Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): Re: Iphones in EDU

Friday, June 25, 2010

Re: Iphones in EDU

As others said, it is the cost factor.

Lynn

Lynn Byank
Director of Technology
Bryn Mawr School
109 W. Melrose Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21210
410 323 8800 x1387

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Constantine, Norman
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:48 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU

Thanks for answering so quickly. I am very interested in why you DO NOT
include teachers and/or students in the smart phone network.

Norman

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Byank, Lynn
<ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:

> Norman,
>
> The school provides phones/Blackberries (now iPhone)for our
> administrators and some operations staff for communication and work.
> Faculty purchase, if they choose, their phones of choice. At this
point
> we are not using smart phones in the classroom.
>
> Lynn
>
> Lynn Byank
> Director of Technology
> Bryn Mawr School
> 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> Baltimore, MD 21210
> 410 323 8800 x1387
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Constantine, Norman
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:35 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU
>
> Lynn,
>
> Did you consider getting then for your teachers as well? If you did,
why
> did
> you decide not to get them for the teachers. Same questions for the
> students?
>
> Norman
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Byank, Lynn
> <ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:
>
> > I purchased and just received the new iPhone4 for our
administrators.
> > AT&T has a package for government/education. We were able to get a
> > pooled plan of minutes, unlimited data and unlimited messaging. We
> had
> > Blackberries previously. AT&T gave us a better package.
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> > Lynn Byank
> > Director of Technology
> > Bryn Mawr School
> > 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> > Baltimore, MD 21210
> > 410 323 8800 x1387
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A forum for independent school educators
> > [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Clum, Garry
> > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:03 PM
> > To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Iphones in EDU
> >
> > Does anyone use iphones in their institution? Do you get a rate
> discount
> > from ATT or Apple? Or do you just pay what everyone else pays?
> >
> > Garry Clum Jr
> > Network Manager
> >
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> Norman Constantine
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> Wakefield School
> The Plains, VA
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