• All across Maine
• Apple supported
• Know what you want to do with your 1 to 1
• Don’t try to fit in what you are already doing
• Apple installed wireless networks
• Bandwidth was a problem – everyone wanted to be online at the same time
• Professional development is ongoing and never stops
• Teachers need upgrades just like computers need upgrades
• Important that you have a support team in-state (Apple set up a team in Maine for them)
• A device without support is useless
• Don’t log into a server – IT folks not happy
• Device needs to be:
  • generic yet personal
  • secure yet flexible
  • customized
  • stable base
• Machines need to be able to be moved when kids move schools/districts
• State-wide so all machines have the same programs
• Keep the same image for ALL the computers so that the help desk that the parents/kids can call knows the image
• All computers have a log in and out time stamp
• Teachers have iChat, but kids don’t have access
• Maine educators want to enable it, but there is a lot of resistance from the community
• Kids, teachers, and admins all have a different color background color
  • good for techs so they can walk around and see the backgrounds and know the log in rights of the user
  • good for users so they know if they are logged in correctly
• Digital Hub
  • access
  • productivity
  • creativity
  • communication
  • collaboration
• All students have email – can set it up for school only
• In contract that no student will be without a device for more than 24 hours
• All students can back up work to an off-site location
• Repair center in state
• In contract that the battery lasts a school day
• We need to help teachers move from one level to the next easily

Until next time ~ Danita