managing large scale, learner-centered technology deployments throughout the world. Locally, Apple and the Maine Department of Education have successfully delivered a decade long project management effort in growing and sustaining the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI). Our management of the MLTI has included technological aspects, such as devices, wireless networks, software image, warranty and support, as well as the educational components of professional development and training. Apple has been a committed, capable and reliable partner with the MLTI. Over the past decade Apple’s dedicated project team has supported more than 350 buildings, over 12,000 teachers and over 250,000 students across Maine. Additional educational and technological accomplishments include: Supported the delivery of over 1,500 professional development events Supported over 65,500 professional development contact hours Had over 5,500 participants attend the annual student centered conferences Conducted over 800 on-site school visits Deployed over 150,000 iBooks/MacBooks to students and teachers Provided a custom image annually Installed, updated and maintained over 350 individual wireless networks with zero instances of significant network failure Provided over 2,800 consecutive days of
6.1.1. Maine Participating Users All students in participating middle schools (7th and 8th grade) will participate in the program. Additionally, all students in participating high schools (9th through 12th grade) will participate in the program. If a school elects to participate for other grade levels, all students in that grade level will participate in the program. Each teacher, librarian, school administrator, and technical coordinator in a participating 7-12 school will participate in this program. Personnel in these schools not covered by the State's funding may optionally participate if the local school elects to pay the per seat cost for those personnel. Apple has reviewed this information and confirms its understanding thereof. Per seat cost will vary depending on whether the school is purchasing the Teacher or Student solution. 6.1.2. Hawaii Participating Users All grade levels will be eligible to participate in the program. Schools not centrally funded for program by State's may, subject to state approval, optionally participate if the local school elects to pay the per seat cost for those personnel and students. Apple has reviewed this information and confirms its understanding thereof. Schools not centrally funded that elect to pay via their Weighted Student Funds can optionally participate at an agreed-upon per-seat cost, which may include a leasing option at the school level. 6.1.3 Vermont Participating Users All grade levels will be eligible to participate in the program. All students may optionally participate if the local school elects to pay the per seat cost for those personnel and students. Please refer to Apple’s response to RFP Section 5.1.3., titled “Additional Participating States.”
student, or teacher. This combination of the on-iPad Smart Case, inserted into the Brenthaven Trek Sleeve, gives maximum protection to the iPad. Smart Cover for Teacher Tablet Devices Each iPad mini will include an Apple Smart Cover. The Smart Cover magnetically aligns for a perfect fit. It wakes and sleeps the iPad mini on open and close. It is a handy stand for reading, typing, and watching video. Carrying case for Teacher Laptop and Tablet Devices The carrying case for Teacher Laptop Devices will be the Brenthaven Trek Sleeve, which will accommodate both the teacher’s MacBook Air and iPad mini. The Trek Sleeve will have a clear protective area that will allow schools to apply identification labels and/or markings to uniquely identify the carrying case as belonging to that school, student, or teacher. 6.5.5. Device Power The portable computing device will have a battery capacity that will allow the device to be used throughout a standard school day without being recharged. The battery will need to have the ability to be recharged by the student at home or elsewhere or through a type of multi-unit at the school, and will need to be able to be recharged overnight or sooner. The device shall also be able to be powered by a standard electrical plug. Student Device: iPad with Retina display 32GB (4th Generation) Battery Size: Built-in 42.5-watt-hour rechargeable lithium- polymer battery. Battery Life: Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music. Battery Lifespan: A properly maintained iPad battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 1000 full charge and discharge cycles. Charging options: Charging via included power adapter or USB to computer system.
