to take off the first layer of packaging so that I could set up my workstation – I was amazed at the packaging that the Amazon neoprene cases came in – A large box, filled with boxes, each box containing a neoprene case. See below

 

The first step I took was to try and create a good assembly line for myself. Starting from the left I had the ipads in boxes, the cases, and chargers. On the right I had trash, the famous P-touch label maker and neoprene cases.

 

The assembly started and I timed it out at 3 minutes per unit. It went quite well and by the end of the day I had completed 50. The next step is to sync them all up.

Ipad Faculty Roll out Part 1

8-17-11

Lets take a look at the faculty side of the iPad rollout. It is late in the summer and most of the faculty whose students will be using iPads has had an iPad 1 to use since June when summer started. For the past month I have been working to decide

1.     Naming the various logins for the iPad deployment computer and setting up the iTunes accounts for each

2.     What apps their new iPad 2’s will have on them

3.     How to best get those apps onto the iPads

4.     How to pay for the apps

5.     The cases that they will use to hold the iPads AND chargers

6.     The stylus to be used

7.     Labeling conventions, restrictions on the iPads

8.     Philosophical issues

        a.    When do we start training the teachers and what exactly will the training be?

        b.    How does each download new apps

        c.     Can he/she sync with their computer?

        d.    Sharing the classroom use of the iPad

        e.    Sharing the apps that each teacher finds

We have tackled all of these and have now completed 1-6 and some of item 7. I created a spreadsheet to list and track the following

IPad deployment computer Logins                                   

Login, Password, Comments

NEW IPADS - SUMMER 2011                                   

Faculty name, IPad Name, Serial Number, Identifier            , Wi-Fi MAC Address, ITunes Account, Password, Case - tight            , Carry case, Synced with, Backup file password

DEPLOYMENT GUIDE - another spreadsheet to track the deployment

 

           

SYNCING

Having just completed the syncing portion I followed the order below – see also the CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VIDEO of the list below – not very exciting but it is an example of what I did to each.

1.     Label the iPad, place in case with charger and stylus

2.     Log into appropriate Mac account on the iPad deployment computer

3.     Plug in iPad

4.     Name iPad and deselect checkboxes to NOT sync all apps etc

5.     Update IOS if needed

6.     Check iTunes account currently logged into (this is somewhat important because it becomes the default account when someone makes their first purchase on the iPad)

7.     Go to the apps heading and select apps you would like to sync

8.     Click sync

9.     Go to the iPhone config utility and install on the iPad

10.  Copy all relevant information onto the tracking spreadsheet

11.  Unplug and test to see that there is wi-fi connectivity 

Picture below of final case and iPad put together

DETAILS OF THE CASES AND STYLUS

Item	detail	Link	Comments
Outer carry case	Amazon Basics	http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Netbook-Handle-10-Inch-Netbooks/dp/B002VPE1Q6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1313531682&sr=8-2	Amazon's neoprene - 11.29
Small case	Case Crown $25.21	http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004R7A9NU	Leather style case
Stylus	Roo Case	http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GYVPGE	$8.98 per stylus - rubber 1/2 sphere tip

 

App comment

8-16-11

After several iTunes and iPad OS updates I had to go back and correct the comments about the syncing and erasing of apps. I think that it can be best summed up by the following

1.     Each app carries the iTunes account that it was downloaded with.

2.     That iTunes account must be authorized on the computer that you are trying to sync with.

There are a few scenarios that can make use of the above but it sets us up to have one computer syncing all iPads but we will have different itunes accounts under different logins for each grade and a separate iTunes account for faculty.