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This sort of thing happens all the time, all over the country, as schools begin to embrace new technologies and pedagogies. I'm not being critical of the Zeeland Public Schools specifically here. The district ran into problems with parents after the iPads had been deployed and received national attention when, in fact, parents should have been part of the process and fully cognizant of the implications of the iPad program long before the devices were purchased. He obviously went on in greater detail, but I don't think this counts as clear and open communication. The superintendent wrote in a recent newsletter to parents,Īs a superintendent of a school district implementing 1-to-1 technology for all children, I am often asked whether I think technology is good or bad for our culture and students. What this highlights more than anything, though (even more than the poor understanding of existing tools in the district's IT toolkit) is the need for clear communication among all stakeholders, especially students and parents.

#LIGHTSPEED WEB ACCESS PDF#

Lightspeed has some of the most robust filtering technologies on the market (to say nothing of their very cool MyBigCampus offerings) and even outlines how any device can be filtered using their hosted and appliance-based solutions very easily here (requires a PDF Reader). More significantly, Zeeland uses Lightspeed Systems for their on-campus filtering. Most CIPA-compliant systems can filter off-campus devices through a simply proxy setup which can be pushed to iPads through the MDM system mentioned above. The problem, however, is that Zeeland Public Schools claims to be unable to meaningfully filter Internet content on iPads while students are at home.

We are, however, able to do some basic settings from a central location. Apple currently does not provide any way for us to filter the Internet using the MDM server. A standard system for managing cell phones and iPads is something called MDM (Mobile Device Management). Specifically, the iPad was designed by Apple to be a computing device that embraces the reliability, good battery life, and ease-of-use of a cell phone. The first warning sign came in the form of a letter that Zeeland superintendent, Dr.

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