Bringing innovation into the classroom means rethinking how we teach and learn. It is with this vision that the Dedalo S. Orsola Institutes—with locations in Rome, Como, and Milan—have embarked on a path of digital transformation alongside C&C, based on Apple technologies and the complete suite of Jamf solutions. The goal: to offer students a more inclusive, creative, and future-oriented educational experience.

For over six years, the project has involved all three educational levels—primary school, lower secondary school, and upper secondary school—and today counts over 600 active Jamf licenses, distributed between Jamf School and Jamf Pro. This complete and secure digital ecosystem allows for centralized and flexible device management, ensuring continuity and protection for learning both in the classroom and at home.

Thanks to the Parent Funded Devices program, every student has an iPad, while laboratories are equipped with Macs, creating a cohesive and integrated technological environment. This approach allows teachers to personalize learning paths and enables students to learn at their own pace and in their own preferred ways.

Furthermore, ongoing technical and pedagogical training is fundamental: teachers and school staff at the Dedalo S. Orsola Institutes are constantly supported by C&C's Apple Professional Learning Specialists, who offer consultation, support, and strategies for integrating Apple technologies into daily activities, while also fostering the development of new skills.

Inclusion, accessibility, and creativity represent the pillars of this transformation, which today makes the Dedalo S. Orsola Institutes a benchmark for those who want to experience a new and more motivating way of schooling, valuing technology as a tool to serve the growth and future of students.

In the interview with teachers Maria Giovanna Barbi and Riccardo Chicco, a series of reflections emerge, matured through the direct experiences lived during these years of digital teaching. Their account narrates the transformations and challenging prospects that the use of the iPad has brought about in the school, for teachers, students, and families alike.

Has the use of the iPad changed your approach to daily teaching and the students' involvement in the classroom? Have you seen concrete benefits from running digital classes, thanks to the combination of iPad and Jamf, both from a pedagogical and organizational standpoint?

After an initial sense of disorientation, teachers today consider the iPad to be almost indispensable. The ability to instantly share materials and work on them in class has reduced dependence on photocopies and textbooks, making lessons more dynamic and also enriched by student contributions. For many students, the iPad is a source of enthusiasm, though it can sometimes be a cause of distraction. The introduction of digital tools has literally transformed teaching: it's no longer just the simple transmission of content, but interactive experiences with videos, quizzes, maps, and virtual laboratories. This promotes personalized, inclusive learning that is closer to students' interests.

For teachers, the iPad represents a creative challenge and an opportunity for professional renewal. The school, thus, changes its face: from a static place to a space for active, participatory, and stimulating growth, capable of fueling curiosity and the pleasure of learning.

What we continue to observe is a school that changes face day after day, becoming increasingly a place of active growth. A school that invites discovery, to ask questions, and to seek answers. A school that stimulates a genuine desire for knowledge, keeping pace with digital innovations.

Do you have an anecdote or a significant experience related to families' use of Jamf's parental controls that highlights the value of this tool in supporting students' learning journey?

The school-family relationship is central, especially regarding digital matters. It was the parents themselves who asked for tools to continue at home the work set up in school. This is not about exercising invasive control, but about offering parents concrete support to accompany their children in a way consistent with the school's educational path. Parental control systems are not a limitation, but an opportunity: they help raise competent students and responsible digital citizens. The shared goal is not to "control," but to educate together, making the digital realm an occasion for dialogue, trust, and mutual growth.

What were the main challenges you managed to overcome thanks to this technological integration, and what opportunities do you foresee for the future of your school?

Greater connectivity and communication speed have freed up valuable time for teaching and the personalization of lessons, fostering a more inclusive approach.

The introduction of technology required time, training, and a constant dialogue with students, teachers, and families, who initially had some doubts. Over these years, we have built shared learning paths, tackling the challenge of leaving no one behind. With clear rules and good practices, the iPad has proven to be a powerful tool for personalizing learning and offering effective compensatory resources.

It wasn't about "digitizing" the old school, but about rethinking teaching: making it more interactive, laboratory-based, and collaborative. A change that has also injected new energy into the teaching staff.

Technology opens up extraordinary opportunities for us: national and international projects, interaction with experts, museums, and virtual environments. We want to continue growing in this direction, making learning increasingly authentic and connected to the real world.