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transforming a school!
Creating a 1:1 initiative
and transforming a
school!
Creating a 1:1 initiative
and transforming a
school!
Background
• Mr. Hagene -
• Mr. Green -
• PCHS -
• Our District - Positives and Negatives
?
• What Inspires you about education?
• Why are you an educator?
• Are you afraid to change?
• Do you always ask “Is this in the best interests of our students and their chances to succeed?”
The Harsh Reality
• Reform
• Re-invent
• or
• Relocate
What Questions to Ask?
• Why Change?
• What precepts change?
• How are we going to change?
• Biggest Question - Are you willing to change?
TODAY!• What do students need?
• What do I have to do to change?
• How are we going to embark on change?
• What obstacles will prevent change from occurring?
• What type of leadership will help promote change?
•The DifferencebetweenOrdinary and Extraordinary is the littleEXTRA!
1:1 Computing• Why?
• How did we start the idea?
• How did we prepare?
• What contacts did we make?
• How did we educate our Board and Staff?
• How did we educate our community?
1:1 Computing
• What research did we do?
• How did we start implementation?
• What training did we institute?
• How did we fund it?
1:1 Computing
• Preparation Spring 2011
• Preparing documents
• Coordination with Apple
• Preparing Educators
• Preparing Students and Parents
1:1 Computing
• Securing Computers
• Imaging Computers
• Preparing Documents
• Rollout Coordination
• Wireless Access
1:1 Computing
• The Rollout
• Successes
• Lessons Learned from the Rollout
1:1 Computing
• The Beginning
• Where we are Now
• Where we want to GO!
•Average is Top of the Bottom and Bottom of the Top
Other Spokes in the Wagon Wheel!
• Curriculum Redo!
• New School!
• RTI!
• Endowment!
• Professional Development!
• Department Company Meetings!
Problem Based Individualized
Learning!
• Stop Information Regurgitation.
• Incorporate Problem-Based Learning!
• Great Idea- How do you do it?
• Social Learning!
•You Must do the Things! you Think You Can not do!
Academic Freedom!
• What does that mean?
• How do you incorporate it and make sure it is implemented?
• How do you build trust and connections?
Dr. TAE
• Check it out!
• SCHOOL SUCKS!
• Einstein - When you continually do the same things you get the same results!
• http://drtae.org/building-a-new-culture-of-teaching-and-learning/
•PUSH.If You Can’t Push,PULL.If you can’t Pull,
GET OUT OF THE WAY.
•As long as you’re
Going to be thinking
Anyway,
Think
BIG!
Open Areas! Open Areas!
LEARNING AREAS!LEARNING AREAS!
• Blogs
• bit.ly
• ebooks
• khanacademy.com
• prezi
• Wikis
• Google Docs
• Youtube
• Cell Phones
• Many More
Things to Try!
• www.apple.com
• drtae.org
• Dr. Rich Voltz - IASA - http://www.iasaedu.org/
• http://www.one-to-oneinstitute.org/Home.aspx?menu=11
• Mooresville, NC - 1:1 initiative
• The Book - Switch
Links
Credits• Apple
• NCLB
• Creative Thinkers
• Dr. Tae
• Twitter Resources
• A willingness to change and grow! - It takes communication, conviction, and knowing you have put the students first!
• 360STEELCASE.COM
