ATLIS 2017

At Chadwick School, we have a complicated relationship with 1:1 devices: 3rd-5th grade have iPads, 6th-8th have Mac laptops, and 9th-12th are BYOD. Why on earth would we make our lives so complicated? Because it makes sense to invest in the best tools for each user. How did we arrive at our decisions? Most recently, we took a hard look at the pros and cons of using iPads vs. using other devices in our Middle School. Through a formalized review process, we changed to a 1:1 Mac laptop program for the 2016-17 school year. This session will be led by a panel of Chadwick’s teachers, IT specialists, and the Senior Tech Integration Specialist.

Based on the experiences of app design teachers, this session will go over key tools available for app design instruction and best practices for the structure and course methodology. Additional topics addressed: implementing the design cycle, differentiating for student motivation, design focus vs. technical focus, entrepreneurial education and optional extensions for beyond the classroom. We will discuss mechanics, devices needed, cost, audience, complementary tools, best practices, pitfalls and recommendations. The second half of the session will be a workshop where attendees will prototype and build using AppShed.

This session brings together a Director of Technology who has lived in more than a dozen network environments with an experienced professional who has designed and upgraded hundreds of networks for schools and businesses. This session will teach you why you should split your network into functional segments to provide safety and security to teachers, students and guests, while improving network speeds and isolating functional areas from global failures. Topics covered: network segregation and security technologies.

As the number of devices on campus grows, more schools wonder if they need a mobile device management (MDM) software solution or if their current MDM can handle changing needs. In addition, many schools floundered this past summer trying to figure out Apple's new education system that launched only weeks before school started. Tech Departments want to know how to use and leverage this new tool, Apple School Manager. Together we explore the challenges and potential solutions to managing multiple devices. Panelists pay special attention to how Apple’s education deployment programs, including Apple School Manager, relate to MDM software. We then break into smaller groups for demonstrations of and discussions around Apple School Manager and several MDM: Cisco Meraki, JAMF/Casper Suite, and Mosyle, a newer player in the MDM marketplace.

Grab any device and experience how students, as young as kindergarten, use Seesaw to document their learning through photos independently, voice, video, and drawings. This session will be hands-on with this versatile digital portfolio platform. Get tips from initial download to daily use. See implementation ideas in all areas from early childhood to engineering, computational thinking and more! Explore how Seesaw works with other creation apps and makes organizing and sharing digital creations a breeze.