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Mooresville Graded School District’s Digital
Conversion
Welcome Visitors!
Why a Digital Conversion?
• Close the Digital Divide
• Relevant Instruction
• 21st Century Readiness (Half the jobs today require technology skills, expected to be 77% in the next decade - Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Real World Experience
• Instructional Practice
• Improving Academic Achievement
What is a Digital Conversion?
• 500 Teacher MacBooks
• 4000 MacBooks for ALL 4th - 12th graders
• 120 Interactive Whiteboards in every classroom grades K - 3
• Online content available virtually 24/7
• Ubiquitous Wireless
• A meaningful instructional tool at the fingertips of every child
• NOT a Technology Project
• Cultural Shift
New Views of Learning
. . . from traditional student learning rote memory of predetermined facts disseminated by teachers
. . . to cognitive science students construct meaning by making connections with prior knowledge through language
Timeline
• December 2007 - 500 Teacher MacBooks distributed
• January 2008 - 400 MacBooks on carts for the English Department at MHS
• August 2008 - 1650 student MacBooks at MHS, 850 student MacBooks at MIS
• August 2009 - 4000 MacBooks to all 4 - 12 grade students
• April 2010- Refresh of all 4500 MacBooks
Mooresville Graded School District - Demographics
Schools 8Students 5450Certified Staff approx 400Non-Certified Staff approx 300Free and Reduced 39%Asian 2%Multi-Racial 3%Hispanic 6%African American 15%White 73%
Implementation Team• Communication
• Deployment
• Curriculum/Pedagogy
• Professional Development
• Discipline/AUP
• Data Collection
• Finance
• Visitation
• District Level teams & School Level teams
Technology/Infrastructure
• Network Infrastructure
• Wireless Access Points
• Internet Access @ home
• Adequate IT staff?
• Updates
• Why Mac?
How Much?
• Approximately $1.00 per child per day
• Price of a soda
• Includes the machine and software over a four year lease
• From Local, State and Federal funds
• New Construction, Grants and Donations
Building Public Support• Stakeholder Buy-In
• Public Symposium, Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development, Parents
• Organization and Planning
• Building Leadership Capacity
• Staff Development
• Summer Institute, Early Release Days
Making IT Happen• iWork Suite (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)
• iLife (iWeb, iMovie, iPhoto, Garage Band)
• Online Streaming content from Discovery Education
• EVAAS and Curriculum Pathways from SAS
• NetTrekker
• ScanTron Online Assessments
• Angel Learning Management System
• Other supplemental resources (Graphing Calculator, Dictionary, Thesaurus, etc.)
• Other Internet based resources
Academic AchievementDistrict Percent Proficient using EOG
Reading and Math; EOC
1 Chapel Hill Carrboro
2 Polk County
3 Carteret County
4 Transylvania County
5 Watauga County
6 Union County
7 Camden County
8 MGSD
9 Yancey County
10 Dare County
88%
85%
83%
83%
82%
82%
81.9%
81.8%
81.6%
81.6%
MGSD Ranked
8th in State
Formula: Number of Proficient Test Scores on Reading Grades 3-8, Math Grades 3-8, and EOCs divided by the total
number of tests taken in school year 2008-09.
Mooresville Graded School District305 N. Main Street
Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.658.2530
704.663.3005 fax
District Percent Proficient using
EOG Reading and Math; EOC
Per Pupil
Expenditure *
1 Chapel Hill Carrboro
2 Polk County
3 Carteret County
4 Transylvania County
5 Watauga County
6 Union County
7 Camden County
8 MGSD
9 Yancey County
10 Dare County
88% $10,579.00
85% $10,449.00
83% $9,272.00
83% $8,860.00
82% $8,305.00
82% $7,739.00
81.9% $8,742.00
81.8% $7,902.00
81.6% $9,417.00
81.6% $11,011.00
Formula: Number of Proficient Test Scores on Reading Grades 3-8, Math Grades 3-8, and EOCs divided by the total
number of tests taken in school year 2008-09
* NC Statistical Profile http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/resources/data/
Mooresville Graded School District305 N. Main Street
Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.658.2530
704.663.3005 fax
MGSD
Ranked
8th in State
Academic AchievementMooresville High School
High Growth & School of Distinction 2008-2009
0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%70.0%80.0%90.0%
100.0%
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
81.00%78.00%70.0%
Academic AchievementMooresville Intermediate
Expected Growth 2008-2009
0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
Math Reading Science Overall
77.00%
63.00%
73.00%
84.00%
73.00%
51.00%
67.00%
78.00%
2007-08 2008-09
Academic Achievement• MHS attendance rate increased from 94% to 96.7%
• MIS Attendance Rate increased from 96% to 97%
• MHS realized an 11% gain over last 2 years in EOC performance composite
• MHS suspensions are down 64%
• MIS Suspensions dropped from 86 to 21
• MIS realized a composite gain of 6%
• Achieved 53 out of 54 District AYP Goals
• District Wide 7% Composite gain on all EOC/EOG test scores
• District Wide Suspensions reduced by 50%
Partners• Apple
• SAS
• Cisco
• Coleman Technologies
• Angel Learning
• Discovery Education
• Nettrekker
• ScanTron
• Town of Mooresville
• Mooresville Foundation for Excellence in Education
Every Child Every Day
www.mgsd.k12.nc.us
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