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====== Chromebook 1:1 Round table ======
  * [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQKtLiIhQWAfmh3MqXl_60tyCq8IsK5Z5VglqjvWltM/edit|Meeting Document]]

===== Deployment =====
  * Reseller can enterprise enroll the devices for an extra fee
  * There are ways to automate enterprise enrollment if it's being done in house (usb rubber ducky)
  * You can have the students come down during a homeroom/prep and enroll them via an open WAP.

===== Policy =====
  * What is acceptable use? 
  * Set acceptable use in your handbook - signed by student and parent
  * Set list of repairs and costs so parents and students are aware
  * Take them through a slideshow that details this is not your device, and some common problems/repairs
  * One district sends electronic invoice to parents and puts into student lunch account balance account through custom webapp.  
  * Habitual offenders in the 1:1, cannot take them home. They must be used in school only, but that is an administrative decision.
  * Insurance Policy? Cost? Self insured?
  * Who takes the responsibility for enforcing the “use policies?”


===== Take Home Policy =====
  * Good acceptable use policy
  * tiered repair policy that more and more expensive
  * get a good device and are durable
  * have a meeting explaining the use policy (give examples of actions that damage chromebooks)
  * have enough spare devices to have a hot swap
  * bill repairs to lunch account

===== Care and Training =====
  * How many have students assisting with the care and repair of the devices?
  * Does this model lend itself better for high school or k-8?
  * Brillion has a student intern assisting with repairs- We specifically pick devices based on their repairability
  * Pushpa has recruited 2 interns from local tech college who repair
  * Muskego has Tech Center as part of some tech/business curriculum at the HS, where all HS CB’s are fixed in house.  We have agreement with TRA (Milwaukee) for the ones the students cannot fix.
  * Moline (IL) implemented a student led helpdesk - 15 to 20 students that are taking a majority of the repairs.
  * How many 1:1 districts do their own repairs vs a maintenance contract?
  * Internal repair - 111111
  * Maintenance/warranty
  * Factory Warranty Only - 11
  * Additional Warranty - 
  * Kiel - We are taking advantage of 1 yr Dell factory warranty  in conjunction with TRA insurance on a four year plan more so for physical damage
  * Franklin - We repair very few now since we’ve just contracted with TRA for repairs. They pick up and deliver once per week.

===== Chromebooks Testing =====
  * Generally Pearson testing just works on managed chromebooks

===== MAJOR “GOTCHAS”? =====
  * Educational (staff use) software that won’t work on a CB?
  * Smartnotebook Express (Cloud version of Smart Notebook)  
  * SMART Notebook! Active Inspire (Promethean)
  * Not 100% but ive heard that the grading software for powerschool doesnt work (uses java)
  * Educational (student use) software that won’t work on a CB?
  * Anything that uses java
  * 

===== Taking away MS Office =====
  * It is posible to remove office in a school district
  * make sure you have extra support when you take away office
  * Some Districts are replacing Windows/Mac Staff computers with chromebooks

===== Screen Casting =====
  * [[https://www.iezvu.com/|EZCast]]
  * [[http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/features/win/|Reflector 2]]

===== EOL Chromebook =====
  * [[http://www.neverware.com/#introtext-3|Install ChromeOS on generic hardware]]
  * should be able to deprovision a chromebook to reclaim mgt license.

====== Google Apps Management Roundtable ======
[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rnGnVmVYN3NGIxihr8dK1F7idr1PO-iQ_Y2vs5VTOJU/edit|Meeting Document]]

===== Converting from Office google docs =====
  * gmath => math formula
  * lucid press for desktop publishing (MS Publisher) [[https://www.lucidpress.com/|link]]
  * use google drawings for using MS Publisher like documents

===== Word Document Citations =====
  * EasyBib [[http://www.easybib.com/|Link]]
  * [[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-scholar-button/ldipcbpaocekfooobnbcddclnhejkcpn?hl=en|Google Scholar]]

===== Management =====
  * [[https://www.classlink.com/|ClassLink]]
  * [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zQa_UDR3e0NRIS1glbOSUzCRp_LxKRBrcEkqmEDmUwo/edit?hl=en_US|Objectionable word list]]

===== Listservs =====
  * Use google calendar and remove 1 person to send to all people but one person

