small districts make a difference with blended learning

• JOHN CANUEL, VICE PRESIDENT, BLACKBOARD GLOBAL K-12 EDUCATION STRATEGY•BEN LOUEY, SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT• DAVID WILLYARD, MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT•SCOTT SMITH, MOORESVILLE GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Small Districts Make A Difference With Blended Learning

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Districts are Challenged to Meet Student Demand for Online Learning

Source: Blackboard/Education Week Survey of Online Learning Preparedness (2010). n=1,962

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Students are positively engaged by the use of technology in learning environments.

Students demonstrate improved learning, performance and/or achievement when technology is

integrated into their curriculum.

Your district meets the online learning demands of all students.

Your district leadership team wants to deliver courses virtually to achieve greater curriculum quality, increased learning opportunities, and

operational efficiencies.

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• 38% of students who have not taken an online courseare interested in doing so

• 63% of students identify online learning as a must-have component in their “ultimate school”

• Over 40% of students are currently communicating with theirteachers electronically and over 70% of students are communicating with friends and family through text, email, and IM

• Over 70% of high school students have access to a computerand 67% have access to a cell phone

What Are Students Saying?

Technology is a daily part of students’ lives and should be integrated into their school lives.

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Southern York’s Journey Into Blended Learning

Mr. Ben LoueyK-12 Technology Integration

Specialist

District Profile

Glen Rock, Pennsylvania

3,400 Students (K-12)

5 Schools

320 Teachers

Rural Community

Points of Emphasis

How did we get started?

Where are we now?

Where are we headed?

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How Did We Get Started?

How Did We Get Started?

Started in a consortium (2004) 200 User Accounts Included Professional Development Hosted Environment Pre-built content

First Uses (2005-2009)

Alternative Education Setting

AP courses (Summer Reading Groups)

Early Adopters (High School)

Department Adoption (High School)

Middle School Pilot (Guess Access)

Middle School Full Adoption (Guest Access)

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Where Are We Now?

Where Are We Now?

Left the Consortium (Summer 2010)

Purchased Directly from Blackboard Needed more control Integration with other systems Allow for continued expansion

Current Projects

Middle School Pilot (Student Accounts) Computer Classes Blogging

Elementary School Pilot (Guest Access)

Online Staff Professional Development

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Where Are We Headed?

SY 2011 - 2012

All Secondary Students – Full access to system

Full implementation of Content System

Migration of Curriculum Maps

Additional Online PD for Staff

SY 2011 - 2013

All K-12 Students – Full access to system

Primary District Web Presence

Individualized Building Domains

Integrated Portal / Intranet

Fully On-Line Courses for Students

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“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there”

– Lewis Carroll

Find YOUR road to success… and get on it!

Questions?

Emailben.louey@sycsd.org

Skypelouey.ben

Twitter@benlouey

Phone(717) 235-4811 x7330

My Contact Info:

9500 Students580 Staff1100 Employees13 Schools

2 High Schools2 Middle Schools8 Elementary Schools1 Alternative HS

Presenter: David Willyard

PLTW

Advisory

PLTW

CreditRecovery

Teacher Websites

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Goal 1The District Curriculum isguaranteed and viable.

The District curriculum, based on state and district standards, is achievable in scope (viable) and

promised to each student (guaranteed). It is to be described with student-friendly language, published, and adjusted as necessary. The implementation of

the curriculum is monitored through teacher-developed common district assessments. 

myMead

E-Resource RepositoryOnline Communities

Teacher WebsitesDistrict Intranet

myMead

AdminTeam

PrincipalTeam

FacilitatorTeams

How to implement?(the soft start...)

7-12 K-12

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CentralOffice

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August - February80+ Professional Development Offerings

SiteTraining

SiteTraining

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BldgTeams

BldgTeams

February - MayIn-Building

Result:

~400/580 trained372 courses

4000+ visits/day

Professional DevelopmentMore Hybrid Learning

Mead STEM Academy @ WSU

Mooresville Graded School District’s Digital Conversion

Scott S. Smith, Ed.D.Chief Technology Officer

Why a Digital Conversion?

