School Board Instructional Technology Review

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School Board Instructional Technology Review

• Henrico County Public Schools Division of
  Instruction June 12, 2008

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Presentation
Overview
Walk Down Memory Lane Building the
FoundationLooking at Ourselves Direction for the
Future Vision Guiding the Way Vision in
Action Instructional FocusContinuous Improvement
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Walk Down Memory Lane
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Making
Headlines
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By putting a laptop in the hands of every middle
and high school student, Henricogets it. This
is a school system that understands what it takes
to train the work force of the future.
-Virginia Governor Mark Warner
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NACO Awards
Best of Category


HCPS Test Data Website
iBooks Rescue Lost Voters
Teacher Recruitment Program CD
Online Essentials of the Curriculum Cards
In-House Online Professional Development
Online High School Health Physical
Education/Fitness
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Awards
Honors

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Leading the Way
Visitors to HCPS
Jefferson County Public Schools,
Colorado Springfield County Public Schools,
Illinois Indianapolis Public Schools, Indiana
State of MaineState of Alaska Iowa State
University Ball State University Germany
DelegationKorea DelegationThailand Delegation
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Building the Foundation
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Initial
Implementation
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Looking at Ourselves
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enGauge
Research

• Developed by North Central Regional Education
  Lab (NCREL)
• Measured perceptions of conditions that
  contribute to
• effective technology integration in education
• Administered to high school teachers and
  administrators in November 2001 and June 2003
• Administered to middle school teachers and
  administrators in
• June 2002 and June 2003
• Results indicated progress along a continuum of
• implementation

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FGI
Survey

• Developed by outside consulting firm
• Solicited feedback on whether HCPS should
  continue a one-
• to-one laptop program to secondary students
• Administered in April to May 2004 to elementary,
  middle, and
• high school teachers and administrators,
  middle and high
• school students, and all parents
• Administered online, by mail, and by telephone

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Response to
FGI Survey

• 85.8 of survey respondents supported the
  one-to-one
• initiative
• 87.1 believed high school students should use
  the
• laptops both at home and at school
• 66.4 believed middle school students should use
  the
• laptops both at home and at school

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Development Associates
Survey

• Developed to provide additional information
  about
• stakeholder use and support of technology
• Used to guide the HCPS School Board decisions
  about the
• future of the one-to-one technology program
• Administered January February 2005
• Administered online, by mail, and by telephone

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Teachers
Administrators
Should HCPS Continue with an Instructional
Technology Program?
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Parents
Should HCPS continue its iBook or similar
program?
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Current
Research
INTERACTIVE, INC. is involved in a mixed methods
longitudinal study of one-to-one computer use at
the high school level that focuses on the
relationships between student and teacher laptop
use and student learning and performance.
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Direction for the Future
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The Good, The Bad
The Ugly
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The Good, The Bad
The Ugly

• Fall 2004
• MS HS Principals
• 120 HS Teachers
• 130 MS Teachers
• 4 Community forums
• Whats working?
• Whats not working?
• What questions do we need to ask?
• Development Associates Survey
• Follow up meeting with HS teachers/administrators
  
• HS RFP

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The Good, The Bad
The Ugly

• Fall 2005
• Follow up MS teachers/administrators
• Research meetings HS
• MS RFP

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Lessons
Learned

• Digital Divide still exists if all students do
  not have a laptop
• Classroom / Home challenges
• Printers
• Loaners
• Technology integration is required for students
  to be
• successful in the future
• Technology is a tool that should be used
  appropriately
• Professional Development is vital

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Changes
Moving Forward

• Deductible for accidental damage waived
• On-site repairs
• Loaner computers
• HEF support for students with financial needs
• Content-embedded professional development based
  on
• 21st Century skills
• Longitudinal study to determine impact on
  student
• achievement

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Vision Guiding the Way
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Technology Vision
Guiding the Way
Our students are citizens of the 21st century.
In order to ensure their success, educators will
need to
Be confident and successful integrators of
technology resources to support authentic,
interactive teaching and learning. Be
competent problem solvers, creating a learning
environment that facilitates ever-changing
learning experiences. Be leaders in helping
others develop instructional technology
skills. Be facilitators who foster
collaboration among learners.
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Vision in Action
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What are the
21st Century Skills?

• Core Content, Skills, Concepts
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Communication
• 21st Century Information Literacy

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Information, Communication Technology Tools (ICT)
Apply
the skills using
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Establishing the
WHY
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The World is Flat
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Creating 21st Century
Leaders
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Taking It To The Schools
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Focusing our
Training

• 36 Instructional Technology Resource
• Teachers
• Emphasis moving from hardware and
• software to instructional strategies

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Moving from doing the same things differently to
doing different things
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TECHNOLOGY INTERGATION
PROGRESSION CHART
(TIP-C)
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WHERE ARE YOU ON THE CONTINUUM?
HELPING TEACHERS ONE AT A TIME
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Where do we
go from here?
Focus on applications specific to each content
area.
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Instructional Focus
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Content for the
21st Century
Rich in opportunities for critical thinking,
problem solving, and application
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Content for the
21st Century

• Purchased Content Products
• United Streaming
• Explore Learning
• Apex Learning
• Teacher Developed Content
• Content specific websites
• Quia assessment software

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HCPS
eLearning Resources
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Electronic Content
Demonstration
Skip TylerVarina High School
Mike DussaultElementary Science Specialist
Algebra 1 Online
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Providing Flexibility for
Teaching Learning

• Content on demand
• Engaging students in learning
• Differentiating to meet student needs

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Doing Different Things
Technology Rich Teaching
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Podcasting
Technology Rich Teaching
Podcasting is the use of technology to easily
record, archive, and systematically distribute
lectures, stories, or other oral presentations.
Brad FernaldElementary ITRT
Frank FitzpatrickElementary ITRT
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Video-conferencing
Technology Rich Teaching
Video-conferencing is a technology that allows
for face-to-face, real time interaction between
people in distant locations.
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Christie Hall
Ward Elementary School
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Interactive Online Courses
Technology Rich Teaching
Online courses allow for students to engage in
learning in remote locations, and often at their
own pace.
Kristen Jones Physical Education Teacher
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Blogging
Technology Rich Teaching
Blogging is a tool that allows for the ongoing
exchange of ideas on a given topic between people
in remote locations.
Jon Morris Moody Middle School
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Blogging
Technology Rich Teaching
Blogs websitedatabaseeasy-to-use 21st century
communication
http//blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/
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Blogging
HCPS Instructional Blogging
http//moodyraiders.org/joyce1/ http//byrdmiddle.
org/books/ http//www.moodyraiders.org/morris/
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Looking to the
FUTURE
School Space is an online learning management
system that provides a central repository for
learning resources and tools.
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Looking to the
FUTURE
Promethean Interactive Whiteboards
Provides an interactive, mixed media, learning
environment for teachers and students to engage
the content.
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Judy Christopher
Ward Elementary School
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Measuring our Progress