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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Recommendations and Insights Requested - Mass Deployment in Classroom
« on: March 17, 2013, 11:00:32 AM »
Hello,
We are researching the possibility of getting classroom sets of Android devices (I'm thinking Nexus 7's) for use in our junior high. We are planning on using Meraki to manage the apps and privileges on them. I would like your input on the following, since many of you have a lot more experience with these than I do. (I currently don't have a Nexus and am waiting to purchase a personal one after the new ones come out. My only experience is messing with a side loaded Nook Tablet to learn about Android.)
1) I was thinking about using 4.2's user profiles (1 for each class period) to keep students' accounts separate (such as Dropbox or Google Drive). Any foreseen issues?
2) Is there an easy way to make a disc image (for restoring after each year)? And with that, is there an easy way to restore multiple devices at the same time?
3) Is there a way to block purchases (app, in app, etc...) on the device?
4) Would we need to have a school account at Google Play set up for each profile? (Some people on other sites have indicated that should be done for mass deployment of paid apps, since apps are licensed to the account and not the device, therefore can be installed on multiple devices.) If so, can that be separate from what the students would log in with gMail? This, obviously is related to #3.
5) What would you consider "must have" apps on the devices. (Such as browsing, anti-theft, readers w/ highlighting/annotating/dictionary functions, etc...)
6) Are screen protectors / cases recommended? (Classroom sets stored on a charging cart for use in class only.)
7) I have researched a program called SmartClass (from Radix) to allow us to monitor all tablet screens, interact with the students, etc.... Any other suggestions?
Anything I am missing?
Thank you very much for any insights you have!
We are researching the possibility of getting classroom sets of Android devices (I'm thinking Nexus 7's) for use in our junior high. We are planning on using Meraki to manage the apps and privileges on them. I would like your input on the following, since many of you have a lot more experience with these than I do. (I currently don't have a Nexus and am waiting to purchase a personal one after the new ones come out. My only experience is messing with a side loaded Nook Tablet to learn about Android.)
1) I was thinking about using 4.2's user profiles (1 for each class period) to keep students' accounts separate (such as Dropbox or Google Drive). Any foreseen issues?
2) Is there an easy way to make a disc image (for restoring after each year)? And with that, is there an easy way to restore multiple devices at the same time?
3) Is there a way to block purchases (app, in app, etc...) on the device?
4) Would we need to have a school account at Google Play set up for each profile? (Some people on other sites have indicated that should be done for mass deployment of paid apps, since apps are licensed to the account and not the device, therefore can be installed on multiple devices.) If so, can that be separate from what the students would log in with gMail? This, obviously is related to #3.
5) What would you consider "must have" apps on the devices. (Such as browsing, anti-theft, readers w/ highlighting/annotating/dictionary functions, etc...)
6) Are screen protectors / cases recommended? (Classroom sets stored on a charging cart for use in class only.)
7) I have researched a program called SmartClass (from Radix) to allow us to monitor all tablet screens, interact with the students, etc.... Any other suggestions?
Anything I am missing?Thank you very much for any insights you have!
