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We always try to reach the children educationally, however no one ever wants to educate the children from their youngest ages in proper age appropriate use of technology.  Ethics and the responsibility and the long term effects of addiction of use of the devices.  The temptation to do grownup things and search more pornographic photos and perhaps take pictures of themselves, and send them and the fallout of this behavior.  Device addiction is also something that needs to be taken seriously.  

Awesome to hear that you're focusing on education! The EDU world is where my career started, and also how I found Jamf. 😀

From my time working in IT in Higher Ed, and now as an educator myself - I find that many students in college now are in (what I've nicknamed) "The App Store Generation" - these students have grown with very easy-to-use apps, phones, tablets, computers, etc. When it comes to teaching them about managing file structure when working with creative applications like the Adobe Suite or ProTools, they seem to really get held up on some of the basics, since much of their personal data lives on the cloud and is always very accessible to them. I think that many students could benefit from some basic knowledge about how computers work, and best practices for being a power user - making sure that they back up their files regularly, understanding the basics of networking, etc. 

Best of luck at JNUC - I hope to catch your session!  

Great points here, @tdilossi. I agree. While many schools and institutions take the stance of "we'll just block everything we don't want our students to access" - that plan doesn't truly help the students understand why these things are bad. I think it sometimes becomes more tempting once students know there are things that they shouldn't have access to. Being a mature, responsible member of the internet community is just as important as being a mature, responsible member of their school or local community. And yes, Device addiction is a serious problem. Many ways to try to combat it, but best to start early. 

I'd like to hear how other districts who've been 1:1 with iPads for several years keep staff motivated to use the devices and "all-in" to support the program. Rolling out a 1:1 program is a huge initiative that requires support from all staff in order to succeed. We had that when we did our roll out, but in the years since, support has wained and it's become a "tech-department thing" supported by a few individuals instead of the whole district.  

This topic is more of a technical question and may not fit in this session, but it recently came up in our environment again and I’m interested in what solutions other districts have found.

How do 1:1 districts ensure all new students receive an iPad at there school on the first day? Do they rely on new student lists from schools (this can be daunting in large districts)? Is there a magic report they get from their student information system? I currently rely on four different reports from our SIS, but the “catch-all” report which looked at all active enrollments and compared them with a list from Jamf of all students with an iPad is now failing since our SIS moved to the cloud. The DB admin who created the report no longer works for the district so I’m stuck again with an incomplete list. This seems like an easy ask but over the years has proved daunting.

As most school do, we have a hard time convincing our teachers that they need to be observing students while they are on the devices. Apple Classroom helps IF the teacher uses it and the students don't circumvent it. The other method is 'eyes & ears' or 'feet and presence' to physically watch for misbehaviors. We run into all kinds of excuses about using Classroom (and Jamf Teacher) from teachers due to it not working all the time or one student device being difficult. 

This preamble leads to my questions, or request really. What ways have been successful in getting teachers to buy in and properly use to monitor students while implementing this new technology access? And I know it will never be 100% buy-in, but anything to tip those few on the fence to begin to use the available technology in their teaching.

Thanks,

Greg