Personal Laptops

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Personal Laptops

• For 3rd and 4th Grade Students
• Proposed by Alexandra Vavouliotis

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Summary

• Introduce the third and fourth grade students at
  Romona Elementary School to the ownership of a
  personal laptop.
• Personal laptops for students is the next level
  of technological advancement for Romona.
• Students will remain advanced technologically in
  order to effectively succeed in high school,
  college, and career.
• Teachers must grow technologically.

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Goals

• To increase computer use in the classroom.
• To familiarize students with the use of a laptop.
• To give students a sense of ownership and
  responsibility for expensive equipment.
• To move teachers into a new technological realm.

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Currently at Romona

• iMac lab equipped with 27 computers.
• One laptop cart with 25 iBooks.
• iMac lab in the library/media center with 10
  computers.
• 3-4 computers in every classroom.
• Special services teachers and administrators
  equipped with personal iBook laptops.
• Technology training throughout the year available
  for teachers.
• Technology Club available at certain times for
  students.

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Justification

• Romona is located in a highly academically
  competitive demographic.
• 99 of Romonas students will attend New Trier
  High School and go on to the countrys top
  Colleges and Universities.
• 100 of the students have computers at home.
• Romona is technologically equipped, and this is
  the next step forward.
• Romonas tech budget is not able to finance this
  project at this time.

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Implementation Plan

• Faculty and staff training.
• Student training.
• Technology plan revisions.
• Technology and 3rd and 4th grade curriculum
  revisions.
• School Board and parent conferences.

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Timeline

• September/ October 2005- Meetings with
  School Board and parents. Revise technology
  plan and curricula. Secure funding.
• October/ November 2005- Faculty and staff
  training.
• December 2005- Student training.
• January 2006- Introduce laptops.
• Beginning January 2006- Ongoing evaluation of
  laptops in the classroom.

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Budget

• 147 12 iBook Macintosh Laptops. 161,000.00.
• Faculty and staff training- 600.00 for 4
  sessions by trained Apple trainers.
• Tech Staff on-going training for faculty-
  1230.00
• Laptop maintenance per/year (hardware, software,
  support)- 5000.00.

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Budget Justification

• Personnel
• Apple Trainers.
• District Technology Team.
• Superintendent, administrators, faculty, and
  staff.
• Building-level tech staff and support.
• 3rd and 4th grade teaching teams.
• School Board and parents.
• 3rd and 4th grade students

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Budget Justification cont.

• Equipment and Supplies
• 147 12 iBook laptop computers and 7 carts to
  house them- cost 161,000.00. Amount needed-
  100,000.00.
• Laptop maintenance per/year- cost 5,000.00.
  Amount needed- 5,000.00.
• Faculty and staff training-600.00. Amount
  needed- 0.
• Curriculum and technology plan revisions-
  5,000.00. Amount needed- 0.
• Tech staff on-going training for teachers-
  1,230.00. Amount needed- 0.

Total Amount Needed from funding agency-
105,000.00
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Project Evaluation

• On-going Evaluation
• Every year for the first 5 years.
• Grades
• Tech skill
• Follow- up in middle school, junior high, high
  school.
• Faculty/ Staff progress and success.
• Com pare to other schools with and without
  individualized laptops.

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Conclusion and Sustainability

• Partial funding is provided by school district.
• Laptop equipment and training costs needed by
  funding agency- 105,000.00.
• Move forward technologically to remain as
  prestigious as possible, and continue to aide
  organizations in researching a top school and
  district.
• On-going evaluation to ensure program success.
• Student and teacher advancement and success with
  technology.