Technology 2013and Beyond

January 14, 2013

TEACHING and LEARNINGwith Technology

WHAT IF...

The Pencil Analogy

● Let's just buy one to see how it works● Maybe 5 for the class● Dangerous, pointy, break, what is

someone writes a bad word?

PREPARATION

2012-2013

● Teacher Preparation○ Professional Development, Curriculum Development

● Infrastructure○ Backbone, Wireless, Security

● Planning○ Management

■ Content (LMS)■ Devices (MDM)

● MS Student/Parent Preparation

2013-2014

● Student/Parent Training● Continued Professional Development● Continued Curriculum Development● Implementation● UHS Preparation

○ Professional Development, Curriculum Development, BYOD

Eighth to Ninth Grade and Beyond

Middle School

● Learning to Integrate Mobile Devices Effectively and Seamlessly

High School

● Continuation in a BYOD Environment with Device Diversity

2014-2015

● 2013 Eighth graders given option to purchase and bring device to UHS BYOD Environment

● Repeat Eighth grade implementation● Implement in Seventh Grade?

The Why

UCFSD Mission Statement:

To empower each student to succeed in lifeand contribute to society

What are the Exit / Culminating skills we wish our students to possess?

The Why

● Learning with Technology Skills○ Critical to post-secondary success

● Increased Student Engagement○ Active involvement in their learning

● Authentic Learning Environment○ Mirroring higher education and workforce

environments● Differentiation/Individualized Instruction

○ Broadens the number of ways teachers can engage students

Twenty-First Century Skills

● Critical Thinking and Problem Solving● Effective Oral and Communication Skills● Collaboration● Creativity, Curiosity and Imagination● Adaptability● Organization● Initiative and Entrepreneurialism

The Why

H - Developing Higher Order of Thinking Skills

E - Engaged Learning

A - Authentic Connections

T - Technology

Why One to One

● Power of Personal Use● Access, Anytime, Anywhere● Create, Anytime, Anywhere

AUTHENTIC LEARNING

8th Grade Creative Writing

Student engagement, working with "their-world" tools, authentic and individualized. It's about kids having access to knowledge and the ability to manipulate it.

8th Grade Creative Writing - iPads"It's a creation device and we create with it. We write with it. We create podcasts on it. We create posters which synthesizes imagery with writing. We research and analyze."

"And it's not about magic apps. It's about kids having access to knowledge and the ability to manipulate it."

"For my class, when they come in and the iPads are out they immediately pick them up on their own and go to the blog. They write."

FEEDBACK

"Students are writing on the iPads during the day...and then returning to it on their own at night."

"Students are writing more. I can measure that. They are writing more independently. I can measure that. They are engaging with each other's writing. I can measure that."

"It's not about any magical apps--it's still about writing and about access."

Evaluation of Success

Pre and Post skills tests/surveys for teachers, students and parents

○ HEAT○ 21st Century Skills○ Apple's Evaluation Toolkit

Potential Savings

● Textbooks● Computer Labs, Clusters, Carts● Paper, toner, server, etc...

● Cost to not do this...This is happening, like it or not - this project will focus and manage the content and technology more efficiently

QUESTIONS?

What we are currently doing● Library 20 iPads, research and writing● Nanis 9 ipads learning support, reading,

writing, research, moving making,podcasts● Kropp/Ilgenfritz 6th Language Arts● Kelley - creative writing, blog, Skype, Twitter,

podcasts● World Language - digital storytelling● Geography - real time geo-information,

current events, world economics, analyzing country data, podcasts, subject inquiry

Authentic Connections

● TED Video speaker Hans Rolling, Sweden● Learning more than subject matter

(searching, cultural literacy, group discussion about topics, copyright of intellectual property)

● Better student engagement● Vocabulary videos

Authentic (continued)

● Higher order thinking skills with rigor● Analysis of content● Synthesis of information● Not workbook/worksheet teaching● Real time relevant information at our

fingertips● No longer consumers of knowledge but

transformers of content into meaningful learning

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Students

● Requests for bringing own devices is increasing

● Professional development being done anyway why not connect it to 24-7 learning

● We used to be considered a leader in best practice locally & state

● We can be a leader in 21st Century classrooms for challenge and change

2011-2012 Wrap-Up● UHS Construction and Renovation● Classroom Technology

○ Smart Boards / Projectors○ Sound Field Systems

● Mobile Computing○ iPads

● UHS World Languages Lab● Essential Computer Applications Course

Online● Infrastructure Assessment / Improvement● Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) at UHS

Reaching the Dream

● Mobile Technology Proliferation● Ease of Use● Teacher Commitment● Cloud Computing● Resources and Content● Cost● Access, Anywhere, Anytime

Textbooks

The Race is on...Cost Savings are unknown at this point

Millenniums

Making Connections

Investment

● Curriculum○ Professional Development○ Materials

● Technology○ Infrastructure○ Management○ Devices○ Support/Maintenance

● Consider backfilling to seventh grade● Technology Tie to MS Renovation