Moving Forward to 21 st Century Learning Presented by Nancie Miller, Instructional Technology Teacher January, 30, 2013
St. George Community creates a world-class educational environment that employs technology and quality classroom instruction to help our children become global independent thinkers, lifelong learners, and productive members of society.
More technology in students hands Opportunity to engage students with technology Advance technology skills of students Student interactivity and authentic learning Learning resources accessed instantly Create Flipped Classrooms Use a cloud environment Collaborate with classrooms around the world!
District Technology Committee Met (Fall, Winter) Building Technology Committee Started Technology liaisons established to build teacher capacity in instructional technology Professional development with existing technology offered during institute days by committee members (SMART board, website updates, etc.) Technology Scope and Sequence drafted Student Response System acquired (free) in middle school math room Additional (free) T1 line acquired
Pending purchase Chromebooks purchased, processed, and delivered to classrooms (Spring, 2013) Additional T1 line purchased (Spring, 2013) Professional development opportunities will be provided for staff through faculty meetings, after school, and summer workshops (Spring- Summer, 2013) Replace district server (Summer, 2013) Media center moved to new computer lab (Summer, 2013) 21 st Century Student Center created in old library space to facilitate engaged learning projects (Summer, 2013)
Library books will be integrated into classroom libraries and inventoried (Summer, 2013) K-5 student computer lab schedule restructured to one (1) 80-minute class once a week (Fall, 2013) K-5 instructional technology classroom embedded one (1) day a week through co-teaching model (teacher push in to classroom instruction) 6-8 instructional technology classroom embedded and co-taught during each content area Field Technician (1 day a week) (Proposal pending) New technology Scope and Sequence projects will be implemented at each grade level (Fall- Spring, 2014)
Samsung Google Chromebook 303 Affordable Fast & reliable Ease of use & sharing information Comfortable keyboard Internet based (ability to work offline) Google support Console management teachers track and control
2.4 pounds 0.7 inches 6.5 hours battery life 11.6 (1366x768) display Samsung Exynos 5 Dual Processor Unlimited Google Drive Cloud Storage with 16GB Solid State Drive Built-in dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n VGA Camera USB 2.0 Port HDMI Port Bluetooth 3.0 Compatible Printing capability through eprint (cloud based)
Recommend increasing Internet bandwidth to at least 4.5Mbps Allows for expected use of 30 Chromebooks full time in one classroom Increases concurrent users from 100 to 150 Maintains allocation for 55% concurrent usage Addition of one full T1 connection Additional 1.5Mbps of bandwidth Currently obtaining quotes on a 10Mbps bandwidth upgrade Current District infrastructure sufficient to support total Internet bandwidth of 13Mbps Hard wired connections of 100Mbps Wireless connections range from 20Mbps to 55Mbps dependent upon signal strength Physical distance from Wireless Access Point Capabilities of individual devices (i.e. HTC Evo 4G smartphone has lower signal strength than HP Laptop at same location) Sufficient bandwidth to implement 1:1 initiatives
No hard drive errors or complications Ability to cloud student material...open-source access Simple to use and manage Highly mobile and high battery life Allows students to save material to their own flash drive REDUCES PAPER!...and COPIER COSTS! Allows for a balance between technology use and personal experiential activities Ability to provide nearly limitless differentiated possibilities Can provide further assistance to students with IEPs and 504 plans Visual, auditory, and hands-on experiences Able to utilize online programs to enhance students own interests (i.e. codeacademy...learn programming)
Purchase 90 Google Chromebooks 60 for grades 5-8 & resource rooms 30 for grades 3-4 & resource rooms Grades K-2 will have groups of 5 computer systems in each classroom for group/center work $279 per Chromebook - includes Google Console Management 2 charging carts - $1700 each Current Promotion For every 30 Chromebooks ordered, we receive $1,000 towards Apps (This would mean $3,000 in FREE Apps for St. George! New Domain Name (sg258.com) Total Cost: $28,562.00
REAP Grant Funds!
Future Savings of one sample middle school class Copying Costs $840/year No new textbook adoption (all on-line) $2,000 Time spent on student preparation/assessment each day (10-12 minutes daily and over 50 minutes a week)