Virginia House of Delegates iPad Pilot Project

SHARON A. CROUCH
STEI DEL
DI RECTOR, I NFORMATI ON SYSTEMS
SCROUCHSTEI DEL@HOUSE.VI RGI NI A.GOV
Virginia House of Delegates
iPad Pilot Project

100 M
EMBERS
IN
THE
H
OUSE

H
OUSE
MEETS
J
ANUARY
–
M
ARCH

STATE
LAPTOP
ISSUED
TO
MEMBERS
EVERY
4
YEARS

M
EMBERS
OFTEN
HAVE
1
OR
2
ADDITIONAL
COMPUTERS
FOR
WORK
AND
CAMPAIGN
PURPOSES
„
House of Delegates Overview
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TOUCH I NTERFACE
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LONG BATTERY LI FE
•
PORTABI LI TY
•
Lightweight
–
a good compliment to other computers
•
Not intended as a member‟s primary computer
Why go iPad?
•
A
LL
MEMBERS
WERE
ASKED
I F
THEY
WI SHED
TO
PARTI CI PATE
.
•
A
BOUT
40
MEMBERS
REQUESTED
TO
BE
I N
THE
PI LOT
GROUP
•
P
I LOT
GROUP
SELECTED
WI TH
I NPUT
FROM
LEADERSHI P
•
P
I LOT
GROUP
OF
16
MEMBERS
SELECTED
BASED
ON
I NTEREST
LEVEL
,
COMPUTER
PROFI CI ENCY
,
AND
SENI ORI TY
•
G
ROUP
REPRESENTS
A
FAI R
CROSS
SECTI ON
OF
THE
MEMBERSHI P
Selection of pilot group
•
I S I T COST EFFECTI VE
•
ARE MEMBERS MORE LI KELY TO USE I T
•
CAN THE BOOK READER BE USED FOR ELECTRONI C
BI LL
BOOKS
•
HOW WI LL I T I MPACT OUR NETWORK
•
ARE THERE SUPPORT I SSUES
•
HOW DO WE DI STRI BUTE SOFTWARE
•
WHO PAYS FOR WHAT
Goals of the pilot project
•
USE THE
IPAD
DAILY IN COMMITTEE
MEETINGS AND FLOOR SESSIONS
•
ATTEND TRAINING BEFORE RECEIVING
THE
IPAD
•
ATTEND PILOT GROUP MEETINGS TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK
•
PAY FOR ANY PERSONAL APPS AND 3G
WIRELESS PLAN, IF DESIRED
Expectation of pilot members
•
PRI NTI NG AND MOVI NG AWAY
FROM PAPER
•
FONT I SSUES WI TH
PDF‟ S
OF
BI LLS
•
SOME PROGRAMMI NG REQUI RED
TO RUN CHAMBER AUTOMATI ON
ON THE
I PAD
.
•
FLASH CONTENT
Obstacles
•
S
PEED
IS
VERY
GOOD
.
•
G
REAT
INTERFACE
FOR
DOWNLOADING
BUDGET
ANALYSIS
REPORTS
INTO
„
BOOKSHELVES
‟
•
UNIFORM
EMAIL
INTERFACE
•
E
XPANDING
PDF
‟
S
MADE
READING
BILLS
EASIER
•
V
ERY
EASY
TO
USE
MEETINGS
AND
ON
THE
FLOOR
•
M
EMBERS
SHARED
FILES
USING
D
ROP
B
OX
•
L
ONG
BATTERY
LIFE
GREAT
DURING
LONG
MEETINGS
Successes
•
“I LOVE THI S THI NG!!!”
•
98% POSI TI VE, WI TH SOME HESI TATI ON FROM ONE
POWER USER
•
“I LOVE I T. I NEVER USED MY $%*&@ LAPTOP. THI S,
YOU JUST ZAP TAP I T.”
•
“YOU WI LL HAVE TO PRY THI S OUT OF MY COLD DEAD
HANDS.”
Member
feedback
•
WORK HAS BEGUN ON AN APP FOR ELECTRONI C
COMMI TTEE AND SUBCOMMI TTEE AGENDAS
–
“ELECTRONI C BI LL BOOK”
•
LOOKI NG AT A PUBLI C APP WI TH MEETI NGS,
MEMBERSHI P AND CONTACT I NFO
•
KEEPI NG ON EYE ON THE COMPETI TI ON
Next Steps
Next Steps
Making CAP ‘native’
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NATI VE APP
•
Gives rich experience
•
Must go through the approval process with Apple; downloaded from
itines
store
•
Doesn’t require internet connection
•
Provide the most options for rich media and interactivity
•
Requires Objective C programming knowledge
WEB APP
•
Not platform dependent
•
Instant updates
•
Leverage existing
programming skills
•
On the
iPad
, limited to Safari
Native App
vs
Web App