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My ELHST14 presentation on our journey with Windows 8 at Abbotsleigh
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Megan Townes
AbbotsleighAdventures with Windows 8
Abbotsleigh’s Adventure into Windows 8Megan Townes and Warwick NobleELH SchoolTech 2014
Who are we?
Megan Townes Warwick Noble
Lead IT IntegratorEnglish [email protected]
@townesy77
@warwicknoble APOLOGIES
TANGENTS
Where are we?
Established in 1885, Abbotsleigh is a Pre Kindergarten to Year 12 Anglican day and boarding school for girls located in Wahroonga on Sydney’s North Shore.
Who are you?
Classroom Teacher
Executive Teacher
Principal
Primary Teacher
Secondary Teacher
Tertiary Teacher
Technology Coordinator
IT Manager
Has Windows 8 at their school in some capacity
Intends to roll out Windows 8 at their school in the next 12 months
Has used Windows 8 either professionally or personally
Why are you here?
This session will explore our planning, deployment and training strategies, logistics and technical requirements, as well as explore a range of Windows apps relevant to the classroom.
What would you like to hear about most?
Planning strategies
Deployment strategies
Training strategies
Technical and logistical requirements
Why Windows 8 at Abbotsleigh?
• All staff and majority of students have been allocated touch screen laptops over the last two years
• Desire to make touch a more compelling enhancement of the way laptops were being used
• Additionally, tablets were being trialled in iOS and Win 8
• IOS devices are not widely used and we have not facilitated BYOD
• Dual SOEs in the short term with plan to upgrade all devices in 2014
• Deliberate decision to bundle Win8, Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013
Why Windows 8 at all?
Windows 8 Project Phases
Play – Early 2013• Feasibility
play• IT service
staff• IT
Integrators
Pilot – 2013 Term 4• 20 staff• 3 teacher ‘guinea pigs’
with high IT tolerance• Desktop application
testing• General usability• OneNote issues list• Weekly meetings• Investigated imaging
methodology – changed from Altiris to SCCM
• Investigated InTune vs SCCM
Implementation – Dec 2013 through 2014• Win 8.1 deployment
through 2014• Staff choice when to
upgrade• Mandatory upgrade or
new deployment for Years 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11
• Difficult to time reimage Years 8 and 11
• Desktops ongoing
Enhancement – 2014 and beyond• Windows 8 tablets
for project work• Improved group
policies and registry tweaks
• Volume purchasing
• Office 365 hybrid services
Windows 8 Training
Strategy briefing to all staff
Heads up sessions
End of year fun activities
Holiday upgrades/training
Term upgrade sessions
Win 8 Pop-up Help Desks
Integrator Workshops
Apptivities for learning
Featured apps - Intranet
Subtle and not so subtle coercion
The Challenge
Training
Just in Case You Missed it the First Time
Windows 8 Apps
http://bit.ly/w8bloomsapps
My Personal Favourites
Issues with Windows 8
Apps – Win 8 small collection compared to iOS but building every day
Staff comfort levels if committed to personal iOS apps
Live accounts – Manual processes
Volume Licensing – no clear solution at this point
App management
Dual SOE’s especially with desktops
Some software required tweaking and waiting on updates
Scheduling and timing of upgrades was time consuming
New staff individual induction takes significantly longer time
Some staff have had difficulty with desktop and Windows 8 Start menu
Live Accounts and Age Limits
Students 13 or older have personal Live accounts, students under 13 we pre setup laptops with Live accounts
Spreadsheets are created with groups and default passwords for quick reference and cut and paste and distributed amongst technicians. 30 students per technician per year group
Naming convention on live account names [email protected]
Second alternate address [email protected] created as per requirements for Live confirmation processes all go to one mailbox
Validation process is sent to an IT account “Live Accounts”
The accounts are created and bound as part of the setup process along with other tasks in setting up the laptops
Silly complications like “bank” in names
Evaluation
Upgraded and deployed over 800 devices in two months
Voluntary staff upgrades 120 since December
Extremely successful upgrades and deployments processes Very smooth induction with students, best to date
Speed improvements have been significant
Student touch usage noticeably increased, not necessarily in tablet mode
Split screen feature regarded as highly valuable and productive
Desktops will require careful planning as Modern UI with mouse is less intuitive – likely boot to desktop
Office 2013 bundled improved overall “freshness” but added to training requirements
Questions…
Thank you! Get in touch for more information
Megan Townes Warwick Noble
Lead IT IntegratorEnglish [email protected]
@townesy77
@warwicknoble