iPad Update 5.1.1

Well it seems the 5.1.1 is here. Not a huge update, doesn't really look that there will be an awful lot of different in how they are being used in our school but hey, generally speaking most updates are good.

It does mean that after recently learning how to setup an image and restore the single image onto multiple iPads that I now need to go through them again after about a week of use. At least this time I know what I am doing.

It really isn't a bad thing as the middle unit has recently acquired their iPads and have been checking out and installing apps like crazy, so the homescreen icon structure needed to be tidied up anyway. The good new is that with this update I don't need to install the update first and then restore the image as I had to do with the 5.0 to 5.1 update, saving a lot of time. Starting at 7:30am, with 16 iPads at about 20 minutes each, this was going to take up a chunk of time, but it does allow me to smash through many of the odd jobs in between.

Another part to note is that when I did the 5.1 update and the image restore I had to forget the wireless network certificates and re-install them, adding yet another bit of time to the task at hand. This time it seemed that I only had to re-enter the password and proxy credentials as they came up instead of forgetting and re-installing.

Yesterday saw the running of the IPS Cross Country. Across the board this was run very well. I was responsible for the smooth running of the Prep, 1 and 2 section of the cross country. This year we made sure the starting line was in front of a large straight and was rather wide so that by the time students were trying to converge around the corner there would not be as many collisions. Considering that only 2 sets of tips occurred for 160 students I figured it was quite successful. The event ran on time and as we powered through the races we discovered that we completed all races ahead of time, being super efficient on these days is a rarity and is not taken lightly.

It was rather lucky that I decided to take out an extra set of ribbons in case I lost some as there were a couple of close finishes ending in ties. This allowed the Infant unit to make an on-the-spot decision to provide 2 blue ribbons instead of trying to really think about first and second.