Comments on: Debunking six common concerns that may cause schools to shy away from iPads http://isource.com/2013/03/02/debunking-six-common-concerns-that-may-cause-schools-to-shy-away-from-ipads/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: sean money http://isource.com/2013/03/02/debunking-six-common-concerns-that-may-cause-schools-to-shy-away-from-ipads/#comment-52675 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:14:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=60351#comment-52675 “teachers can easily digitally “hand out” a document to all students instantaneously using the iPad”

How is this done? Email? Google Docs?

]]> By: Lisa Michael-Hall http://isource.com/2013/03/02/debunking-six-common-concerns-that-may-cause-schools-to-shy-away-from-ipads/#comment-52496 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:45:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=60351#comment-52496 Interestingly, my partner was using my iPad the other day and has dyslexia but he found typing on my iPad easier… regarding printing, we do it at the college where i work and got a bespoke app set up from a company called eurosmartz which enables easy printing from iphones or ipads when needed

]]> By: Lisa Michael-Hall http://isource.com/2013/03/02/debunking-six-common-concerns-that-may-cause-schools-to-shy-away-from-ipads/#comment-52495 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:45:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=60351#comment-52495 Interestingly, my partner was using my iPad the other day and has dyslexia but he found typing on my iPad easier… regarding printing, we do it at the college where i work and got a bespoke app set up from a company called eurosmartz which enables easy printing from iphones or ipads when needed

]]> By: brandon http://isource.com/2013/03/02/debunking-six-common-concerns-that-may-cause-schools-to-shy-away-from-ipads/#comment-52479 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:03:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=60351#comment-52479 In reply to bizmark.

This a billion times over. Printing is so easy … a caveman could do it. And so could a 6th grader, to the principal’s printer, and the superintendents printer, and the printer in the next classroom over.

Yes, AirPrint is drop dead simple, but because it’s so simple and there is no configuration, there is no way to prevent printers from being accessed when they shouldn’t. Apple saw this issue with AirPlay and the Apple TV. They came up with a solution months and months later, but so far printing has yet to be addressed.

Apple pushes iPads hard to education, but unfortunately they still aren’t read for an organization larger than a classroom.

]]> By: Lanny - Collobos http://isource.com/2013/03/02/debunking-six-common-concerns-that-may-cause-schools-to-shy-away-from-ipads/#comment-52466 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:41:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=60351#comment-52466 Hi Brad, I’d like to add to the discussion our iPad printing solution that is applicable and appropriate for virtually ALL schools.

Lanny with http://www.collobos.com here. 95% + of schools have a PC environment running their IT infrastructure. Our product FingerPrint is completely unique in that it runs on PC’s/servers and enables the existing connected printers/MFP’s to become AirPrint capable. For IT Pro’s, it also runs as a service. FingerPrint is widely used in the education space and is a far less expensive option than purchasing a new printer. A mac version is available as well.

]]> By: bizmark http://isource.com/2013/03/02/debunking-six-common-concerns-that-may-cause-schools-to-shy-away-from-ipads/#comment-52465 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:43:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=60351#comment-52465 Your mileage might vary with printing depending on how your network infrastructure is set up. Apple uses its Bonjour protocol for a number of services, AirPrint and AirPlay being the two big ones. Those services are unavailable on many enterprise-level wireless systems because of how Apple has engineered Bonjour to work. It’s something of a hot-button issue with Enterprise IT with Apple talking about “fixing” the issue, but I’m not holding my breath on that one.

AirPrint simply doesn’t work in our district. Printopia is a great app…but also doesn’t work because it relies on the same Bonjour technology to do its thing.

Bottom line, printing can still be a very real issue.

]]> By: bizmark http://isource.com/2013/03/02/debunking-six-common-concerns-that-may-cause-schools-to-shy-away-from-ipads/#comment-52461 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:43:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=60351#comment-52461 Your mileage might vary with printing depending on how your network infrastructure is set up. Apple uses its Bonjour protocol for a number of services, AirPrint and AirPlay being the two big ones. Those services are unavailable on many enterprise-level wireless systems because of how Apple has engineered Bonjour to work. It’s something of a hot-button issue with Enterprise IT with Apple talking about “fixing” the issue, but I’m not holding my breath on that one.

AirPrint simply doesn’t work in our district. Printopia is a great app…but also doesn’t work because it relies on the same Bonjour technology to do its thing.

Bottom line, printing can still be a very real issue.

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