mobile devices in the classroom nassau county boces may 6, 2011
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Mobile Devices in the ClassroomNassau County BOCES
May 6, 2011
Agenda
Topic PresenterPlanning, Assessment & Methodology
Tom Franson
Assessment of Infrastructure & Security
Ken Wygand
Support Tom & KenProfessional Development Lisa Nielsen
Note: Our discussion assumes the District has a strategy to address whether devices will be supplied to the student population or students will be permitted to use personal devices.
More Pressure Than Ever
2%2%Staying Staying AheadAhead
49%49%Falling behind
Falling behind41% Barely
41% BarelyKeeping Pace
Keeping Pace
8%8%Not Not
addressing addressing mobile mobile devicesdevices
Team Skillsets becoming obsolete
Communicating with “screenagers”
Educators adopting new
tools/technologies
Accelerated rate of technological
change
“Cloud” computing and virtualization
Maintaining control/security
Lack of clear direction for the
future
*April 2011, HDI SupportWorld
Planning and Assessment
Planning will be the single most important task you will undertake in deploying mobile devices to the classroom
Key Considerations
•Begin with the end in mind
•What do you want to use mobile devices for?
•Consider the content and your use patterns
•Compare and evaluate devices
Device WhiteBoard
MS Office
Google Apps
Email StudentInfo. Sys.
Instruction Apps
iPad B B A A B B
Droid C B B A C C
Cell phone D D C B C D
Tablet B A A A B B
Kindle Test Test Test Test Test Test
Nook Test Test Test Test Test Test
Planning and Assessment
• Once you have established the instructional objectives and narrowed down the devices, the assessment task becomes one of determining integration into your existing infrastructure
• An infrastructure integration assessment includes:– security– data transfer– content filtering– virus protection
Methodology
Conducting the Assessment
Define Instructional Goals
Evaluate Devices & Align With Instruction
Evaluate Infrastructure; Change & Prepare As Needed
Develop Support & Professional Development Plans
Foundation – Infrastructure & Security
Infrastructure – Coverage
• Predictive Site Surveys– “Best Guess” approach
• Relies on building construction information you provide (Concrete, brick, steel, wood, glass, drywall, etc)
• Hard to consider things that may move around (i.e. bookshelves in library)
– Predictive survey is helpful but will not guarantee levels of coverage
• Actual Site Surveys– Guaranteed coverage areas – Locate sources of interference
Infrastructure – Bandwidth
• What does your wireless network need to support?– How many client devices in each area?– Traffic Behavior
• Basic video (pre-recorded)• Streaming video (real-time)• Multipoint video (interactive)
Stream
5 Mbps10 Mbps
802.11n 802.11g4
2
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14Source: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns394/ns348/ns767/white_paper_c11-513840.html
Number of Streams Supported per AP
Security – Plan
• First step is to develop a wireless access policy– Who should be able to use the wireless network and for
what purposes?– Should users be allowed to connect with their own
devices? • How do we ensure those devices are “clean”?
– Should you (or can you) enforce a restriction on what applications and data is accessed via the wireless network?• Freedom of Information• Lines are blurred between what is “good” and “bad”
– Facebook, Blogs, YouTube
Security – Enforcement
• Once security policy is defined, you can use technology to enforce the policy– Secured communications channels (e.g. WPA2)– “Guest” wireless access
• Best effort level of service?• Enforce your wireless use policy
– Consider end-user “ease of use”• Smartphones will tell you when within range, provided the SSID is
broadcast– If you are not “broadcasting,” how will end users find the wireless
network?
Support
Support
• Establish a support strategy (before deployment!):– Mobile Device Management (MDM) should be a central
feature– Clearly define your scope of support – publish what will
and will not be supported– Establish a knowledge base to allow users to self-resolve
common issues– Establish escalation paths into service providers
Professional Development
PD Methodology
• Engage teachers in creation of learning plan to meet PD goals
• Customize curriculum and pd materials• Create opportunities to understand how to innovate
learning• Coach/ Model how to innovate learning with
technology• Apply knowledge with expert guidance and support• Reflect/Evaluate effectiveness in innovating learning
PD - Assessment
• Administrative buy in — Incorporated in teacher observations
• Assessment– Student– Teacher
• Student and Teacher Assessment Rubric– Assess self– Conversation tool (coaches & advisers)
• Where they are• Where they want to be • How to get there
– Students and teachers usually not at the same level
PD - Students
• Students as partners– Professional development
• Participate• Lead
• Student support teams– Students in each class– Meeting
• Elective or after school
– Special privileges
PD - Develop Your Personal Learning Network
• Twitter– Tagging– Mentioning– Collaborating on projects using g-docs– Sample
• Facebook– Locate experts – Pages– Tagging– Links– Conversations
• Classroom 2.0 / Future of Ed / Ed PLN • Your own network
– Ning, Group.ly, Wordpress • Blogging
– Read, Comment, Launch
PD - Showcase Success
• Share work of school — Innovation Field Trips
• Share work of classes — Innovate My Class
Key Takeaways
• Planning is key to a successful implementation• If you already have wireless today
– Perform an assessment of it’s capabilities– Determine its current utilization
• Leverage new technologies (e.g. 802.11n)• Invest today for what’s coming tomorrow
– Post-PC era - Learning happens with people, not places• Devices are mobile and cannot be tied down to a cable• Establish a Support Strategy prior to deployment
– Clearly define what is and is not supported– Publish FAQ’s and support phone numbers for vendors
• Professional development makes it happen– Administration must provide opportunities and assessment– Teachers must own goals – Partner with students– Develop a PLN– Showcase work
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