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BYOD Bring Your Own Device

BYOD Bring Your Own Device. November 15, 2012 Ken Gibson IT Administrator - Twin Valley School District Email: kgibson@tvsd.org. Twin Valley School District. 5 School Buildings High School – Grades 9 Through 12 Middle School – Grades 5 Through 8 3 Elementary Centers – Grades K Through 4

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BYOD Bring Your Own Device

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  1. BYODBring Your Own Device November 15, 2012 Ken Gibson IT Administrator - Twin Valley School District Email: kgibson@tvsd.org

  2. Twin Valley School District • 5 School Buildings • High School – Grades 9 Through 12 • Middle School – Grades 5 Through 8 • 3 Elementary Centers – Grades K Through 4 • Student Population: 3400 • Technology in classrooms very few labs • 5-8 per classroom • Several laptop carts per building • 2100 Current machines Desk/Lap – PC/Mac • Implementing desktop virtualization for replacement plan

  3. Twin Valley BYOD Program • Officially in our 3rd year • Students always able to bring in stand alone devices for approved educational purposes • Students are allowed to have cell phones in school • BYOD currently involves grades 7 through 12 • Acceptable Use Policy adjusted to accommodate program • Release the school district from potential property loss or damage • The network is still district owned • Teacher still has authority to say no in the classroom • Permission signed by parents prior to approval • We want to know that the parent knows there is a device onsite

  4. Twin Valley BYOD Program • Students are responsible for their devices. • Type of acceptable devices • It can authenticate… Intranet, Content Filter, etc. • We need to be able to report on Internet content • Some devices pose an issue • Smartphones same criteria unless they use their own network • Reporting not needed • Students sign up online through the district intranet • Allows for data collection • We do not provide support for personal devices beyond connection.

  5. Twin Valley BYOD Program • Wireless Infrastructure • Cisco Wireless Control System District Wide (200 AP’s) • Several VLANs: Student-Guest, E-reader, Standard-Guest • Different content filter policies apply • MAC Address security • Requires authentication • NEW… TV-Public • No MAC Address needed • User only needs a directory account to pass through the content filter • Ease management issues in the program

  6. Twin Valley BYOD LESSONS LEARNED • Be prepared to communicate with stakeholders • School Board, Parents, Students, Teachers • The “savings” question • You will not see major dollars saved in short term • You will gain: Instructional time, user engagement • Web services.. Cloud, Intranets, etc. • Faculty Development • Create confidence in them by helping them understand that they will not have to fix computers • The mission is not a budget savings scheme, but laying the groundwork for the inevitable evolution of technology use in the school system

  7. Thank You

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