Lärande i Sverige AB (Lärande) is a Swedish group of private schools that specialise in primary and secondary education. The educational group, which has approximately 3,500 students ranging from kindergarten to high school, owns and operates 17 schools across Sweden and employs 500 teachers and administrative staff members.
Lomond School is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school in Helensburgh, Scotland, with more than 500 students and 50 teachers. Lomond School prides itself as an innovative educational institution, transforming learning through technology and mobility.
Founded in 1624, Latymer Upper School has a long tradition in high quality education leadership. Its aim is to provide a broad and stimulating educational experience with very high teaching standards for boys and girls 11-18 years of age. The school is fully digitalised, giving its students a chance to discover the world of new technology and preparing them for adulthood in the 21st century.
Formed in 1998, Canada-based Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) is dedicated to the success of students in the municipalities of the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County and the District Municipality of Muskoka. Students are supported at elementary, secondary and adult education levels.
Harrogate Grammar School (Harrogate) is an independent, co-educational specialist language and technology school in North Yorkshire, England, which offers an enhanced language learning provision.
The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach is a private, Jewish day school in Long Island, New York. It is comprised of a preschool, an elementary school, which has been in existence for 50 years, and two high schools: the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls and the Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva for Boys. The schools reside on three campuses and are home to approximately 1,800 students and 350 staff members.
Coachella Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) has been educating students for 120 years. The California district, which is larger than the state of Rhode Island, includes 24 schools: 14 elementary schools, four middle schools, two comprehensive high schools, a continuation high school, a middle high school and a large adult education school.
Located just outside of Dallas, Texas, Mansfield Independent School District (ISD) is home to 30,000 students and spans 42 campuses. Since 2012, Mansfield ISD has successfully deployed 13,000 mobile devices, secured by AirWatch® by VMware, to teachers and students, and the district is considered a leader in mobility by others in the region.
Located in the heart of Georgia, the Houston County School System educates approximately 28,000 K-12 students on 38 campuses. AirWatch and Xirrus teamed up to bring Mobile Device Management, Mobile Application Management, Mobile Email Management and a wireless system. Together, Xirrus and AirWatch enforce access polices and enable BYOD with guest access to Wi-Fi.
Explore Learning is a growing British company that provides math and English tutoring services to students in small group settings. Founded in 2001, the company now has 90 learning centers located across the UK. To streamline and integrate the flow of information between sales staff, office administrators and prospects, Mr. Morgan introduced a customized, internal prospecting app, which was pushed to the sales team’s mobile devices using the AirWatch App Catalog. App installation is tracked to ensure that all centers are utilizing the application, and communication with prospects has improved dramatically.
The proliferation of mobile devices and tablets is transforming classroom learning. As traditional paper textbooks are replaced with digital books on tablets, students are reaping the benefits of having continuous access to the latest information. Open Your Tomorrow is an initiative launched by the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, to regenerate the country by enabling youth. The Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications funded the project by sourcing 15,000 tablets that were custom designed by Intel and equipped with parental controls and AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM).
Fort Bend ISD includes 74 campuses, which are prone to hurricanes and tropical storms. When inclement weather strikes, the school’s priority is the safety and security of its students. The school’s Enterprise Application Support, Training and Reporting (EASTR) department created ICE (In Case of Emergency), an internally developed tablet app, deployed exclusively through AirWatch® to nurses and members of the school’s Safe and Secure task force. Currently, 72 nurses at 74 campuses are using the ICE app distributed by AirWatch, which has been met with resoundingly positive feedback.
Manitou Springs School District 14, located in Colorado, serves approximately 1,500 students in four schools and was named an Apple Distinguished Program for the 2012-2013 school year. As one of the first school districts in the United States to embrace mobility in the classroom, educators at Manitou Springs School District 14 turned to AirWatch to secure devices and deploy curriculum content to their large student body.
Sistema de Ensino Integral is a private school in Brazil and a publisher of educational materials that reach more than 15,000 students nationwide. In 2011, Integral made the choice to distribute 1,800 tablets to students, teachers and administrators becoming a pioneer in the mobile education movement in South America. Integral chose AirWatch® as its mobile device and mobile application management provider. Printed books are quickly becoming obsolete, and all educational material can be found on the device. Additionally, the students receive work tools from teachers such as homework, school appointments, and emails.
Located on the southern tip of Texas, only four miles from the U.S. – Mexico border, the city of McAllen is one the fastest growing metro areas in the nation. About 85 percent of the 129,877 residents are Hispanic and approximately 27 percent of them live below the poverty line.
