Talk about a flat tire....

Roll out Day 1!

Joe and I arrived at WMS around 8:30 AM in order to accomplish two things.  First, we wanted to meet with each teacher and get a feel for how things are going and build a schedule for rolling out the iPAD2s.  Second, we wanted to create use our updated image from Gail's class and copy it to each of the five macbook accounts. 

As with all great laid plans there are always pot holes and road blocks.  Instead of pot holes and road blocks we actually discovered the bridge was out in some cases and that the pot holes were actually sink holes the size of a barge.  Least to say we didn't quite accomplish what we set out to do.  Don't get me wrong...the meetings with teachers went great--better than great!  It was the iPAD2s that caused us trouble.  Ok, Joe and I (mainly Joe) worked through them and now know what not to do!  Ultimately, we discovered that we had to build a fresh, unblemished master iPAD2 for each itunes account (associated with each macbook).  These would then become our master back-up for all future edits.  Being the ESTJ that I am, I took copious notes on how to complete this process and was assigned to create these masters for each macbook at home over the next day.  So far things have been going well!  I went through Kolleen's and Amber's to see what we missed and double checked the restrictions.  As I was doing this I had Gail (on Facetime) check a couple settings at the school!  iPAD #2 happened to be the one she grabbed and instantly she was asked for a password and it appeared apps were trying to sync wirelessly.  This is something Joe and I have been confused about--some pads try to do it and some don't.  In addition, we thought we had turned off all the settings for this when registering ipads--low and behold, I found a button in the restrictions under "Store" that needs to be turned off.  On some ipads we had turned that off (as we found out checking others in Gail's room) and others we hadn't.  It felt good to be able to process why some were and some weren't trying to sync wirelessly.  Now we need to decide is we want this or not.  It seems like it would be nice--but would it not work if the ipads are close to other teachers' macs.  Still some experimenting to do!

Well, back to work.  I need to get around for my substitute job this afternoon.  I will finish the other two masters when I return.