Post on 18-Nov-2014
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Welcome!
School’s Without Boundaries!The Story Behind the St Hilda's School iPad Experience!
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!Geoff Powell Head of the St Hilda's Learning Institute! Apple Distinguished Educator !St Hilda’s School!Gold Coast, Qld!
It is important to gain an overview of the thinking behind our program.
It did not happen overnight, it has evolved over a number of years.
At its heart is a philosophy based on sharing.
A Quick World Tour
What is so significant about Deerfield?!
There I first saw Blackboard!
14 years before iPad program!
Pre prep staff use Bb Mobile and iPads!everyday to communicate!
with parents !
Bb was vital to the iPad program!
Reason to use them every lesson!
Textbooks Resources Web Email !
Apps Music Games Video !
we don’t ban games!
What if students play games?!
I usually ask them to stop!!
it is personal!
it is professional!
they bring it and use it everyday!
What does it look like?!! Fully BYOD!! Yr 4-9 iPad!! Yr 10-12 iPad or Laptop
(95% choose MacBook)!! Many bring both iPad and Mac!! 2015 moving iPad access up!
! Email!! Internet!! Blackboard!! Office type documents!! iTunes U!
Must be able to access!
Higher level stuff we provide via !! iMac or PC lab or MacBooks
e.g. Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, CAD, 3D printing!
Let’s look at some Graphs!
2009!
2010!
Students spending much more time in the Bb courses!4,500 view gap!
Our move to hosting greatly increased traffic!
2009 2010 2011 2012!
Blackboard pages visits per day 2009 - 2012!
2009 2010 2011 2012!
Blackboard pages visits per day 2009 - 2012!
2009 2010 2011 2012!
Blackboard pages visits per day 2009 - 2012!
2009 2010 2011 2012!
Blackboard pages visits per day 2009 - 2012!
Our school day!
800% lift in traffic Y axis 200 to 1600 !
Our school day!
46!
Year 10 English 2010 vs 2011!
Head of School wanted to reduce printing by!
1,000,000 A4 pages!
So how did we do?!
1,600,000 A4 pages!
Mathematics Photocopying Budget!
0!
3000!
6000!
9000!
12000!
2009! 2010! 2011! 2012!
$!
But what about results?!
2011!1st Year of iPads!
!St Hilda's top OP1-15!School in Queensland!
!Our best result in 100 years!
!NAPLAN 5, 7 & 9 (all iPad years)!
One last stop!
But before Goondawindi!
I met Salman Khan and his Mum in the hotel lift!
He is Bangladeshi, I had worked in Bangaldesh!
Then I went to speak at a remote learning conference in!
Goondiwindi!