====== 1:1 Windows ======

===== Didn't Work =====
  * Microsoft direct access doesn't work for schools (Works better for Win8 and up)
  * Microsoft System center (sccm) - randomly doesn't work
  * Printing AD printers do not work (laptop do not receive published printer)
  * spinning disk hard drives have extremely high failure rate
  * Battery => battery failure rate at 2 yr rises significant increase 
  * Power Supplies => students wrap chargers too tightly.
  * Teachers => teachers not willing to come in for summer training.  Most teachers didn't see a value in 1:1 devices.  Teachers had issues with classroom management.  Was a primary issue at Lake Park-Audibon classroom management.


===== Worked =====
  * [[http://www.amazon.com/Brenthaven-Trek-Sleeve-quot-MacBook/dp/B00CK967YC|Brenthaven Trek Sleeve for 11]] 
  * Have uniform hardware.  Have ample supply of spare parts for student on hand.
  * Bandwidth => 200mb - 300mb was not enough (LPA is now is now at a Gig).  A gig will be consumed
  * 40G network closet backbone. 10G connection to servers, san, hypervisors
  * Wifi converge 1AP per classroom
  * classroom management software => netOps => used to project teachers screen on student laptops
  * screencast-o-mattic to record class lessons
  * don't back students laptops => needed admin support to not backup laptops
  * screenConnect => initially for remote support.
  * Schoolgy => learning management system, allowed teachers and everyone to determine what students had to do 
  * PDQ Deploy => $1000/year (software managment) [[http://www.adminarsenal.com/pdq-deploy/|Link]]
  * Network Management => just monitor your network. (LPA) is using MKNagios
  * LPA leased all student technology from CDI computers

====== Windows 10 Education Overview ======

===== End user features =====
  * start menu
  * multiple desktop task view (Win+Ctrl+D, Win+Ctrl+Rt)
  * snap assist (Win+Rt+up)
  * Right click start Menu (Win+X)
  * Quick access in File Explorer
  * Edge and IE11
  * Cortana (Win+S)
  * Print to PDF (system wide)

===== IT User Features =====
  * Action Center (right event pane)
  * Command Prompt copy and paste => (ctrl+v,ctrl+C) 
  * Provisioning for Packages 
  * Device Guard
  * Windows Store for Business
  * Enterprise Data Center

===== SKU =====
  * OEM: Home and Pro
  * VLA: Enterprise(Pro only) and Education (Home and Pro)

===== Serving and Updates =====
  * updates every 3 months
  * service branches: microsoft internal, insider preview program, current branch (general customer-8 months), current branch for business (8 months) 
  * 1 single cumulative update every month

===== Group policy =====
  * new group policy templates every four months


====== Rise Vision Raspberry PI ======
  * can link to google slideshow
  * on google slideshow use publish to web
  * [[https://www.risevision.com/Rise web site]]
  * [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b_mRxKJbfcHSZxi3eIhOomTLamyMiD-kHvu4N90_iLc/edit|Risevision on Rpi doc]]
  * [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IYRNriwo1Qpx0LyslceIZ5g8ysJ4yYiYrDzvB5fOzuc/pub|Session Notes]]
  * [[http://piplay.org/|PI Play]]

====== GAFE Tool belt Session ======
  * [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1V9iQSLa0yeXcDB1hlkBt5W3PK3ibXEa_wqkBXjK-MjQ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.g11be12ea3e_0_0|Session Pres]]
  * [[http://www.amplifiedit.com/chromebook-inventory/|Chrome Inventory Add on]]
  * [[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromebookinventory/iifofihmahmlokfnajjngehfnilmdmei?hl=en|Chromebook Inv addon]]
  * [[http://www.securly.com/|Securly Chromebook Web Filtering]]
  * [[http://www.neverware.com/|ChromeOS on Generic Hardware]]
  * Backup: [[https://www.backupify.com/|Backupify]], [[https://www.syscloud.com/|Sys Cloud]]
  * Single Signon: [[http://www.clearlogin.com/|Clearlogin]]
  * Training: [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14x5yTK-Vs8-Th-0gXuiH3BTUs5GbMfucxgaMQRI6chk/viewform|Synergyse Yr Free Form]], [[https://www.synergyse.com/|Web Site]]
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