Apple TV vs Airserver in schools

Hello everyone. I am a Computing Coordinator in a primary school which has just purchased a number of iPads to be used by class teachers and children. In order to mirror the iPads onto the whiteboard I am looking into getting either a set of Apple TVs (1 for each class) or using Airserver. I am trying to find the benefits of Apple TVs compared to Airserver but can't seem to get a clear answer. Could anyone enlighten me as to the benefits of them over Airserver?
Many thanks!

The Mini's would obviously be a lot more expensive. There would be no use of airplay involved in that scenario. The mini would be connected directly to the monitor, unless you were getting a Mini AND Apple TV in order to mirror the Mini.
The only thing to consider with Apps on an iPad, not all will be enabled for airplay. Mirroring has to be specifically blocked, and this seems to be rare. Mirroring a Mac is at the root of OSX and there doesn't look to be a way for anyone to block anything.

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The enemy of Children on the Internet is not content.
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"Naughty pictures" will not arrange to meet you at the mall. "Naughty pictures" will not take you to another state and rape and murder you.
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5) anyone who enters themselves onto MySpace or equivalent site, using any means whatsoever, will be subject to disciplinary action.
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What are the benefits if AppleTV over Airserver for mirroring iPad on whiteboards?

Please can someone explain to me the benefits of buying Apple TV over Airserver in schools.
Thanks

Do a Google search using apple tv vs airserver Look at the results.
You might also go a Google search using airserver review
 Cheers, Tom

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Apologies all for the lack of commubnication on my part, I have been wrapped up in different projects since, but am now back on this front.
We have 90 classrooms here.
So my main issue is that, by design, every iPad will be able to see every AppleTV. Without being mean , the bulk of our staff are not the most technologically capable and seeing this will most likely freak then out!
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The issue now, is that I have changed my appleid password so that the kids couldn't install any apps and charge my credit card.
Now I am getting an icloud authorisation error, it is telling me that the account (old apple id) or password are incorrect.
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I FOUND THE SOLUTION!
I had the same exact problem. I had my old apple ID connected to a school email which did not exist anymore. My ipad was prompting me to put the password in for that ID and I could not delete it from my ipad because the "Find My Ipad" was turned on, once again prompting for password. I called apple and they said this Apple no longer exists and is not in there system, which I knew already. After hours on the phone nobody could help me. Try this.
-Go to create a new Apple ID and use the same email address as the old apple ID which is locked in on your ipad
-Create a new password and all that, it will say it send a verification link to your email, in my case my email no longer exists so I could not do this
- I called Apple to explain this problem and I asked if they could verify it for me, which they did after I convinced them it was worth a try. The guy told me that the verification shouldnt matter and should still be able to login but he did it anyway. You can try skipping this step but if it doesn't work then go ahead.
-Go to ICloud and click on your account, the email should be grayed out but it should allow you to change that password, put in the new password which you just created.
-This allowed me to sign in to accept the new terms and conditions but it said "unable to conncet to server" so I just backed out and went to "Delete Account" and it worked!
The whole idea is to re-create your old apple ID into Apple's system and then use that new password. The guy at Apple said tons of people called about this problem and nobody could solve it. I thanked him for helping me and he thanked me for helping him. I hope this helps you!

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I work in a school that is buying iPads, we currently have 10 which I setup using the apple configurator.
At the moment these iPads are all set up with the same Apple ID (the school one) My main question is will I need to enroll in the volume purchase program in order to use paid apps? and if so does that mean that I will need to create a new Apple ID for every iPad?
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Before my son turned 13, he used my Apple ID to set up his purchases for his first iPad. Now he has his own apple ID. He has his own iPhone and a different iPad for school. The school wants him to use iCloud to back up everything.
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I FOUND THE SOLUTION!
I had the same exact problem. I had my old apple ID connected to a school email which did not exist anymore. My ipad was prompting me to put the password in for that ID and I could not delete it from my ipad because the "Find My Ipad" was turned on, once again prompting for password. I called apple and they said this Apple no longer exists and is not in there system, which I knew already. After hours on the phone nobody could help me. Try this.
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