building 1-to-1 byod learning communities

Building 1-to-1 Building 1-to-1 Learning CommunitiesLearning Communities

Building 1-to-1 Building 1-to-1 Learning CommunitiesLearning Communities

Muir Lake School: Our JourneyMuir Lake School: Our Journey#mlsgooglesummit

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Muir Lake School: Our JourneyMuir Lake School: Our Journey#mlsgooglesummit

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• Travis McNaughton• Assistant Principal

• Email: tmcnaughton@psd70.ab.ca

• Twitter: @travdmc

Kelly Arnold • Teacher, Grade 9

• Email: karnold@psd70.ab.ca

• Twitter: @kwilliamson03

Charlene Daub• Teacher, Grade 4

• Email: cdaub@psd70.ab.ca

• Twitter: @4444charlie

Who’s in the room?

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Survey says...

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Quick Links

• Quick Link bit.ly/worldbyod

1958 Classroom

The Classroom Today

They don’t look that different

Learning first

•What exactly do we want our students to be able to do?

PSD initiatives

•Google Apps for Education

•Digital Portfolios

More Information Quick Link bit.ly/PSDtech

learning communitiesExtend student learning beyond the 4 walls of the classroom

Original Image cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by lumaxart: http://flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2137735924/

A learning community is a

group of people who actively learn

together and from each other

Quick Link bit.ly/GSStemplate

Technology is a doorway into the classroom that transcends time and space making the learning transparent

"In this complex world, it takes more than a good school to educate children. And it takes more than a good home. It takes these two major educational institutions working together." Dorothy Rich, Author of Megaskills.

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Collaborate

Create

Production vs. Consumption

There is no limit to innovation when we share.

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Changing literacy

Quick Link bit.ly/LITchange

One personal electronic device for every student in

every class

Mission of 1-to-1 Learning Communities

Our Students will innovate, collaborate, and be highly motivated

about their learning

In 1-to-1 Learning Communities our students

will...• use technology to learn

• improve problem solving skills

• improve information fluency

• think critically

• collaborate

• learn any place, at any time

• innovate

• be motivated and engaged about learning

• learn how to participate safely as a digital citizen

1-to1 Learning Community Barriers

Table Talk:

What obstacles does your school face to

being a 1-to-1 learning community?

Quick Link bit.ly/1to1obstacles

Why BYOD?

•Cost effective

•Personalizes learning

•Makes learning a part of students’ lives

•Saves learning time

•Provides student choice

•It’s becoming the norm in the workplace

Input & Feedback

Research

Evaluation

Plan Develop

ment

Preparation

Implementation

1-to-1 Implementation Plan

Research • What does the current research say?

• How are other schools doing it?

• How will we sell the vision? How will we communicate to the community?

• What are the obstacles?

• Budget?

• Timeline?

Implementation Plan bit.ly/MLSplan

• Parent Survey Quick Link: bit.ly/PARENTsurvey

Planning &

Implementation Team

Student Survey Quick Link: bit.ly/STUDENTsurvey

Plan Development• Teacher preparation and professional development?

• Learning spaces?

• Online resources?

• Device recommendation? Common platform?

• IT support? WiFi Access Points?

• Support Documentation?

• Anticipated concerns?

BYOD Common platform

• Build teacher and student capacity

• Want technology to be invisible

• Laptop - can bring other devices and many students do

• Google Chrome

• Recommended Device: Chromebook

preparation

• Hosted Parent Information Sessions (Quick Link - bit.ly/PARENTinfo)

• Student Information & Conversations

• Teacher PD

• Information & Documentation on School Blog & Social Media

• Ordering process

Implementation

• Tech support? (Student Tech Team, Google Apps Ninja Dojo, Google, Division Help Desk)

• Ongoing Community Communication? (school blog, classroom blogs, student portfolios, video, Parent Workshops)

• Device Distribution?

Evaluation

• Anecdotal Evidence

• Student, Parent, Teacher Feedback

• Case Studies

• Academic Achievement Impact

• Student Engagement and Motivation Impact

• Collaboration Impact

Our First Year of BYODAdvantages

Transformative Learning

Collaboration

Portfolio/Tracking Progress

Organization

Paperless

Student engagement and motivation

Disadvantages

Need wifi drop in each class to allow access

Need experts in the building

Personal devices can be expensive

Hard to problem solve tech issues on different machines

Jump!

Questions & Comments?

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