Organisation

=Organisation: =

How you will organise purchasing applications (apps), music and video? If your school does not have a credit card, purchase gift cards for the teachers involved.

How you will organise charging and syncing your iPods/iPads? Do sync all iPods/iPads to one computer. You'll really be doing yourself a favour by syncing with one computer. You can add media to one computer's iTunes Library and know that it will sync with all iPods/iPads. If you must use more than one computer for syncing, always sync the same group of iPods to the same computers. This will probably involve color-coding the iPods and computers. The one computer you sync with can be Windows or Macintosh. Some people report that Windows computers freeze when syncing more than a few iPods at once. Macs appear to work better at syncing multiple iPods/iPads simultaneously.

The first time you sync an iPod you are prompted to give it a name in iTunes. Start the name with a number so iPods/iPads are listed in order under the Devices list. Include a zero in front of number 1-9 so the computers sure to list them correctly. You can always change an iPod's name anytime using iTunes.

Give teachers involved time to search for apps and have a play. Enable restrictions on your iPods/iPads, so that explicit and age-inappropriate material cannot be downloaded or accessed.

Keep parents informed and involve them from the start.

Focus on one area of learning. You can spend hours on iTunes looking for apps across all subject areas!

Have a clear goal of what you want to achieve. This will guide the focus for learning and teaching.

Don't underestimate children's skills. The iPod/iPad touch is pretty intuitive and children have a habit of picking things up quite quickly.

In the last few months Apple have changed their condition on Apps downloads for mobile devices:

APPS IN GENERAL

The iTunes app terms and conditions permit download and use by

• by a single teacher on one or more devices that are used by that teacher (one user)but which are owned or controlled by the school (e.g. on the teacher's Mac laptop and iPad/iPod if those devices are provided by the school);


 * Not allowable**
 * • A single app downloaded onto multiple devices and used by multiple students (unless in the user agreement).**

Remember

• Read the app user agreement (some allow for multiple use for educational institutions)

• Each should comply with the user agreement and license for the app.