6.6. Software and Function RFP Requirement Apple Response 6.6.1. Applications The MLTI has adopted and promoted two models to guide teacher practice and the integration of technology into instruction and learning. These models are Technological, Pedagogical, Content Knowledge (TPCK) by Drs. Punya Mischra and Matthew Koehler () and Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition (SAMR) by Dr. Ruben Puentedura ( and ). Bidders must describe the tools and functionalities included in the solution and their anticipated use in light of these models. The solution must, at a minimum, provide the students and teachers with software to facilitate the following functions to support educational needs: The introduction of a truly mobile device into the MLTI ecosystem through iPad ignites real opportunities for transformation and progress into SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) and TPCK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge). The mobility of iPad frees the learner and teacher from their chair, bench or other workspace and allows them to more fully engage in their learning. iPad allows students to finally cut all of their cords and move into a truly dynamic, engaged and adaptive learning environment. A fully functional, completely mobile, solid-state device that does not need to be tethered to power cords or the Internet opens up new opportunities to leverage richer and more engaged student learning opportunities through redefining the learning ecosystem. Both the SAMR and TPCK models are well known to Apple. They have been integrated into Apple’s work in Maine as well as across the country and around the world. Apple solutions integrate fully with both models, allowing teachers and students to make powerful use of our solutions across multiple levels of the models. The symbiotic nature of student iOS devices and teacher MacBook Airs facilitates dynamic adoption of both SAMR and TPCK. SAMR – Technology… Substitution – …acts as a direct tool
solution that will support the teaching of and the learning of the outcomes described by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts including the 4 component sections: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language. Bidders should pay particular attention how the solution provides tools and functionality to support text complexity, informational text, and text types as described in the CCSS for ELA. classroom where students are actively working to become effective readers of informational texts, with the ability to clearly understand complex text, identify central ideas and significant details, determine authors' point of view or purpose, and analyze how two or more authors shape their presentations through highlighting or minimizing certain evidence or its interpretations. Through professional development the teacher has become skilled in applying both the TPCK and SAMR models to classroom practice, constantly aware that all learners move at different paces and learn in different ways. By keeping the focus on individual student mastery of skills and competencies any pressure for all to move at an unrealistically uniform pace has been removed, and the teacher has found that students are more engaged in their own learning, and more willing to self-monitor their achievement and individual needs for next steps. Working in collaboration with the life science teacher a content focus on genetic testing has been determined. The driving questions will be what is genetic testing, why might it be put to use, when is it the right thing to do, and who might consider having genetic testing done? With the driving questions determined the teachers set about using iTunes U and Safari on their MacBook Airs to identify text and video content from iTunes U courses and collections that students will engage with as they engage with those complex questions, as well as web based resources and video that has been created during classroom visits by local content experts. By selecting both text
To learn more about Challenge Based Learning, please visit: 6.6.3.1.2. Career and Technical Education The Career and Technical Education (CTE) centers provide over 60 programs of study, many of which require specialized equipment and tools that are beyond the scope of this RFP. Bidders must describe how its solution will support effective teaching and learning in the CTE centers in Maine in general. If specific functions and tools included in the solution have specific application for a program of study offered in Maine CTE centers, the Bidder should describe those specific uses within the context of that program of study. Communication and collaboration are key components of each industry for which Maine’s CTE programs prepare their students. Every Apple device comes loaded with tools that will allow every student to enter their chosen field ready to use these skills. These tools, as mentioned in Sections 6.6.1.9 and 6.6.3.1.1, include Mail, Calendar, Messages, FaceTime, and Reminders. In addition, the following tools can be used to support success in CTE programs. Pages A streamlined word processor with layout tools, Pages allows students to choose from hundreds of templates to create professional-looking newsletters, brochures and flyers that can be of real use in any CTE program. Teachers and students can use Pages to create all sorts of documents that combine text with supporting images, videos, graphs, charts, and more. Pages will open Word files created in Microsoft’s .doc or .docx format, and can save files into these formats as well Explain Everything (iOS only, not made by Apple) With Explain Everything a CTE student can fully annotate (with text and other markups as well as a voiceover) still images of their work, describing in detail how they accomplished the work shown. Exported as a video file, this content becomes strong evidence of capability not only of the job
