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Forward in ExcellenceSomers Central School District

+Why an update for the 21st Century Classroom?

+Focus for Today

Establish purpose behind SCSD Personalized Learning Device (PLD) Initiative –Connecting to the Vision

Explore some basic information about today’s generation of learners

Identify support for students, staff, and parents

Review Milestone Timeline

+Shared Vision

The vision for SCSD encompasses three fundamental areas, each an important component of reaching the Whole Child through Personalized Learning-• 21st Century Knowledge and Skills• Social-Emotional-Physical Wellness• Global Citizenship

+Our ChallengeDescribed by the National Council of Teachers of English

Develop proficiency with the tools of technology.

Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally.

Design and share information for global communities to met a variety of purposes.

Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information.

Create, critique, and analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts.

Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments.

+Today’s classroom “…wherever there is the potential for instruction and learning to take place”.

+PLD Goals

Utilize research based instructional practices via technology to engage the “Net Generation”

Leverage the PLD as an essential tool to assist students in developing 21st Century Skills- Consume, Collaborate, and Create

Prepare students to be responsible and ethical digital citizens

+From the Research on a PLD for Each Student: Student Outcomes

Increased efficiency in research skills (BE)

Increased technology efficacy and literacy (EM,GM)

Increased collaboration (BE)

Increased student engagement (BE,EM,NM)

Increased achievements -greater effect with higher technology use and access outside of school(BE,ML,MR,PR,TI)

Increased independence in learning (EM)

+From the Research on a PLD for Each Student: Change Process

Monthly time for teacher professional learning and collaboration through our PLC process. (PR)

We know the process to create more digital classrooms will take time. Change is a process and not an event. (EM)

Access to digital content is critical to the success of our PLD initiative. (EM)

+Who is the Net Generation?

Tomorrow’s Knowledge Leaders

What do they want from learning?

relevant

able to make a difference

experiential

collaborative

infused with technology

+How do our students learn?

Think

Pair

Share

+Net Generation Learning Styles

Intuitive visual communicators ● Better able to integrate visual spatial skills

(possibly because of computer games) ● Learn better by discovery than being

told ● Can shift their attention easily from one thing to another ● Have a fast

response time and demand fast turnaround time as well ● Prefer to work in teams

● Achievement-oriented and like structure as opposed to ambiguity ● Like

interactivity and a rapid pace ● May need to encouraged to stop and reflect ●

More comfortable with visuals than with text ● Like to be involved in community

activities and believe they can make a difference, especially using science and

technology

Oblinger, D. G., & Oblinger, J. L. (2005). Educating the Net Generation available from www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen/

+Preparing Teachers

PLD Orientation

PLD Handbook

PLD Care

Appropriate and Responsible Technology Choices

PLD Trainings

Focusing on effective instructional strategies (Marzano)

Digital Note taking (OneNote Training)

eContent Management (Schoolwires Website)

Social learning/collaboration (Nimbus)

Customized “just in time” training (Model Schools)

+Preparing Students

Digital Citizenship

•PLD training is covered when students pick up their device•Use expectations and opportunities

Device Usage

•“Care and feeding” of device•Windows 8 (Live Tiles and Desktop)•MySite (digital learning space)

Software•OneNote (digital notebook)•Nimbus (social learning space)•Curriculum software•Outlook (email/calendar)

+Preparing Parents/Guardians

Required

Acceptable Use Booklets Parent Signs off

Additional Support

Net Cetera Materials

Parent Boot Camp

Parent Orientations with PTA

PLD Blog and Support Site

+Milestone Timeline

February-June •Pilot with SMS/SHS students, staff, and parents

April •Provide staff with PLD Orientation

June •Deploy devices to teachers that will receive devices next fall

August •Train students and parents•Deploy devices (all 8th-10th graders)

+Next Steps

Pilot at SMS and SHS Accurately replicate entire PLD process 6 teachers, 125 students, 50 Devices Collect and analyze feedback

Work with PLD Core Team (staff, students and parents) to build out details of PLD deployment plan.

+References

Berkshire Wireless Learning Initiative (BE)

Bebell, D. & Kay, R. (2010). One to One Computing: A Summary of the Quantitative Results from the Berkshire Wireless Learning Initiative Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 9(2). http://www.jtla.org.

Emerge One-to-One Laptop Learning Initiative: Final Report (EM)

Prepared by the Metiri Group and the University of Calgary for Alberta Education, School Technology Sector, 2010

http://www.education.alberta.ca/admin/technology/emerge-one-to-one.aspx

Great Maine Schools Project (GM)

Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute. (2004) One-to-One Laptops in a High School Environment, Piscataquis Community High School Study, FINAL REPORT

http://www.msad5.org/MSAD5%20tech06-09/pdfs/One-to-One_Laptops_Report.pdf

+References continuedHigh School Science (HS)

Drayton, B., Falk, J.K., Stroud, R., Hobbs, K., & Hammerman, J. (2010). After Installation: Ubiquitous Computing and High School Science in Three Experienced, High-Technology Schools. Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 9(3).

http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/jtla/article/view/1607/

Maine Learning Technology Initiative (ML)

Dr. David L. Silvernail (2009) Research and Evaluation of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) Laptop Program: Inputs on Student Achievement. Maine International Center for Digital Learning Center for Education Policy, Applied Research & Evaluation, University of Southern Maine

http://maine.gov/mlti/resources/MLTI_March_09.pdf

New Mexico Laptop Learning Initiative (NM)

Rutledge, D., Duran, J., & Carroll-Miranda, J. (2007). Three years of the New Mexico laptop learning initiative (NMLLI): Stumbling toward innovation. AACE Journal, 15(4), 339-366.

http://www.editlib.org/f/23576

+References Continued

Project RED (PR)

http://www.projectred.org/

Technology Immersion Model (TI)

Shapley, K.S., Sheehan, D., Maloney, C., & Caranikas-Walker, F. (2010). Evaluating the Implementation Fidelity of Technology Immersion and its Relationship with Student Achievement. Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 9(4).

http://www.jtla.org