building 1-to-1 byod learning communities
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Muir Lake School, a part of Parkland School Division, is becoming a 1-to-1 BYOD learning community. The mission behind this initiative is "our students will innovate, collaborate, and be highly motivated about their learning". The goal is that every student will have access to a personal laptop in every class to use whenever it is the best tool for the learning activity. The initiative was piloted in grade 4 and grade 9 and will be expanding to all grades 4 through 9. This presentation outlines the "why" behind the initiative and first steps of Muir Lake School's journey. Google Doc Quick Link → bit.ly/MLS1to1TRANSCRIPT
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
Quick Link → bit.ly/MLS1to1
Muir Lake School: Our JourneyMuir Lake School: Our Journey#mlsgooglesummit
Quick Link → bit.ly/MLS1to1
• Travis McNaughton• Assistant Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @travdmc
Kelly Arnold • Teacher, Grade 9
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @kwilliamson03
Charlene Daub• Teacher, Grade 4
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @4444charlie
Who’s in the room?
•bit.ly/MLSintroQuick Link
Survey says...
bit.ly/MLSintroresults
bit.ly/MLSintrosummary
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?
Quick Link bit.ly/BYODquestions
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