Teacher Laptop Device: 13-inch MacBook Air The networking technologies in OS X are based on industry standards. Examples of these technologies include but are not limited to: IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/SFTP, SSH, NFS, AFP, and SMB. In addition to built-in Bluetooth 4.0 support for wireless device connectivity, MacBook Air includes built-in USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports for connecting to digital cameras, printers, scanners, external storage, and many other compatible devices. 6.6.5. Distance and Online Learning The portable computing device must be able support common learning management systems (i.e. Moodle, Blackboard, Studywiz, etc.) to facilitate distance and online learning. In addition, the portable computing device must be compatible with common online content providers (i.e. oercommons.org, cnx.org, khanacademy.org, ck12.org, iTunes U, etc.). Apple’s solution is compatible with common open source and proprietary distance and online learning systems both through Apple’s Safari browser and dedicated apps running on iOS. iTunes U gives educators an easy and free way, through iTunes Course Manager, to design complete courses embedded with audio, video, documents, books, applications and other content with distribution through the iTunes U app. 6.6.6. Student Information Systems The portable computing device must be compatible with common student information systems in use in schools and states. Apple’s proposed solution complies with this requirement. 6.6.6.1. Maine Student Information Systems (SIS) The Maine Department of Education utilizes Infinite Campus State Edition for management reporting purposes. In addition, Maine schools primarily utilize Infinite Campus and PowerSchool Apple’s proposed solution complies with this requirement as follows: Infinite Campus The Infinite Campus mobile portal is available as an app for iOS/iPad:
6.8.1. Maine K-6 Schools Maine schools serving grades K-6 are increasingly deploying 1:1 computing programs similar to the MLTI 7-12 program. Historically, the Department has extended the opportunity to purchase the MLTI solution to K-6 schools, at their expense, but through the Department’s Agreement (see Section 5 Participation by Schools). The Department is interested in continuing this opportunity for Maine’s K-6 schools and also recognizes that other States that may participate in this program are seeking to support these grade-levels. Additionally, the Department recognizes that the device, tools and functionality described in Sections 6.5 and 6.6 may or may not be applicable to younger students. The Department wishes to make available to K-6 schools a solution that mimics the solution as described in this RFP for grades 7-12 in as many places as possible but that may vary to take into account developmental differences and be more Ideally, aspects of the solution that are systemic and not specific to the individual student or teacher would be identical or nearly identical such as Section 7 through Section 12. Bidders should recognize that many Maine schools are K-8 or even K-12. Therefore, differences in service levels or service protocols may cause confusion. Bidders must describe how Apple will extend the opportunity to purchase the MLTI solution to K-6 schools, at their expense, through the Department's Agreement. Apple’s solution will be similar in most respects, with possible variations in apps, software titles, and professional development offerings. Apple reserves the right to alter pricing if there are any material changes to the solution. To qualify for this pricing, a complete grade of students and teachers in a building must participate. Also required is that a school needs to “opt-in” by the same deadline the DOE will establish for the middle schools. The cost per seat located in the proposal is based on a fixed student to teacher ratio and will fluctuate if the opt-in schools ratio differs. Should schools wish to utilize the solution proposed in this response after the opt-in period, we will work with these schools to customize a solution that continues to include as many of the proposed services herein and provide pricing. Schools must purchase Apple’s device solution to be eligible to purchase the proposed wireless network solution. See Cost Proposal Form, Table 3 – School Wireless Network Costs for pricing and specific eligibility requirements. appropriate.
certifications, and the Department believes that a deeper integration of the MLTI solution into these institutions will better serve in-service teachers as well. The Department recognizes that there are significant differences in how higher education institutions provide infrastructure and support, and how higher education students typically procure personal computing devices. Bidders must describe its plan to allow higher education institution teacher preparation programs in Maine to participate in the MLTI and provide devices and necessary services to the institution and pre-service teachers. Bidders must identify which aspects, if any, of its solution would not be available to Maine higher education institutions and pre-service teacher candidates. In addition, Bidders must propose how it intends to structure any financial arrangements including potential leases, invoicing, etc. methodology opportunities and approaches to the instruction of new teachers. Apple proposes to engage in a collaborative discussion to develop an approach that builds capacity within all colleges that seek to develop an instructional capability that more closely aligns to all of Maine’s middle schools and most high schools. In terms of availability of pricing, if a college of education should choose to participate fully (all College of Education students and professors) in the MLTI under the same structure offered to the Maine Department of Education, Apple will provide a largely similar purchasing opportunity available to that college of education. While we recognize that each college presents individual complexities, the most seamless model would be for the colleges of education to drive their purchases through the Maine Department using the same "opt-in" deadlines established by the Maine DOE. For students in colleges that do not seek to participate in the MLTI, Apple education pricing is a great way for college students, parents buying for a college student, faculty, homeschool teachers and staff at all grade levels to purchase Macs, iPads, and Apple software, and select accessories at special prices. Students who have been accepted to college are also eligible. Apple has developed and maintains an online store specifically for the parents of Maine public and home school students. The parents
