Fairfax County Public Schools

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• Fairfax County Public Schools
• United States of America
• Dr. Nancy F. Sprague
• Chief Academic Officer

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• Fairfax (FCPS) is located in the state of
  Virginia, just outside Washington D.C.

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FCPS IS A LARGE EXCELLENT SCHOOL SYSTEM

• 234 schools and centers
• 165,000 students, highly diverse
• 30,888 eligible, free and reduced lunch
• Over 100 languages spoken
• 20,776 full time positions
• 92 of graduating seniors go on
• to post-secondary education
• 84 of HS seniors take the SAT average scores
  far exceed Virginia and U.S. averages
• All High Schools named on Newsweeks list of The
  100 Best High Schools in America

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REQUIREMENTS FOR24/7 LEARNING

• Vision
• Infrastructure
• Access
• Quality software
• E- learning

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FCPS Technology Vision

• Develop technology programs that provide
  opportunities for students to become highly
  motivated, self-directed, life-long learners, and
  technology literate citizens

• Create a totally connected community where
  technology is available where and when you need
  it, and is appropriate to your needs

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INFRASTRUCTURE

• 70,000 workstations
• 41 Apples, 59 PCs
• 800 servers
• High Speed ATM Wide Area Network to all
  locations
• All schools have at least one T1
• All schools w/Internet access
• since1996
• All schools have a web site
• Internet is integral to our curriculum
• Typical high school 250,000 http requests per
  day
• Best Student/Computer Ratio (31) in Washington
  Area
• Wireless in many schools and all admin offices

FCPS selected by CIO Magazine as a Top 100 IT
organization, 2003
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ACCESS

• Laptop, pda, wireless initiatives
• Community involvement
• Students with special needs

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Traditional Computer Lab
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Wireless mobil lab
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Laptop wireless labs
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CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

• 2,107 Students use adaptive technology that
  allows them access to the curriculum

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CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
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QUALITY SOFTWARE

• PROBEWARE FOR SCIENCE
• Word processing

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FCPS Online Courses - eLearning
The use of technology to create, foster, deliver,
and facilitate learning, anytime and anywhere.
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FCPS Online Campus

• Online Campus
• Serving middle and high school students
• General Education
• Homebound
• Juvenile Detention Center
• Home-schooled students

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FCPS Online Campus
Creative Writing Chemistry I English 9, 10, 11,
12 AP Chemistry AP English Language
Physics AP English Literature AP Physics B AP
French Language Geosystems AP French Literature
AP Psychology 1 Spanish 1 US/VA History AP
Spanish Language US/VA Government Algebra I and
II World History/Geography I, II Geometry AP
U.S. History AP Statistics AP Macroeconomics
1 AP Calculus AB AP Microeconomics 1 Biology I
AP US Government Politics AP Biology AP U.S.
Government
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e-learning
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Blackboard.com
Available to all FCPS teachers and staff

• provides

Supplemental material and enrichment activities
to enhance instruction for both teachers and
students Information to parents about classroom
instructional information and activities Platform
for on-line courses
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Active Class Sitesand Accounts
In May 2003, there were 69,188 students in 4,520
active classes!
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Daily Use - May 03
Hits Per Hour
Time of Day
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. . . nor snow, nor sleet
The Washington Post, February 23, 2003
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THE FUTURE -

• Virtual high school

Every student with a PDA