Governor Mifflin Instructional Technology Pilot February 2016 - June 2016
Overview The pilot places 600 Chromebooks in the hands of students in twenty of our middle and high school ● teachers classrooms. The teachers will receive Chromebooks and charging stations for classroom use. ○ ● During the month of February, the pilot teachers are participating in professional learning opportunities to support the implementation. Professional learning will continue following the pilot; however, a better determination for the ○ focus of the learning can be made as the pilot is in progress and needs are assessed. Pilot teachers participated in site visits to a neighboring district for research, observations, conversation, ● and collaboration. The roll-out date for the start of the pilot with students is March 1st, 2016 through June 1, 2016 ●
Pilot objective: Enhancing instructional practice and student learning through technology integration.
Pilot Phases December & January February March - June Planning for the budget Professional development Chromebooks used in pilot classrooms and acquisition of sessions on February 8, 19, hardware. and 29. Check-ins with pilot teachers regarding successes and Identification of pilot Receipt and distribution of challenges. Determine next classrooms. Chromebooks to pilot steps for ongoing professional classrooms. development. Planning for professional development of pilot Pre-pilot data collection. Data collection mid-late April teachers. and post-pilot implementation in June.
Planning: Hardware and Professional Development
Why Chromebook? Cost - budget friendly Hardware: “Instant On” - Bell to Bell instruction Battery Life - full charge = school day Chromebook Built in Protection - Virus/Malware Low Maintenance - Auto Updates Market Share - passed 50%
Hardware: Why Dell? Dell Chromebook Tier 1 Vendors - Lenovo, HP, Dell 11 Lenovo - good current experience, few issues, average support HP - small test batch issues with hardware and support Dell - proven leader, tested well, rugged, DOD tested, great support
Hardware: Why is Infrastructure important? District Bandwidth - robust enough for current demands and future Infrastructure expansion Signal Strength - stability to support “screaming fast” wifi connections District WAN - high speed building to building connections for shared Internet access
50 Approximate number of hours of professional development per year for teachers to improve their skills and their student’s learning. (Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson & Orphanos, 2009)
Pre-Pilot Professional Development Session 1 Session 2 Simple troubleshooting techniques, 1:1 Digital workflow - How to manage the management, procedures and cycle of digital work from teacher- guidelines for use, student engagement, student-teacher. Topics include: addressing off-task behaviors, and how Assignments, digital feedback, grading, to balance a hybrid of digital and etc. traditional instruction. Session 3 Introduction to tools used in secondary Lesson planning with the Chromebook classrooms. in mind
Observation Data Points ● Measures teacher's current instructional practices. LoTi Ⓡ Digital-Age Suggests professional development priorities aligned to the ● Survey NETS for Teachers (NETS-T). Surveys current teaching and learning practices as they ● Student Technology relate to technology. Survey Captures student perspective. ● Informal Student engagement and instructional practices. ● Walkthroughs Examine what student product in the classroom looks like ● Student Products before, during, and at the culmination of the pilot.
Second Semester Timeline - 2016 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Jul Deployme Deployment of Devices nt PD for Pilot Teachers Classroom Integration Observe & Learn Future Planning & Report of Progress
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