<div dir="ltr">Hi Heath. Perhaps the eLearning thread would suit this topic.<div><br></div><div>Because of the iPad's dog-like devotion to its master, McKinnon SC techs had no success trying to set them up as multi-user devices, but rumour has it that Apple is planning an OS version that can be set up with multiple profiles for education and similar multi-user environments. But it is just a rumour.</div>
<div><div><br><div style>But be careful buying iPads with Rudd money... from memory you can buy them with left-over money, but they don't count towards your 1:1 ratio.</div><div style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
Cheers</div><div class="gmail_extra">Mark</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 February 2013 21:20, Matheson, Heath A <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Matheson.Heath.A@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">Matheson.Heath.A@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="">Had a look for a better mailing list to post this to but had no luck. Let me know if it should be elsewhere.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="">We are looking at purchasing a class set of ipads. Traditionally a single user device<i>, I’m wondering if anyone has any experience in using ipads as multi-user devices</i>?
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<p class="">My concerns are mainly around storage and HDD’s filling up with crap from all users. I envisage using the filebrowser app to access network files and drop box or google drive in the cloud for storage.
<i>Does anyone know if there a way to lock down or reduce the available space on the hard drive?<u></u><u></u></i></p>
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<p class="">Windows Surface should solve all networking and storage issues however they won’t have the same level of educational apps as apple for some time (or ever?)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="">We really try and keep things simple at school as we are given only a day a fortnight of technician time.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="">Open to all experiences and suggestions!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="">On a side note, with our Digital Revolution Rudd money we opted to purchase 3 class sets to be used at school rather than giving out notebooks to each student. This increased our computer student ration to beyond 1:1 (We only have 170
from 7-12). In addition we purchased 6 netbooks that are available for any student to borrow and take home as required from the library. We also offer BYOD but the class sets mean everyone in your class will have same software available. This has worked extremely
well so far and has avoided parents shelling out for devices on enrolment now the funding has dried up which would be a huge issue in our community.
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<p class="">I’ll take no response as “we are venturing into the unknown”.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="">Heath Matheson<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="">Mount Beauty Secondary College.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p></p><p><br></p></div></blockquote></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">--<div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div></div>
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