Sakai Collaborative NH

Christa McAuliffe ConferenceDecember 2, 2009

Debbie Boisvert, Deerfield - Allison Mollica, Lebanon

Sakai is an enterprise teaching, learning and academic

collaboration platform

Designed by educators for educators,

that best meets the needs of today's learners, instructors and researchers.

Sakai Project (www.sakaiproject.org)

Designed by educators for educators,

What is Sakai?Sakai is a set of software tools designed to help schools createcollaborative sites online.

Using a web browser, users choose from a set of features to create a site that meets their needs.

The Sakai Foundation coordinates the ongoing development of a stableplatform through the contributions ofover 200 institutional installations.

How can Sakai be used?

• Teachers can create collaborative online classrooms with the ability to take tests/quizzes online, complete and submit assignments online, conduct discussions, etc.

• Professional development communities can be created in your district for staff, interest groups or even school boards.

• Portfolios - for K-8 and High School can be created, maintained, shared, saved, and transported/exported.

What is the K12 Sakai Collaborative?

NH K-12 Sakai Collaborative consists of a number of districts running their own instance of Sakai in a new and exciting collaborative learning environment, sharing locally developed materials such as

• Rubrics,

• Necap related test materials,

• Matricies and Portfolios for professional development, ICT digital portfolios, HS competencies

• Best Practices, and

• Training.

Current Sakai Collab Members

SAU1 ConvalSAU53 Pembroke SAU4 Newfound AreaSAU10 Derry CooperativeSAU74 BarringtonSAU65 Kearsarge DistrictSAU21 WinnacunnetSAU88 LebanonSAU37 ManchesterSAU 18 FranklinSAU41 HollisSAU 59 Winnisquam Regional

Districts in Maine and Vermont have expressed interest

Sakai is used in a variety of ways –there's a "site" for everything!

• Portfolios - ICT K-8; HS 9-12, professional development

• Staff Pages/sites - for announcements, calendars, forum discussion, resource files... committees

• Courses & classrooms, clubs and sports

• Library

• Even school boards

Here are some examples of how some of the collab members are already using Sakai.

SAU 53 Professional Development Portfolio Project

matrix towebpage

SAU 53 ICT K-8 Portfolio Project

matrix tosubmission formto webpage

See 21st Century Digital Portfolio through Sakai, Wed 3-4pm

Coming soon....

High School Portfolio Pilot

All of these matrices and showcase portfolios are shared within the NH Sakai Collab.

See Tracking HS Compentencies with Sakai on Thurs 2:30-3:30

The Five Districts of SAU 53

Deerfield Community

School

Armand Dupont Middle School

Allenstown Elementary

SchoolThree Rivers

Middle School

Pembroke Hill and Village Schools

Pembroke Academy

Chichester Central Sch

ool

Epsom Central School

School Board Sites

All seven SAU 53 School Boards have their own Sakai site (tab) for accessing individual resources.Example: • Budget• Calendars• Agendas• Committee Info• Bus Routes

Staff Pages @ Three Rivers SchoolSakai is used as a communication vehicle for Three Rivers School. Centrally located in the staff site, information can easily be accessed! Sakai is a wonderful tool to use to keep the staff informed and up to date on everything!

Barrington School District

Barrington Middle School

Examples: 7th Grade Math and Middle School Team Site

Barrington Grade 7 Math Class"I have posted the electronic link to the textbooks my math classes use on my Sakai class sites. Every day since showing my classes how to access the on-line text, I have had students and/or parents tell me they are so glad they have on-line access..."

If you have passwords for subscriptions that cannot be posted on the web, Sakai can help!

Using Sakai for Course Management grades 5-8, Tues. 1:30-2:30

Team Site - Homework Announcements"I have convinced my team to post the homework assignments to a team page. Parents and students can access this with or without user id and password since we have made the site public. We use the Announcements for this - it is found on the home page of our site as well as one of the areas that can be made public. This gives a wider exposure to Sakai..."

Lebanon School DistrictLebanon has 7th and 9th graders scheduled to build portfolios in Sakai this month.

Having implemented the instance fully only a few weeks ago already the hs teachers are implementing course instances in their classrooms.

"Freshman Foundations" Course

Example: Assignment for Photoshop

Derry Cooperative

I love Sakai! I find it a great way to have students use the computer to practice their math skills at any time of the day ornight. With a simple log-in, they are able to complete assignments, engage in math through web-sites that I have chosen, and communicate with each other as well as with me. I have had students who have been stuck on homework communicate with me via Sakai and I was able to help them. It is amazing to see how many students are logged on after school, when it is not required work.

Russ Manchester - Gilbert H. Hood Middle School

More from Derry....I have created several assignments on Sakai, as well as a few quizzes. The students love it and when students are absent, I can have them complete it at home. It is a learning process, what the students see, what I want them to see, but they are really getting the hang of it and so am I.

Kimberly Parsons, GHHMS Derry, NH

How is Sakai hosted?•Sakai is Open Source.

•The K12 Collaborative uses a hosted solution from Mainstream.

•You can however run it on your own server.

That means it is free, but not necessarily easy to install.

The approximate cost of yearly hosting is $4,000 -$5,000 the first year.

There are consultants available to help with your install. SAU53 used Serensoft to get started.

How is Sakai hosted?•With either solution you can be part of the K12 Collaborative

This is free and you immediately have access to the allof the NH materials developed so far.

There is no commitment.

There are monthly meetings that are also available as video conferences. The next one is January 19th at 9:00 am at SAU 53, Pembroke

We often share space in staff training.

Join us at https://collab.sakaizone.org

1.Click New Account2.Click Membership3.Click Joinable Sites4.Join as many sites as you like, but includeTraining and Support

Contact Deb at dboisvert@sau53.org or Allison at amollica@sau88.net