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EStudent Program Rich Wilson – Director of Technology Greg Lawrence – Technology Coach.
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eStudent Program
Rich Wilson – Director of Technology
Greg Lawrence – Technology Coach
Wentzville R-IV
About Us
Why 1:1?
Changing the culture of student learning and engagement
Part of a digital conversion 21st Century skills for a 21st Century
world Pinnacle of educational technology!
Planning & Timeline
Wireless infrastructure – 2009 LMS (Moodle – 2009) Technical Support Community interest & support Teacher readiness $ (lease or purchase?) Total cost of ownership
Timelines
Talking about a 1:1 program for a couple of years Spring 2011 – received sizable private donation –
kick-start! Planning summer 2011
Netbook RFP Teacher PD Fall 2011 Jan 2012 Rolled out 1,000 netbooks to all 9th
graders Aug 2012, 2,000 9th & 10th grade Aug 2013 9-12 (netbooks & Chromebooks)
Which Device?
Tablets, laptops, netbooks, etc… Netbook
Acer Aspire One Windows 7 Pro (had to upgrade) Intel Atom 1GB RAM 300 GB HDD 10.1” LCD/LED screens Ethernet port & wireless a/b/g/n 6 cell battery VGA port 3 USB’s SD card reader Headphone jack Microphone jack Integrated camera (disabled)
Chromebooks – SY2014 – 11th & 12th graders
Software
Productivity: Office 2010 Ebooks : Adobe Digital Editions, Nook,
Kindle, Barnes & Noble and Overdrive Creativity: Windows Movie Maker,
PhotoStory, DVD Maker and Media Player Google: Earth, Sketchup and Picasa LoggerPro Google Education Domain
Hardware Infrastructure
Two high schools (third August 2013) Controllers & Access Points Locations & placement Wireless upgrade summer 2013
Security & Management
Lightspeed mobile filter Novell ZCM Laser etched logo on lid Absolute CompuTrace software
Distribution & Collection
Family Info Nights Required students and parent to read
and sign the netbook handbook agreement prior to issuing a netbook.
Tracked information in TylerSIS We “treat them like a textbook”
Fees & Insurance?
One2one Risk Solutions Computer Solutions “Self-insurance” fee MUSIC (Missouri United School Insurance
Council)
Teacher PD
Transfer to Transform LoTi (Framework to measure technology as a
learning resource) Training... Moodle (3 sessions) Google Apps Overview Listserv Subject-Specific Training (Brought in area 1:1
Educators) Device Orientation and Troubleshooting Computer Software (OneNote / PhotoStory)
Changes in our learning culture Moodle Paperless Migrating to digital textbooks and
resources
Issues
Wireless Screens!!!!! Not all are digital natives Batteries Keyboards First logins – creation of local profile Need lots of space Need to approach as not a “Technology”
project
Common Core
Major technology integration Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium – hardware guidelines
Research
Project Red – www.projectred.org COSN.org – Uruguay 1:1 for kids grades
1-9 Mooresville Graded School District –
www.mgsd.k12.nc.us Apple Classroom of Tomorrow
WSD eStudent Panel – teachers & students
Wednesday, February 13 10:50 am Jr. Ballroom A
