New Technology Provision - BSF

10 Gigabit CISCO network backbone, with 1 Gigabit connection at the desktop

80 Meru Wifi access points covering main building and Sports Hall – capacity to run HD video on 33 devices concurrently.

Security – passive monitoring using “Policy Central”, and active monitoring with “Impero”

Network

Wifi permeates 10-15m around building, and one additional directional external wifi access point covering assembly point

Wifi Coverage

AssemblyPoint

The classroom•Interactive Projector on gloss-wall

•Apple TV (or equivalent) to stream media content directly from network, or to project wirelessly to teacher/student devices

•Either:• “Fat Client” laptop + docking station.• Transformer-style tablet• iPad 3• Windows Surface

10” tablet with detachable keyboard

Fantastic battery life

Tablet portability with the reassurance and familiarity of a keyboard when necessary

Staff Device - Asus Transformer?

Instant familiarity with iPhone users

Airplay + Apple TV

Northgate already experienced with managing these devices

Staff Device – iPad 3?

Staff Device - Windows Surface? Tablet portability

with local versions of MS Office Apps

Metro desktop would sync across devices & Windows 8 PCs

Soft Keyboard/cover

Full laptop functionality within school and at home

Clicks easily into docking station, which then connects it to power, projector, network

Staff Device - “Fat client” laptop?

Projects directly onto glossed wall

Use normal whiteboard pens or interactive pen

(Maths may stick with Promethean IWB)

Some rooms to have 2 projectors.

Interactive Projector

Apple TV + Airplay

Apple TV in action - Room S2 appletv3.mp4

Thin Client desktop units

Running updated version of CITRIX

Latest version now runs Windows 7, with better flash/video support

Full MS Office suite and other software

Office / Admin Devices

iMac desktop PCs

High spec devices with industry standard graphics and multimedia software

Can boot into iOS or windows environment

Media, Music, Graphics, ADT, LRC

2 x iMac labs

2 x thin client VDI Desktops

ICT Labs

60 Legacy laptops running as thin client◦ Quick to boot – in a matter of seconds◦ Standard setup across the college

30 Apple iPad Minis(or similar device)

Learning Hubs

Cloud-based Storage and Apps◦ Who owns the data/storage space? Mirrored?

Need to think about security of devices such as ipads.◦ Can these be alarmed – how much?

Moving our existing data over to new servers.◦ Do we still need it all?

Progresso vs SIMS

Monitoring Software for Devices - Will Impero work?

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)◦ Trials starting 2013, implementation 2014.

Things to still to think about