One-to-One iPad

Eric Castro
@eecastro
St Ignatius College Prep
San Francisco
School description
Laptop discussion
iPad proposal
School description
Laptop discussion
iPad proposal
1855 Founded
15,760 Tuition
724 boys
724 girls
112 faculty
68 staff
11 Jesuits
11 acres of land
Moodle website
Last week, closed $40 million campaign
after 5 years
School description
Laptop discussion
iPad proposal
School description
Laptop discussion
iPad proposal
 2006 Technology Plan

e xp e c t e d t ha t t h e 2 0 0 9
“it is currently le m e n t at ion
r t h e im p
Technology Plan will call fo r a m ”
u d e n t la pt o p p ro g
of a one-to-one st
 Surveys of parents and students
around available technology at home,
2007, 2009, and 2010.
 Only 19% of had a
computer
(a) was new enough
to do what we’d ask,
and
(b) that they could
bring to school.

2007
One-to-one programs facilitate
• constructivist learning,
• achievement of 21st century skills,
• organization efficiency,
• equity and the closing of the “digital
divide”, and
• marketing of the school to an increasingly
selective and informed audience.
2007, visitations to
laptop schools

20 faculty 5 schools

3 areas of focus
Student Laptop
Program
Recommendation
We must prepare our students for the world
they will inhabit, where computer literacy is
not optional. It falls to us to teach our
students, regardless of family economics, to
use technology effectively and ethically. This
technological literacy is learned best when
students are engaged in authentic learning
and assessment on a computer that they can
access anytime and anywhere.
Assuming $2500 tablet...
 Start-up Costs
Start-up Estimate $1.03-1.13m
Technology:
Data Center Upgrade $0 (already done)

Additional network cabling upgrades $100k

New network hardware (above current plan) $500k

New servers (above current plan) $100k

Network architecture and implementation
$250k/$150k
services*
Additional support staff $77k

Ed Tech & Faculty professional development $100k

 On-going Costs
On-going Operational Costs $321k

Technology
Increased infrastructure maintenance $125k
Support staff salary x2 (w/ benes @22%) $140k
Educational Technologist salary (w/benes) $100k
Avoided Costs
Support of 113 desktop computers’ ($44k)

Annual cost per student ($321k/1425) $225

 Financial Aid Requirement

Option 1 SI pays 100% for aid $182k/ year

students

Option 2 SI pays 40% for aid $73k/ year

students
 b l e d :
a
T itely
d ef in
in
19 reasons why a tablet
 March, 2009
Hardware needs survey
School description
Laptop discussion
iPad proposal
School description
Laptop discussion
iPad proposal
Printing?
Camera?
File storage?
Printing?
Camera?
File storage?
Proposal to Regents
Response from Regents
• Is there research that iPads increase
student learning?

• Why aren’t more schools doing this?

• What about doing a pilot program?

• Why not a netbook or a laptop?

• What do students and parents think?

• Is this faculty- or admin-driven?

• Is there too much change for faculty?

 iPad Planning
Committee

Professional
Infrastructure Financial Assessment Communication
Development
Partnering with Apple
Resources:
http://bit.ly/cywvi3

Slide deck:
http://scr.bi/bZGhO8