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SGCS Technology

Board Report 2012-2013

+5 Year Technology Plan

Joint effort by members of the Technology Committee

Is a 5 year plan but will be revisited and tweaked annually

Progress will be tracked through an action plan

+Technology Plan

Comprised of: Mission & Vision Statements Student Goals Faculty Goals Administrative Goals Professional Development Network Infrastructure Plan Assessment

Goals based on the National Education Technology Standards (NETS)

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Infrastructure

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Initiatives

• Reading & math• Differentiated learning• Data driven

eSpark

• 8th grade math, Kindergarten• Increase engagement• Various learning styles• Formative assessment

Smart Boards/Responders

• Focus on Math• Pre-test, Practice, Post-test

model• Part of research report next fall

Grade 2 & 3 iPad Research

• Establish a baseline

• Assessment from Learning.com

• 5th and 8th Grades

• Results will guide us in establishing future goals

• Results to date show 86% of 8th grade met the proficiency standard vs. 93% in 5th grade (pre-test results)

• Piloted by MS Language Arts Teachers

• Allows teachers to create, distribute and grade written assignments efficiently

• Easy feedback to immediately help students improve

• Anonymously distribute papers for peer editing

Pilot: turnitin.com

Tech Literacy Assessment

+8th Grade Results

86% of students met the proficiency standard

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Digital Learning Day February 21st- National DLD was Feb.

6th

Allowed us to showcase how technology is used to enhance instruction campus-wide

Activities throughout the day were tweeted for our followers

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Projects

• Students explore their personal passions and develop a way to present them to others.

• Students used a Google Site to access teacher resources, web-based tools and communicated their plan

• They presented passions using laptops

Passion Project

• Clever Couplets and The Holy Rosary

• Student work was scanned and uploaded to bookemon.com to create digital books

• Books were printed and hardbound for classroom reading.

2nd Grade Publishing

• Classes used apps that allowed students to share artwork and audio

• Added visual and audio elements enhanced the prayer experience for children.

Morning Prayer Presentations

• Mrs. Jacobson’s class was assigned to create a presentation for House of the Scorpion

• They used web tools such as Prezi, GoAnimate and Xtranormal

• Created from the author’s point of view, their task was to convince a company to publish their book

Literature Multimedia

• Ms. De Llano had 5th grade students create trailers of their favorite books using the multimedia tool of their choice

• Ali Sait volunteered to create a page in Symbaloo to share their creations.

Book Trailers

+Symbaloo

• 4th and 5th grade students research landmarks in Texas and the U. S. using iPads

• They then used Google Maps in the Technology Lab to plot the location of their landmarks and add map pins, photos and information.

Mapping Landmarks

• Students used the internet to research Spiders. They organized their information using circle, tree and flow maps.

• Using the Kidspiration program students changed flow maps into outlines, edited work and created final copies in MS Word.

• Final work was published using bookemon.com

3rd Grade Research & Writing

+Telepresence takes learning beyond the physical boundaries of our school.

2 Lifesize units on mobile carts, 1 in each division

1 classroom mounted unit in lower school

1 mobile unit with multiple inputs

Used for collaborations, virtual field trips, connections with experts, professional development

• Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd

• Partners in Michigan and Pennsylvania

• Reading, writing, creativity, communication

Naked Turkey

• Children’s author, donates 15 minutes a month for free to communicate with students

• Helped students connect to learning to the real world

Mary Amato

• Robotics students connected with a professional to ask questions regarding their design of an invention for a robotics tournament

John McDevitt, Ph. D.

+Technology Curriculum

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Learning.com

Easy Tech

Aha Math! and Aha Science!

5th and 8th grade Technology Literacy Assessments

NETS-T Professional Development

Wayfind Teacher Technology Proficiency Assessment

Resources for content areas, Spanish, STEM

Home access

eRate Reports

Learning.com was adopted to provide structure for our Lower School Technology lab. It is aligned to state and national standards and contains many useful components.

+ Technology Lab Technology Lab Teacher- Learning.com

Easy Tech Lower School Tech lab curriculum Self-paced and teacher directed

lessons, quizzes, prescriptive keyboarding

Student progress tracking Focus on keyboarding, online

safety and ethics, computer and networking basics

Classroom Teachers Research, word processing, mind

mapping, presentations

Director of Technology Model lessons integrating

technology and content area objectives

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1:1 Implementations

iPads

+Laptops

Communication

Collaboration

Creativity/Innovation

Productivity

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

Information and Media Literacy

How do students use their laptops to develop 21st Century skills?

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Professional Development

Types of Professional Development

Appy Hours & faculty meetings

Model lessons by the Director of Technology & Technology Champion

Online, self-paced training- Learning.com

Team planning w/Director of Tech and Technology Champion on integration ideas

1:1 training

eSpark PLC’s

Conferences- TCEA, SXSW, NCEA, ISAS Tech, iPadpallooza and ISTE

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Instructional Support

Google Form

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Head’s Education Committee

+Role of the Committee

Insights gained can be used to inform those involved in strategic plan and technology plan development, implementation and evaluation.

Information can be used when working with groups that implement actionable items related to curriculum & instruction, budget and professional development.

Information can be used as a point of discussion with the Board, members of the community, donors and prospective parents.

+Process

Identify and discuss roll of technology in education

Identify and discuss how technology is currently integrated at SGCS

Research how other schools are implementing technology

Present and analyze research

Compare and contrast practices of other school implementations to our own

Discuss insights gained and considerations for SGCS

+Recommendations

Establish a keyboarding philosophy

Investigate the student iPad to laptop transition

Pros/Cons of Chrome Books

Increase use of technology for collaboration

Increase use of flipped classroom models

Strengthen partnerships with parents- technology

Document decisions made regarding hardware choices

Determine impact on facilities for the new building

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Looking Ahead

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Smartboards in Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms

STEM Middle School Elective

sisSTEM girls luncheons and extracurricular activities

Game Design Middle School Elective

3rd grade 1:1 iPads

Middle School iPad carts

Online Training opportunities for faculty and staff

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Thank You!Tracy Mulligan, Director of TechnologyMatt Lipstein, Technology Champion