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Richard Graham replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion 1:1 iPad Program - does your school have one?

"We are just beginning to look at iPads in our CDC (Special needs) classroom. How is it working in your school? Do you have any apps that help the teacher with the mountain of paperwork rewuired for psecial needs…"

Nov 14, 2011

Tina replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion iCloud

"Although we are not syncing to the cloud, we did create the me.com account for faculty for them to use to sync notes. We turned it completely off of the student devices. In lieu of the iCloud, we are simply having our schools to tether the device…"

Oct 29, 2011

Jim replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion iCloud

"The other consideration for us in addition to the above 13 condition is that icloud also includes an unfulfillable .me email account."

Oct 29, 2011

Barry Kallmeyer replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion iCloud

"We are using iPads in a 1:1 setup in our Middle School. There is a minimum age limit (13) for signing up for iCloud. We met with our local Apple rep yesterday, and they know this is an issue. They say they are working on a solution."

Oct 27, 2011

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Oct 27, 2011

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Oct 27, 2011

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Oct 27, 2011

Sandy Munnell replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion iCloud

"ICloud is not a solution for schools with large deployments. According to Apple, you can only sync 10 iPads to one iTunes account for iCloud services. There are, however, some management tools, Mobile Device Management (MDM) available, albeit…"

Oct 27, 2011

Tina replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion iCloud

"We have deployed about 300 iPads to date. After careful consideration, we are not recommending the iCloud due to storage space. Most of our iPads are 16GB but apple only gives you 5 GB of free storage space."

Oct 27, 2011

Michele Velthuizen posted a discussion

iCloud

Has anyone started using iCloud with their iPads in school? Please let us know whether there were any glitches, problems, etc.

Oct 19, 2011

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matt.rea replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion 1:1 iPad Program - does your school have one?

"Hello all. I was wondering if anyone on this thread had an idea or sense of the following: What is the proportion (roughly) of iPads being used as shared devices (e.g., school purchased and stay within the school) vs. 1:1 adoptions where students…"

Aug 31, 2011

Kristi Meeuwse replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion 1:1 iPad Program - does your school have one?

"In January, our elementary school began using 1:1 iPads in 3 classes as part of a district pilot. A kindergarten class, a first grade class and a third grade class. We have had so much success we are going school wide next year."

Apr 28, 2011

Charles Randolph replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion 1:1 iPad Program - does your school have one?

"Beyond Textbooks Pilot Program in Arlington, VA Virginia Letter about iPads in Schools http://www.education.virginia.gov/News/viewRelease.cfm?id=404 Testing Early Jamestown app for pilot (mainly). 4th Grade 1 to 1 iPad ratio."

Apr 25, 2011

Melissa Scott replied to Michele Velthuizen's discussion 1:1 iPad Program - does your school have one?

"We will have a 1:1 iPad program in our lower school next year. This will include JK thru 4th grade. Approximately 400 iPads."

Apr 10, 2011