Education

Kristinehamns Kommun is the local authority for the town of Kristinehamn in Sweden. The authority provides a range of services to its 24,000 residents, including the education of its 4,000 students through 13 senior schools and 18 junior schools. In 2010, the authority launched an IT programme to provide each senior student and teacher with a laptop, for use in school and outside school time. In this 1:1 program, Kristinehamns Kommun faced...

20% of kids aged 8-16 have experienced mobile theft. Teens and youth aged 14-24 are more than twice as likely to be victims of mobile theft as other age groups in London, and we’re seeing kids as a growing target for mobile theft across North America too. In Minneapolis this week, surveillance video captured a man punching an 8-year-old boy to steal his iPad. The video shows the boy walking down the street with an...

Brad Dargusch recently wrote an article on the BES IT Systems Blog about how to keep iPads safe in the K-12 environment. As Bran notes, there is no question that tablets are rapidly entering – and changing – the education environment, but that the benefits of tablet use come with risks that need to be managed. Our students participating in 1:1 or BYOD programs are now walking around with...

Could WYOD be the future of BYOD? Wear your own device, the term that encompasses wearable tech such as smart watches and glasses like Google Glass, is hitting the workplace, but does it really change anything for IT? Many companies fear the device fragmentation challenges that have entered the workplace as the result of BYOD. The greater the number and range of ways to access corporate infrastructure, the harder it is...

K-12 Schools are the #1 place that laptops are reported stolen. With the increase in the number of devices in the classroom (laptops, tablets) through 1-to-1 programs as well as a growing number of BYOD devices in classrooms, it is no surprise that schools are becoming a target for organized theft. This has us concerned on a number of fronts: Police are noting an increase in thefts of tablets...