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March 162016
March 162016
JamesKulla
ThepurposeofthemeetingwastoreviewandpossiblymakearecommendationontheiPads
intheMiddleSchool.
TheiPadsintheMiddleSchoolhavebeeninrotationforthepastthreeyearsandhaveseen
heavyuse.Manyofthecasesareinpoorconditionandthetabletsthemselvesareshowing
theirwearthroughuseandtheageoftheoperatingsystem.TheiPad2hasbeenonthe
marketsince2011andApplestoppedsellingthemin2014.TheiPad2continuestooperate
underApplescurrentoperatingsystem(iOS9),butmaynotbefullysupportedunderiOS10
(generallyreleasedinthefall).
TeachersthroughouttheDistrictarecurrentlyusingtheiPad4.
Thethought,frommembersofthecommitteebothpresentandabsent,wastolookatreplacing
theiPadsattheMiddleSchool.
ThisopensupthelargerconversationofwhattodowiththeteacheriPadsnotonlyatthe
MiddleSchool,butthroughouttheDistrict.NotonlyaretheiPad2susedinthemiddleschool,
buttheyarealsousedinotherprogramsandbuildingsthroughouttheDistrict.Whatwill/should
happenwiththeseiPads?ThehighschoolhastwocartsofiPadsusedbythescience
departmentaswellastheartdepartment.Somemembersofthehighschoolteachingstaff
continuetohaveiPads,DellVenues,andtheirlaptops.TheALCmidlevelstudentsandstaff
arealsousingiPad2s.