• Close the Digital Divide

• Relevant Instruction

• 21st Century Readiness

• Real World Experience

• Instructional Practice

• Improve Academic Achievement

• Moral Imperative

What is a Digital Conversion?• NOT a Technology Project

• A meaningful instructional tool at the fingertips of every child

• 450 Teacher MacBook Airs

• 4000 MacBook Airs for ALL 4th - 12th graders

• 450 MacBooks for ALL 3rd grade students

• 150 MacBooks on carts for grades K - 2

• 120 Interactive Whiteboards in every classroom grades K - 3

• Online content available virtually 24/7

• Ubiquitous Wireless

• Cultural Shift

Ingredients• Building the culture

• 21st Century tools

• Data rich & intensive

• Capacity building

• All in !!!

Implications• Precision (intervention/detail)• Competency is evolutional• Creativity & relevance drive productivity• Connectivity & collaboration “hum”

New Views of Learning

From traditional student learning. . . rote memory of predetermined facts disseminated by teachers

. . . to cognitive science students construct meaning by making connections with prior knowledge through language

Timeline

• December 2007 - 500 Teacher MacBooks distributed

• January 2008 - 400 MacBooks on carts for the English Department at MHS

• August 2008 - 1650 student MacBooks at MHS, 850 student MacBooks at MIS

• August 2009 - 4000 MacBooks to all 4 - 12 grade students

• April 2010- Refresh of all 4500 MacBooks

• August 2010 - Added MacBooks on carts for 3rd grade students districtwide.

• August 2011 - Refresh of all 4400 MacBooks with Airs and 1:1 3rd grade

Mooresville Graded School District Demographics

Students receiving Free/Reduced Lunch has increased in MGSD...

Number of Schools 8

Certified Staff ~ 400

Non Certified Staff ~ 300

Total StudentsK-12

5409

Asian 2%

Multi Racial 3%

Hispanic 7%

African American 15%

Caucasian 73%

Mooresville High School Performance Data

Composite increase of 21 percentage

points over 5 years

4 Year Cohort Graduation Rate

Mooresville Graded School DistrictGetting Students Across the Line!

MGSD is 2nd in the state out of 115

districts for its 2011

graduation rate!

District Achievement

15% growth!

All Schools in MGSD were recognized this year as Schools of Distinction.

Rocky River Elementary School was recognized this year as an Honor School of Excellence.

MGSD Ranked 8th

MGSD tiedfor 4th

MGSD tiedfor 3rd

District Achievement

District Achievement

Formula: Number of Proficient Test Scores on Reading Grades 3-8, Math Grades 3-8, and EOCs divided by the total number of tests taken in school year 2009-2010.

District

Percent Proficient using EOG

Reading, Math, Science; EOC

Per Pupil Expenditure

(state ranking)

District Enrollment Numbers

1 Chapel Hill Carrboro 90% 8979 (39) 11,504

2 Polk County 89% 9604 (22) 2363

3 Camden County 88% 7989 (73) 1891

Mooresville City 88% 7463 (99) 5422

4 Carteret County 87% 8486 (55) 8166

5 Transylvania County 86% 8419 (57) 3595

Watauga County 86% 9034 (38) 4292

Union County 86% 7304 (105) 38,282

Yancey County 86% 9307 (29) 2360

Currituck County 86% 8694 (45) 3893

MGSD Ranked 3rd

in the State 2010-11

Every Child, Every Day

www.mgsd.k12.nc.us

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BEN LOUEYBEN.LOUEY@SYCSD.ORG

DAVID WILLYARDDAVID.WILLYARD@MEAD354.ORG

SCOTT SMITHSSMITH@MGSD.K12.NC.US

ANNIE LEWISANNIE.LEWIS@BLACKBOARD.COM

JOHN CANUELJOHN.CANUEL@BLACKBOARD.COM

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