RMEP-Preparing for Success
Setting Up Your Electronic Devices: Part 2
iPod Touch and iPad Mini
Overview of Apple’s iPod Touch and/or iPad Mini
As a participant in the Results Matter Expansion Project (RMEP) you are being provided with one or two hand-held
devices per classroom, either an iPod Touch or an iPad Mini, depending on what you have requested. In addition, you
are receiving a protective case for each device. These devices are brand new, and will require some initial set-up before
they will be fully operational. Below are a few considerations for your review.
Apple ID/Account
Each Apple device requires the user to have an Apple ID and logon in order to download applications (apps). For family
child care homes with a small number of staff this may be a very simple process, but it may be more complex for centerbased programs. The following table describes some of the pros and cons that you might consider when determining the
best way to handle the need for Apple IDs and accounts.
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Administrators are Unaware of Staff Members’ Apple IDs
Pros
Cons
This is relatively simple - site administrators
 Site administrators are unable to make changes to the
give the devices to staff and require them to
account unless they completely wipe (clean) the device and
set up the devices.
set it up again.
 Needing to completely wipe the devices may become
cumbersome for sites that experience frequent staff
turnover.
 Will require each device to have its own Apple account,
which means multiple accounts to manage.
Administrators are Aware of Staff Members’ Apple IDs
Pros
Cons
Still relatively simple - staff set the devices up,  Still requires each device to have its own Apple account,
but must give site administrators their Apple
therefore still multiple accounts to manage.
ID information.
Site administrators have the information
required to make changes to accounts should
staff turnover occur.
Administrators set up one Apple ID/account for Each Classroom
Pros
Cons
Site administrators have the information
 Requires substantial administrator’s time, as he/she is now
required to make changes to accounts should
actually setting up the accounts.
staff turnover occur.
Apple ID/account can be associated with more
than one device (maximum of 5 devices per
account), thereby reducing the overall number
of accounts that must be managed.
Setting Up Your Electronic Devices, Part 2: iPod Touch and iPad Mini
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Downloading Applications
In addition to establishing an Apple ID and logon, Apple requires a credit card to be on file. This is required in order to
download all apps, even free ones. Site administrators will need to consider how best to handle this requirement. Here
are a few examples of how this might be handled:
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Use the company credit card and the director’s email on all of the devices
Use the company card and individual staff members’ e-mails
Not use a credit card at all- This link provides strategies if you do not wish to use a credit card:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
Again, this may be an easier determination to make for smaller family child care homes than for larger centers.
Whatever method is selected is up to each site; however, CDE strongly recommends that the site’s administration
maintains enough information to adequately monitor the appropriate use of the devices provided.
For more information about using Apple products in educational settings, please visit:
https://www.apple.com/education/it/ . NOTE: the information in this link is particularly relevant to centers and school
settings, but may not be as useful for family child care home providers.