7.1. Building Readiness RFP Requirement Apple Response Each local school unit that opts to participate in this program shall be responsible to ensure minimum building readiness for the installation of the bid solution. The local school unit shall address structural issues, construction/renovation, abatement, and electrical wiring needs, based on specifications supplied by the Provider. The bid solution should be designed to minimize necessary costs of building preparation. Apple will work with the Department of Education to provide guidelines to schools for the minimum building readiness specifications. As with the previous MLTI installations, schools will be asked to provide building data. Apple will then work with the schools to facilitate installations that minimize financial and operational impact. Priority on network installations will be given to those schools that complete the readiness certification quickly and do not have abatement issues or other health hazards. 7.1.1. Maine — Existing MLTI Wireless Networks Existing MLTI network devices (wireless access points, switches, controllers), and infrastructure (cabling, patch panels) may be utilized by the Provider’s solution at the Provider’s choice. If a Provider's solution includes existing MLTI network devices or infrastructure, the Provider must agree to provide full warranty/performance coverage as it would with newly installed devices or infrastructure. The in-school infrastructure shall be accessible wirelessly and remotely. For more information about the existing MLTI wireless infrastructure, please see Appendix E, State Profiles – Maine. Apple will support and warranty the schools' existing MLTI wireless infrastructure, provided the school opts into this new program during the opt-in period. During the period of time between the opt-in and the new network's installation being complete, Apple will be supporting the existing wireless network infrastructure. Once the new network is installed, Apple will support and warranty any of the existing wireless infrastructure (cabling, patch panels, for example) that may have been reused during the installation of the new network, for the duration of the contract. 7.1.2. Hawaii — Existing Wireless Networks Hawaii has a separate plan for wireless networks and does not anticipate requiring any services for this. Deployment of devices will be Apple has reviewed this information and confirms its understanding thereof.
well as list common unsupported printing protocols, recognizing that schools tend to leverage technologies for longer timeframes than is commonly found in many other industries. All iOS built-in apps that support printing use AirPrint. Apps on the App Store that use the iOS printing system also use AirPrint. Teachers can print to both AirPrint compatible and non-AirPrint printers from their Mac. Students can send documents for the teacher to print as a means to approve the need to print and conserve resources. In addition, there are third party solutions to allow iOS printing to non-AirPrint printers such as the PrintCentral app in the App Store. Teacher Laptop Device: 13-inch MacBook Air MacBook Air is capable of printing network printing via AirPrint, Bonjour, Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), Line Printer Daemon (LPD), and HP Jetdirect (Socket), Windows printer sharing protocol (CIFS) is supported. Printing via USB, Bluetooth, and FireWire is also supported. 7.3. Remote Network Access RFP Requirement Apple Response 7.3.1. Portability The Provider’s portable computing device must enable students and teachers to access the Internet from their homes or other locations. The Provider’s solution must also be accessible from remote locations, using the personal computing device, via other ISPs — for example, for a student to access the Provider’s solution through the family’s ISP account. Bidders must describe what methods are supported by the Student and Teacher Tablet Devices: iPad and iPad mini iPad will allow students to access the Internet via built-in Wi-Fi. iPad’s Wi-Fi chipset enables the device to access all current standards of Wi-Fi: 802.11n (both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), 802.11g, 802.11a, and 802.11b. Optional accessories (not included in proposal pricing) can provide access to the Internet via cellular Mi-Fis and Bluetooth. Teacher Laptop Device: 13-inch MacBook Air
