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YEAR 3 OF A ONE-TO-ONE PROGRAM
October 15, 2009maeds
45th Annual Conference
Introductions
Tim Everett: Pennfield Schools Technology Director
[email protected] Susan Lewis: Pennfield Schools Network
Overview of Presentation
Background of the Program Procedures Products and Cost What We Learned Next Steps Questions
Background of Program
PUL stands for Power Up Learning Goal is to give students and teachers the
tools they need to teach and learn to prepare for the 21st century workplace
Established as a Curriculum Program NOT a Technology Program
3rd year of the program All high school students have a laptop 24/7
for the 2009-2010 School Year
Background of the Program
First class required to meet the requirements of the Michigan Merit Curriculum.
Today’s students are very technologically literate.
Increases student engagement Increases achievement Prepare for tomorrow's workplace Enhancing Teaching and Learning
Background of the Program
Looked at options Research Formed a committee Established a website Working with Vendors Site Visits Developed and
posted Bid Choose a Vendor
Procedures
Professional Development Established and Reviewed Curriculum
Materials Communicate with Parents Repair issues Discipline Problems Disbursement Monitor and Inventory Review
Procedures
• To help offset the support, maintenance and recovery costs, we are requiring a $50 yearly non refundable fee to be paid by parents.
• If they are eligible for the free/reduced lunch program, the fee will be adjusted.
• They are responsible for providing a laptop bag (must be bag intended for laptop use)
• Lost or damaged items will be replaced at the parents expense. This includes items such as:
• Bagstrapspower adaptor
Procedures
Computrace covers the theft aspect of the laptop Repairs are turned into the Media Center for repair Students can lose the privilege of taking their computer
home at the discretion of the District. Any violation that is determined by the administration
that the student intentionally or deliberately defaced or damaged the equipment, that student will be charged a repair or replacement cost.
The details of the student responsibilities can be found in the PUL handbook and the High School Discipline code.
Products and Cost
Sophomores and Juniors have the Gateway machine that they had last year.
Freshman and Seniors have the Lenovo S10e Netbook
Products and Cost
All Teachers Given a Tablet Each Classroom has Projector, All-in-one
Printer, Sound System, VCR/DVD Player, Three Desktops
Laptop Docking Stations with Battery Charger
Access Points Wireless Set Up
Products and Cost
• Laptop Setup – three partitions• Can save to one location at school or home• To be backed up, student must transfer it
to their home drive at school• Data not in the Home drive is not backed
up• Music and video will not be backed up• Two logins:
• Home• School
Products and Cost
Laptops will run: Windows XP Office 2007 One Note 2007 Encarta 2007 Various other programs
What We Learned
Pre Bid Biding and Choosing a Vendor Procedures Repair Discipline Curriculum Home/School Issues
What the students had to say “We were able to find the assignments our
teacher give out quickly and easily. There is a website (Moodle) that teachers use to put lessons and resources that is readily available for the students”
“Moodle lets students turn in papers, get homework and sheets that can be used at home, and moreover, turn in things from home if you are absent from school”
“At this level, the laptops work really well for getting all of your assignments in on time”
What Students Had to Say
“They certainly made a big difference on the way I see my school work. In my Algebra class, technology comes in handy if I don’t understand something or I need a little help”
“I know it sounds crazy, but I don’t procrastinate on doing my work”
“I feel I’m more ready for the jobs now these days because every class has some sort of online feature”
What Students Had to Say
One big warning but what a great life lesson… “I will admit that I have wasted precious time
to work on missing or even just assignments to play games, watch video games, or read things on the internet. The truth is that it only got me in trouble later on. Trust me, I have payed the consequences or wasting time on my laptop. Whenever I waste my time it usually resulted in a zero on an assignment and having to make it up. Yeah, it is fun to play games and stuff, but you need to wait to that when you have free time and not when you have homework to do.
Next Steps
Curriculum Access Points and Wireless Laptops Procedures Public Access Philosophy
PUL Website
http://moodle.pennfield.net/parent/
Tim Everett: Pennfield Schools Technology Director
[email protected] Susan Lewis: Pennfield Schools
Network [email protected]
Questions???
