e
Castilleja, we follow Harker's model of "Y'all come." Tablets are too
expensive and rare here to mandate for families. We do provide a netbook fo=
r
our financial aid students, but one of the key considerations of the model
is that parents should be able to buy an off-the-shelf computer and not be
required to install additional software for school use. (As soon as we
provide software that they are required to install, we would become
responsible for fixing their machines--I intend to avoid that morass.)
Student laptops are essentially outside of our network so we don't have
those security concerns although we do authenticate them on wireless.
Students print by uploading their files to our printing website. We have ru=
n
sessions on how parents can install parental controls, so the level of
control is up to the parent.
We also avoid the whole Mac/PC wars as students bring what they
wish--although I must say that trying to help a student troubleshoot a
computer that has a Korean OS can be a bit challenging.
--=20
Derrel Fincher
Director of Information and Communication Technology
Graded - The American School of S=C3=A3o Paulo
http://www.graded.br | (55 11) 3747-4800 x160
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Marty Hankins <
mhankins@theodysseyschool.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
> As we enter our third year of having tablets in our Middle School we have
> some questions about how other schools fund their tablet or laptop
> programs. If you don't mind, could you help us out by providing the
> answers to the following questions regarding laptop/tablet use and
> financing:
>
> 1- What grade do the students begin to use tablets/laptops?
>
> 2- Are the students allowed to take the tablets/laptops home? to use them
> throughout the day in various classes?
>
> 3-Do students keep the tablets/laptops at the end of x number of years?
> Do the students then buy a new one? Can they buy refurbished ones?
>
> 4- Are the tablets/laptops recycled?
>
> 5-Are the tablets/laptops provided through a technology fee? If so, wha=
t
> is the fee, who is required to pay the fee and what does the fee cover?
> Are the tablets/laptops bought outright by the school? Bought outright
> by the parents? What happens if students cannot afford to buy one?
>
> 6- Once purchased, what services does the school provide- imaging?
> re-imaging? software- if so, what kind? repair? replacement? liability
> insurance?
>
>
>
> Any other information would be appreciated. As you can see, we are
> particularly interested in how you finance your laptop or tablet program.
> We are currently funding the program through grants; the school is paying
> 100% of the cost of the program and the computers are owned by the school=
.
> We are interested in looking at other models. Since we are a K-8 school,
> we are primarily interested in Middle School one-to-one programs.
> marty
>
> Marty Hankins
> Director of Learning and Technology
> The Odyssey School
> Stevenson, MD
> 410-580-5551 x1014
>
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