RFP Requirement Apple Response The Provider will ensure, at a minimum, that all functions of its classroom solution are reliable and available to the schools during the Period of Prime Usage. This period is 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM, local time (i.e. Maine local time for Maine or Hawaii local time for Hawaii), Monday-Friday, excluding holidays. During this period, the required uptime is as follows: Apple’s proposed solution complies with this requirement. Spares Inventory Apple will furnish schools with spare portable computing devices, hereafter referred to as the Spares Inventory, as well as a support plan for school or district staff to manage the Spares Inventory. The spares will be available to meet the uptime goals and also to conform to the other requirements of the RFP. We will provide a spares inventory equal to 2% of the total in-use devices, or at least 1 per building. Upon award, Apple will work with the State of Maine to refine a plan for managing the Spares Inventory. This plan will be based on our experience from the last ten years. It will include coordination with local schools to maintain an adequate inventory of spares for the specific purpose of achieving the next day return-to-service requirement of this response. It is this Spares Inventory that will provide support to the assurance that no student is without a system for more than a school day. Management and auditing of this process by the local schools is critical to achieving the bid requirements. Period of Prime Usage Uptime Percentage 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, local time, Monday-Friday, excluding state holidays 99% 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM Monday-Friday, excluding state holidays 95% No scheduled downtime will be allowed for the instructional technology infrastructure except (1) for scheduled preventative maintenance, or (2) with the approval of the local school coordinator for issues affecting only the local school, or (3) with the approval of the Department Agreement Administrator for system-wide outages. This infrastructure includes the wireless LAN, servers, remote access and any other vendor-installed equipment. 8.2. Device Reliability RFP Requirement Apple Response The solution will provide device reliability and a service level that ensures no student is The combination of Apple’s Warranty, the AppleCare Protection Plan, spares pool, buffer
Reports should be downloadable, and when appropriate, available in common tabular formats for reuse of the data. At the minimum, the system must include reports of asset inventory by type (user device, network assets, etc.), contact information, asset transfers, and replacement devices. Reports must only include data viewable to the authorization level of the user, and reports must be able to be produced against a site, district, or the entire state inventory. The intent of providing reporting to both site, districts, and the Department are to facilitate better management of the inventory of assets including trend analysis related to topics like transfers, replacements, or repairs. The Provider should describe other functionality included in the asset management system that will facilitate successful management of the project at both a Department and site level. ensuring security of the asset details and system information. Reports will be available through the asset management system for all authorized accounts. School level, district level and statewide level reporting will help facilitate better management of inventory at each level throughout the program. Reports will include, at a minimum, asset inventory, transfers and replacements. Reports can be produced against school, district or state inventory in .csv format, exportable to many common spreadsheet and database applications. 10. Professional Development, Curriculum Integration, and Consultation RFP Requirement Apple Response The Department believes that professional Background of Apple Professional
PD Days 1 day each The Bidder must separately and specifically address its first year program that will make available sufficient teacher professional development prior to the start of school year 2013-2014 to support the introduction of the Provider’s solution. Training times and opportunities should be convenient to the participating personnel, and school personnel should have multiple options to signup for opportunities. Apple Professional Development will work with the appropriate Maine Department of Education personnel to ensure the professional development delivered prior to the start of the 2013-2014 school year is convenient to those parties involved, in the times and days chosen, as well as the locations used for delivery. Apple will begin utilizing multiple modes of delivery for professional development at the outset of the project. The 2-day Curriculum Jump Start events for teacher sessions will be offered as face-to-face sessions and the content will also be offered in an online format via iTunes U. By allowing teachers to customize their learning to their own schedule and preferences, more teachers will be learning in the way that fits them best, modeling the opportunities the Department of Education wants to see made available to all students impacted by the RFP. In the summer of 2013 there will be a total of 21 two-day face-to-face jump start for teachers sessions offered regionally across the state. Each two-day session will have 100 seats, for a total of 2100 places. Of these sessions, 18 will be regionally distributed with three being distributed as needed, responding to regions with the strongest demand for sessions. The online jump start, which will be offered through iTunes U, will have unlimited availability and will support anytime, anywhere learning on the part of participants.
Removable Media Two USB 3.0 ports; one Thunderbolt Port; one SD card slot N/A N/A Audio Subsystem Chipset Manufacturer Not Specified Model Not Specified Audio in Type(s) Omnidirectional microphone; support for optional USB microphones; support for headset with remote and microphone via 1/8” stereo headphone minijack; Bluetooth Audio out Type(s) Built-in stereo speakers; 1/8” Stereo Headphone minijack; Bluetooth Video Subsystem Chipset Manufacturer Intel Model HD Graphics 4000 VRAM Capacity 384MB Shared DDR3L Ext Output Type Native Mini DisplayPort Output Monitor Display Display Size 13.3 inch (Diagonal) Characteristics LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors Resolution 1440 x 900 (native) 1280x800, 1152x820 and 1024x640 (16:10 ratios) 1024x768 and 800x600 (4:3 ratios) Input Keyboard Type Integrated Size Full-size; 78 keys Pointing Device (check all that apply) Touchpad Accutrack Roller Ball External Mouse Optional (USB or Bluetooth) Other Explain Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control;