Deploying iPads in the Classroom : Planning Installing and Managing iPads in Schools and Colleges Master the skills and knowledge to plan and execute a deployment of iPads that will suit your school and your classroom. This book helps you evaluate your various options for deploying iPads from configuring the tablets manually through using Apple Configurator for imaging tablets to subscribing to the heavy duty Apple School Manager web service and then shows you how to put your chosen approach into practice. Step by step instructions and practical examples walk you through the key questions you need to answer to get the most from your IT investment and then show you how to turn your decisions into deeds. The iPad is a wonderful device for helping students to study more comfortably and learn more quickly. Apple’s popular tablet enables you to put in each student’s hands a full power computer that enables her to access resources both on the school’s network and on the Internet; communicate via email instant messaging and video chat; and create digital content that she can submit effortlessly to your online marking system. Students love using the iPad perhaps even more than teachers do! Chapter 1: Planning Your Classroom Deployment of iPad Chapter 2: Choosing iPads and Accessories Chapter 3: Essential iPad Skills for Administrators and Teachers Chapter 4: Managing iPads with Apple Configurator Chapter 5: Managing iPads with Apple School Manager Chapter 6: Managing iPads with Mobile Device Management Tools Chapter 7: Accessing Files Printers and Other Resources Chapter 8: Controlling a Lesson with Classroom for iPad Chapter 9: Troubleshooting iPad in the Classroom Appendix: iPad Information Resources for Teachers and Administrators