Administrative Vision in 1:1 Laptop

Program

Marge SpencerRobbi McKenney

Brady Public School

How we got started• School Improvement

Goal

• External Evaluation Team

• Arnold Apple Days, with group reflection time

• Research

Why Implement a laptop initiative?

And you Think Some Teachers Are Resistant to

Technology Today...

What is your objectives for

implementing a laptop initiative?

•Improve student achievement?

Determine what you want students to learn.

•Improve teaching and learning?

Outlining what roles you expect teachers to play in the learning process.

•Eliminating the digital divide?

For students to be successful in the future, kids will need to begin learning how to obtain and use information at a

much more rapid rate.

•Prepare students for the real world?

Steps to Get Ready:

Organize and empower a district technology planning team, to include board members,

teachers and administrators.

•Get Teachers approval

•Concentrate on Professional

Development

What we are doing:

• Inservice time

• Promote & communicate workshop opportunities to teachers

• Optional after school monthly short trainings

•Administration and School Board Buy In

Define emerging technologies for the technology planning committee.

•Financial Needs

• Line item budget

• Recurring expenses

• Support staff expense

• Establish ballpark cost estimates

•Policies

Acceptable Use Policies for students and staff

Student & Parent Laptop Loan Form

Teacher Laptop Loan Form

Physical Needs

• Another Server?

• Network can handle it?

• Wireless Network ready for the new load?

Community Support•Newsletter & Newspaper articles

•“Brady Days” Alumni Open House

•August BBQ with Technology Kiosk

•December Senior Citizens Lunch with Tech Tour & Kiosk

Visiting other Schools

Develop Tech Committee

Research & Price computers

Attend Neta

•Implementation Time LineSpring 2009

•Research PC or Mac

•Research 1 to 1 & sell to Teachers and Board

•Teacher Professional Dev.

Fall 2009

•Increase Prof. Dev.

•Work on Budget

•Purchased Teacher laptops and server

Spring 2010

•Policies prepared

•Planned student laptop purchases

•Continuing Prof. Dev.

Fall 2010

•Teachers - 2 days of Apple Prof. Dev.

•August - Freshman receive laptops

•September - 10th-12th grades receive laptops

•Continue Teacher Prof. Dev.

•Tech. Coord. classload reduced

Where are we now?

Our Goal: “Provide learning for our students 24/7”

Going live with laptops grades 9-12Fall 2010

• Implementing a 1 to 1 learning program is not something that districts and schools can accomplish overnight.

It’s a long-term undertaking that requires leadership, vision and a master plan to guide every aspect of the process.

But it can be done. And there has never been a better time.

Our Presentation can be found on bstech.wikispaces.com

Great sources:

Check out “Always On” Podcasts

Laptop Initiative Planning Tool (NDE)