Some good news

Finally, some of problems with our systems are being solved.  Unfortunately, much of this will not occur until summer. In a nutshell, the biggest issues that I have discovered with the iPods are that they are 1st generation so they won't run many of the new applications, the wireless network was not configured to run the Mac products, and the district did not have an itunes account that could be used to purchase multiple copies of paid apps.  While this may not seem like much, it severely limited the tasks that could be done on the equipment.  Once these and other issues are resolved, the iPods should be much easier to use.  After that, I will have to start the process of building confidence in teachers and students that the equipment will be usable and not so difficult to operate that they will just give up.  More to come as the changes occur.  as always, I am learning through the process and this learning should help as the iPod implementation process continues.