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Going 1 to 1 with…Something

After reading this Gartner report summary…

“IT leaders can spend half a million dollars to buy and support 1,000 enterprise-owned tablets, while they can support 2,745 user-owned tablets with that same budget,” said Federica Troni, research director at Gartner. “Without a stipend, direct costs of user-owned tablets are 64 per cent lower. When organizations have several users who want a tablet as a device of convenience, offering a BYOD option is the best alternative to limit cost and broaden access.” Source: CBROnline

…a question popped into my mind. The question is, what’s the cost of going 1 to 1 in a local district given these numbers:

  • Staff: 1,233
  • Students: 9,820, which breaks out in this way:
    • PreK-3: 3,038
    • Grades 4-5: 1,457
    • Grades 6-8: 2,293
    • Grades 9-12: 3,032

Some “givens” we can work from:

  • 100% wireless access everywhere in schools, so no infrastructure to go build up.
  • Staff and students can bring their own devices (e.g. tablets, smartphones, computers)
1) Dell Chromebook 11 inch with management –  $314.46 per unit
  • $387,729.18 worth of Chromebooks for 1,233 staff (this is everyone, including custodians, maintenance, paraprofessionals and auxiliary staff, not just teachers and admins).
  • $3,087,997.20 worth of Chromebooks for 9,820 students (this is PreK-12 students). That breaks down in this way:
    • $955,329.50 for 3,038 PreK-3 students
    • $458,168.20 for 1,457 grade 4-5 students
    • $721,056.80 for 2,293 grade 6-8 students
    • $953,442.70 for 3,032 grade 9-12 students
Main Benefits:
  • Keyboard and trackpad
  • Full support for GoogleApps for Education, including email, calendaring, unlimited online storage, productivity tools like word processing, spreadsheet, drawing, presentations, GoogleVault email archiving.
  • IStation support by January, 2015
  • Think Through Math support available
  • Minimal management, no antivirus/malware solutions needed
Suggestion(s): To off-set lack of quality image/video capture, buy an iPad Mini per classroom.
2) iPad Mini with Case with management via JAMF’s CasperSuite – $307
  • $369,900 worth of iPad Minis for 1,233 staff (this is everyone, including custodians, maintenance, paraprofessionals and auxiliary staff, not just teachers and admins).
  • $2,946,000 worth of iPad Minis for 9,820 students (this is PreK-12 students). That breaks down in this way:
    • $911,400 for 3,038 PreK-3 students
    • $437,100 for 1,457 grade 4-5 students
    • $687,900 for 2,293 grade 6-8 students
    • $909,600 for 3,032 grade 9-12 students
Main Benefits:
  • There are several possibilities depending on your iPad app selections. Most of advantages include easy video/image capture, document camera, etc.
3) Hybrid Mix

Some combo of these two devices and desktops.

Ok, I ran out of gas on this blog entry.
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