Administrative Vision in 1:1 Laptop
Program
Marge SpencerRobbi McKenney
Brady Public School
How we got started• School Improvement
Goal
• External Evaluation Team
• Arnold Apple Days, with group reflection time
• Research
Why Implement a laptop initiative?
And you Think Some Teachers Are Resistant to
Technology Today...
What is your objectives for
implementing a laptop initiative?
•Improve student achievement?
Determine what you want students to learn.
•Improve teaching and learning?
Outlining what roles you expect teachers to play in the learning process.
•Eliminating the digital divide?
For students to be successful in the future, kids will need to begin learning how to obtain and use information at a
much more rapid rate.
•Prepare students for the real world?
Steps to Get Ready:
Organize and empower a district technology planning team, to include board members,
teachers and administrators.
•Get Teachers approval
•Concentrate on Professional
Development
What we are doing:
• Inservice time
• Promote & communicate workshop opportunities to teachers
• Optional after school monthly short trainings
•Administration and School Board Buy In
Define emerging technologies for the technology planning committee.
•Financial Needs
• Line item budget
• Recurring expenses
• Support staff expense
• Establish ballpark cost estimates
•Policies
Acceptable Use Policies for students and staff
Student & Parent Laptop Loan Form
Teacher Laptop Loan Form
Physical Needs
• Another Server?
• Network can handle it?
• Wireless Network ready for the new load?
Community Support•Newsletter & Newspaper articles
•“Brady Days” Alumni Open House
•August BBQ with Technology Kiosk
•December Senior Citizens Lunch with Tech Tour & Kiosk
Visiting other Schools
Develop Tech Committee
Research & Price computers
Attend Neta
•Implementation Time LineSpring 2009
•Research PC or Mac
•Research 1 to 1 & sell to Teachers and Board
•Teacher Professional Dev.
Fall 2009
•Increase Prof. Dev.
•Work on Budget
•Purchased Teacher laptops and server
Spring 2010
•Policies prepared
•Planned student laptop purchases
•Continuing Prof. Dev.
Fall 2010
•Teachers - 2 days of Apple Prof. Dev.
•August - Freshman receive laptops
•September - 10th-12th grades receive laptops
•Continue Teacher Prof. Dev.
•Tech. Coord. classload reduced
Where are we now?
Our Goal: “Provide learning for our students 24/7”
Going live with laptops grades 9-12Fall 2010
• Implementing a 1 to 1 learning program is not something that districts and schools can accomplish overnight.
It’s a long-term undertaking that requires leadership, vision and a master plan to guide every aspect of the process.
But it can be done. And there has never been a better time.
Our Presentation can be found on bstech.wikispaces.com
Great sources:
Check out “Always On” Podcasts
Laptop Initiative Planning Tool (NDE)
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