creating a 1:1 initiative and transforming a school!

Creating a 1:1 initiative

and transforming a

school!

Creating a 1:1 initiative

and transforming a

school!

Background

• Mr. Hagene -

• Mr. Green -

• PCHS -

• Our District - Positives and Negatives

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• What Inspires you about education?

• Why are you an educator?

• Are you afraid to change?

• Do you always ask “Is this in the best interests of our students and their chances to succeed?”

The Harsh Reality

• Reform

• Re-invent

• or

• Relocate

What Questions to Ask?

• Why Change?

• What precepts change?

• How are we going to change?

• Biggest Question - Are you willing to change?

TODAY!• What do students need?

• What do I have to do to change?

• How are we going to embark on change?

• What obstacles will prevent change from occurring?

• What type of leadership will help promote change?

•The DifferencebetweenOrdinary and Extraordinary is the littleEXTRA!

1:1 Computing• Why?

• How did we start the idea?

• How did we prepare?

• What contacts did we make?

• How did we educate our Board and Staff?

• How did we educate our community?

1:1 Computing

• What research did we do?

• How did we start implementation?

• What training did we institute?

• How did we fund it?

1:1 Computing

• Preparation Spring 2011

• Preparing documents

• Coordination with Apple

• Preparing Educators

• Preparing Students and Parents

1:1 Computing

• Securing Computers

• Imaging Computers

• Preparing Documents

• Rollout Coordination

• Wireless Access

1:1 Computing

• The Rollout

• Successes

• Lessons Learned from the Rollout

1:1 Computing

• The Beginning

• Where we are Now

• Where we want to GO!

•Average is Top of the Bottom and Bottom of the Top

Other Spokes in the Wagon Wheel!

• Curriculum Redo!

• New School!

• RTI!

• Endowment!

• Professional Development!

• Department Company Meetings!

Problem Based Individualized

Learning!

• Stop Information Regurgitation.

• Incorporate Problem-Based Learning!

• Great Idea- How do you do it?

• Social Learning!

•You Must do the Things! you Think You Can not do!

Academic Freedom!

• What does that mean?

• How do you incorporate it and make sure it is implemented?

• How do you build trust and connections?

Dr. TAE

• Check it out!

• SCHOOL SUCKS!

• Einstein - When you continually do the same things you get the same results!

• http://drtae.org/building-a-new-culture-of-teaching-and-learning/

•PUSH.If You Can’t Push,PULL.If you can’t Pull,

GET OUT OF THE WAY.

•As long as you’re

Going to be thinking

Anyway,

Think

BIG!

Open Areas! Open Areas!

LEARNING AREAS!LEARNING AREAS!

• Twitter

• Blogs

• bit.ly

• ebooks

• khanacademy.com

• prezi

• Wikis

• Google Docs

• Facebook

• Youtube

• Cell Phones

• Many More

Things to Try!

• www.apple.com

• drtae.org

• Dr. Rich Voltz - IASA - http://www.iasaedu.org/

• http://www.one-to-oneinstitute.org/Home.aspx?menu=11

• Mooresville, NC - 1:1 initiative

• The Book - Switch

Links

Credits• Apple

• NCLB

• Creative Thinkers

• Dr. Tae

• Twitter Resources

• A willingness to change and grow! - It takes communication, conviction, and knowing you have put the students first!

• 360STEELCASE.COM