1. Speed sharing…. Cut the VGA cable

2. Richard Kelleher eLearning Co-ordinator Killester College, Springvale, Victoria. rkelleher@killester.vic.edu.au

3. Killester College previously had lots of cables for projectors. Unsightly & dangerous (according to OHS)

4. With lots of adaptors: VGA iPad MacBooks ….and unsightly wall cabinets

5. With inconveniently located wall plates Teacher area Wall plate

6. Apple TV was the solution. (we are a Mac school)

7. Now (nearly) every projector has an Apple TV We have over 50 in the school

8. As does every flat panel Apple TVs need a HDMI port to work effectively (in our experience). HDMI-DVI-VGA converters don’t work that well.

9. Teachers connect their MacBooks wirelessly …and rooms have no cables (video works fine)

10. Student laptops connect via the Apple TV as well

11. Can non-technical teachers do it? How does someone connect?

12. Select AirPlay icon from the menu bar Select room from the drop down menu

13. AirPlay code appears on screen User enters AirPlay code into pop-up box on laptop.

14. Works equally as well for iPads

15. How is a network set-up for multiple Apple TVs? Image source: http://zagg-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/community/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dropbox-photo-slideshow.jpg

16. We hard-wire our Apple TVs into the network. Completely wireless set-ups work in theory, but have not worked effectively for us when tested. Apple TV Network cable Network point

17. Image source: http://docs-legacy.fortinet.com/cb/html/FOS_Cookbook/Firewall/images/cb_fw_airplay_airprint.053.1.4.png Apple TVs and any connecting devices need to be on the same IP subnet, or VLAN. If you hard-wire the Apple TVs (recommended) wired and wireless networks can’t be on separate subnets. We have multiple subnets, with ~50 Apple TVs, ~1,000 wireless devices and 150+ wired desktops.

18. Teachers don’t need to worry! The techs will sort it out. Schools that do have problems often have wireless & wired networks segregated, and work-arounds generally fail. Image source: http://www.towntechllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Happy-Laptop.jpg

19. About $100 for an Apple TV + network point + cabling + labour = Not much extra when projectors or panels are being installed.

20. Chromecast has potential, probably most suitable currently for schools where the one teacher is in the same room - effectively using the Chromecast as a personal device.