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Bring Your Own Device
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Focus of the Presentation
 What
is BYOD?
 How could it benefit my school?
 What are the challenges?
 What technology
solutions are available?
 Next Steps
 Questions
 Sharing and Discussion
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What is BYOD?
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BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device
It is also referred to as BYOT or Bring Your Own Technology
The purpose is to allow students to bring their personal
devices into your school and use them for educational
purposes.
A device can include laptops, mobile phones, smart phones,
tablets, iPods, iPads, or any other mobile electronic device.
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How could it benefit my school?
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It is a possible solution to outdated computers, such as end
of life CFF equipment
Allows for a greater number of students to have access to
mobile devices
Cloud based applications provide access from anywhere –
extends the learning beyond the school day. Many are free.
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Office 365 25Gb’s , Google Apps
Increase student engagement
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It is not
necessarily
a way to
save money!
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Why Not?
BYOD requires added investment
in infrastructure in order to allow
personal devices to connect in a
safe way.
 There will always be students
who do not have the means to
buy their own devices. The
district needs to have a plan to
provide equitable access.
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What are the challenges?
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Students may use devices outside of classroom
Students may use devices inappropriately
Personal devices may bring viruses onto school network
Supporting multiple platforms
Supporting devices with outdated antivirus and OS
updates
No way to control 3G or 4G access on devices
Schools have a responsibility to filter content (CIPA).
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Applies to any device on school network.
Applies to any school owned device on or off the network.
Schools have a responsibility to protect data (FERPA)
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What are the solutions?
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Update policies and procedures
 Update to allow electronic devices on the network
 Policy should not allow use of wifi access (3G) and should indicate
penalties
Develop student guidelines
Develop a parent permission form that protects teacher and school from
lost/stolen equipment
Teachers need to monitor student use especially with regard to wifi access.
Implement a wireless network that supports BYOD inherently: Security &
Management (ie. Meraki Wireless, Cisco*, Aruba*). * additional components required
Implement a filtering device that can recognize any device that is on the
network (ie. Meraki, Lightspeed, Barracuda, SonicWall)
Implement Cloud Services to “wrap” solutions together - Stoneware
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Wireless Networking
Traditional WLAN Vendors:
Complexity + Hidden Costs
Meraki: Simply Works
Access Points
Complex Installation
Feature Licenses
Support and Maintenance
Per-site Controller Hardware
Dedicated Staff
- Plug and Play Installation
- All Inclusive Features
- Lifetime Warranty on AP’s
- No on-site Controller Hardware
- No Upgrades or Patches for Staff
Meraki is the first enterprise Wireless LAN that installs in 15 minutes
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Complete Wireless Control
User
fingerprints
Application
QoS
Client
location
Real-time
control
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Fully Integrated BYOD Solution
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School District Adoptions
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500+ School Districts have deployed Meraki in last 12 months
Majority have made multiple purchases
200+ NEW School Districts purchased in Q4 2011
Local School District Customers
PA: Upper Merion, Exeter, Purchase Line, Red Lion
NY: Ithaca, Clarence Central, Newfield Central, Dryden Central
CT: Bethel Public, Brookfield Public, Kingswood-Oxford, New Canaan
Country, Newtown
Notable School District Customers
Alvin School District: 17,000 students, 20 schools, 800 AP’s
Rainbow School District: 14,500 students, 48 schools, 200 AP’s
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Local Success – Upper Merion S.D.
HS: 1: 1 Program
MS: 9 x Mobile Carts
Elementary: 2 x Mobile Carts per building
Mark Erb, Director of Technology:
“Speed of deployment 200+ Meraki AP’s deployed in under
three days”
“Reduce Annual Maintenance Costs from Operating Budget”
“Improve efficiency of IT staff by delegating guest access”
“Value added features at no additional costs. Improve
mobile performance for teachers and students by shaping
recreational traffic”
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Lightspeed Systems 1:1 Initiative
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Provide regular, consistent interaction with
technology
Encourage learning after school hours
Provide consistent, fair access to technology for all
students
Allow students to utilize technology in a location/
time of their choice
Give students greater access to learning resources
Increase teacher‐student communication
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The Need for Mobile Filtering
To provide districts and students with
the protection they need for 1:1 initiatives
 The Guide Mobile Filter extends your policies
and protection
 Flexible filtering when computers are off the
network. Whether your mobile users are part
of a 1:1 initiative or staff bringing laptops on
and off the network
 Enforce your Acceptable Use Policies
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Lightspeed Systems – Big Campus
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About Lightspeed Systems
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Lightspeed Systems Inc., founded in 1999, develops
comprehensive network security and management
solutions for the education market.
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Our software is used in more than 2,000 school districts
in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to
protect more than 7 million students.
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For the past several years, Lightspeed Systems has been
recognized on the Inc. 5,000 list as one of the nation’s
fastest‐growing private companies
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Cloud Services 
Founded in 2000
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10,000 customers
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Over 5 million users
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Created the first web-based, IT delivery platform
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Problem:
There Unified
is a New
Reality
Solution:
Delivery
Applications, services, and resources are
dispersed across device, data center, and the
public cloud
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Unified Delivery
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of all application
and services
across
the Devices are
Public
cloud, Private
cloud, and
Local
public cloud, the private data center, and
managed independently
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the local devices (pads, notebooks,
smartphones, laptops, workstations, and
Growing
number of unmanaged devices (pads,
desktops)
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slates, etc.) are making it problematic for IT to
deliver services
and control
Unified
Management
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to provide a means for IT to manage all
IT resources
(public, private,
and
local)
, to
Difficult
environment
for the
end
user
(windows,
web,
and
hosted
web)
understand and navigate
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Unified Interface
Public Cloud
(SaaS)
Chaos
creates one common HTML5 web
desktop accessible anywhere from any
device
Private Cloud
Quote:
“Users
gain their
(data
center)
freedom from device and
location while IT regains
control”
Device
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Transformation is Underway
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Organizations across all sectors are positioning
themselves to benefit from a unified cloud computing
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Collapse corporate digital resources into the data center
Lower deployment and desktop support costs
Benefit from web scalability
Leverage existing licensing on the device
Strategy for incorporating tablets, slates, and pads
Support remote users
Moving toward an any device model
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BYOD, BYOT
Zero Client Footprint
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Next steps
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Identify educational goals
Review district policies
Needs to be a collaborative
effort involving technology,
curriculum, administration
Identify teacher leaders
Start with a small pilot
project
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Gail M. Kennedy
Director of Technology and Information Services
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit
1605 West Main Street
Norristown, PA 19403
610-755-9352
gkennedy@mciu.org