how bergen catholic high school got its cbt on in just three months
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How Bergen Catholic High School Got Its CBT On in Just Three Months
Albert Spiegel Laptop Program Coordinator
July 23, 2015
Rules
1. Ask quesKons via the chatbox a. Why are you here? b. Something you want to learn? c. Issues you are wrestling with? d. Specific quesKons
2. I don’t have all the answers. 3. We can conKnue the discussion
About Me and What I Do Laptop Program Coordinator (Tech Guy) Director of Scheduling (Data Guy) Computer Science Department Chair Teacher of AP Computer Science
BBA, InformaKon Systems MS, EducaKonal Technology Adjunct Professor of InformaKon Systems, Computer Science and EducaKonal Technology (formerly)
MAEd, School AdministraKon Adjunct Lecturer of EducaKon
About Bergen Catholic
• 745 students (all-‐boys) • 60 faculty • Draw from 90 towns in NY Metro Area • College-‐Prep – 99% of seniors aaended college (Class of 2015)
• Average Class Size: 22.59 • TuiKon $16,000/year
BC 1:1 Timeline
02-‐03 • First year with laptops – faculty only (IBM R31)
06-‐07 • All 4 years plus faculty with different Lenovo Model
12-‐13
• Freshmen with X230 tablet • March 2013 – Apple announced for 14-‐15 • Google Apps for student body
13-‐14
• Move from Novell to AcKve Directory • Faculty iPads • .5 GB à 1GB bandwidth
BC 1:1 Timeline
14-‐15 • First Year MacBooks and iPads • Google Apps for Faculty – faculty (direct cutover) • All freshmen texts online (Pearson & Kno)
15-‐16
• All textbooks online • Faculty iBook development • Freshmen and Sophomores – MacBooks and iPads • Lenovo Trade-‐in for Juniors/Seniors
17-‐18 • All 4 years plus faculty with MacBooks and iPads unless early buyout
Bergen’s 1:1 2015-‐2016 • Freshmen, Sophomores, and Transfers – MacBook Air 11” 8GB – iPad Mini 32GB – 3-‐year AppleCare on both
• Juniors & Seniors
– Lenovo X230 Tablet – 4-‐year unlimited warranty + damage
Student Tech Team
• Started with summer students in 2006-‐2007 • Became 1-‐2 students aper school that year • This year, 5 students – tech support team • Have won trust of faculty and students • Do important work, not busy work • Earn $8.25 an hour
Why Move to ExamSoI?
Are we a laptop school or a school that uses laptops? • Scantron Costs – approximately $5,000/year • Efficient way to administer exams • How do we assess? • Examview was not the tesKng soluKon for us
– Examview Cloud fell through
ImplementaKon Timeline
• February 24– St. Joseph’s by the Sea visit • March 4-‐12 – Training Webinars • March 15: Go! • April – PracKce • May/Early June – Administer final exams online
ImplementaKon Philosophy
• Sharing is Caring • Our teachers are preay smart • If you’re not moving towards something, you must be moving away from it
• Quick laptop service • Must be as helpful as possible
You’re not going to blame ExamSo: or any technology for any issues you may have.
Recipe for Faculty Success
• Training – 2 teachers per department • Setup student account for each teacher
– FAC98 – Allowed teachers to use ExamSop exactly as students would including portal and receiving scores
• Take a school-‐created pracKce test • Create a pracKce test for yourself and take it as a student • Create a pracKce test for your class • Take the pracKce test with them.
– No penalKes – Everyone is learning together!
• Gradually incorporate ExamSop into curriculum. – By final exam Kme, it’s all the students know.
• Take each others’ tests – Proofread, catch mistakes
Support for Faculty
• Class Push-‐In • One-‐on-‐one coaching • Observe classes of other teachers
– Great modeling – Shows students that teachers learn too – Collegiality
• Period email reminders targeKng specific issues – DirecKons with screenshots
• Sample quesKons
Sample QuesKon
• Graph is a screenshot of a generated test
• Imported as an image file • Used math editor for degrees symbols
Sample Higher-‐Order Thinking
Lower-‐Level: Which of the following best defines the concept of recursion? Higher-‐Level: What is the output of the following method?
public int mystery(int n){
if ( n == 1){return 3;
elsereturn 3 * mystery(n-1);
}
What value does mystery(5) return? 18
Ready, Set, Download…
• March 15 – all students download SofTest • Content filter and firewall couldn’t handle traffic – outdated and misconfigured
• New content and firewall 5 days before senior exams
Senior Final Exams – Old Way
• Administered over 4 days aper seniors finish classes • Exams taken by subject
– Monday Periods 1 & 2– all English classes – Monday Periods 3 & 4 – all Math classes – Tuesday Periods 1 & 2…. and so forth
• ExempKons – Second semester average >= 93 – <= 5 absences
• Problems with this model – Scheduling exam rooms
• Period 1 – Senior class in Room 1 • Period 2 – Underclassman class in Room 1 à must move this class
– Conflicts • 2 math/science/social studies exams on same day à what exam taken during
scheduled Kme and what has to be made up? – Scheduling teachers to proctor
• Teacher who starts exam may not be one who ends
Current Schedule RotaKon
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Period 1
Period 2
Homeroom
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6
Exam Schedule by Period
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Period 1
Period 2
Homeroom
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6
Senior Exams – New Way
• All seniors in gym (215) • Biggest concerns:
• Wifi – one access point • Power – Lenovos need recharge
• Tech support verified all exam submissions (for teachers that didn’t know how)
Tech Support Table That’s me!
Power SoluKon
• Power an issue for Lenovos
Debriefing
• AddiKonal uploads for students with loaner computers – Forced all students to download exams week before exam period
– LegiKmate hardware/sopware problems – Forgoaen laptops
• Students with extended Kme? – Take enKre test in library
• Students who could not access wifi post-‐exam (few) – Unfiltered access in my office – plug in
• Faculty not posKng exam in same folder or using unique name
• No lost exams • No shenanigans
Absentee Procedure
• Repost same test – Different download password (if had one) – forces student to download in person immediately before test
– Different assessment password – Post in makeup folder?
• Concern – Absent student gets assessment password and views test
– Clock did not adjust when resumed and not prompted for resume code
Underclassman Exams – Old Way
• 560 students • Scheduling
– Half of 2 different classes per room – Assigned proctor
• First day of exams – English, Second day – Math, etc. • Envelopes • Scrap • Essay paper • Lost exams • Makeups – get copy of test, when scheduled?
Underclassman Exams – New Way
• Exams by period • One exam per day; one day 2 exams • Class has no test = day off • Tech support table centrally located • No major issues
My ExamSoI Randomly Closed…
No, not really.
My Computer Randomly Turned Off
Um, sorry, no.
Sample Room Layout #1
Sample Room Layout #2
Faculty PrinKng Stats
Page Count
May 2014 92,096
May 2015 15,178
Difference 76,918 (153 reams)
June 2014 28,579
June 2015 13,495
Difference 15,084
Goals for 2015-‐2016
• QuesKons – Write new ones – Cleanup old ones – Write new ones that address higher-‐order thinking – Folder organizaKon – Assessment naming
• Student Assessment Por{olio – Great way to study for exams – All tests/quizzes in one spot
• Use analyKcs to make curricular decisions – QuesKon data – Why did 20 students get this ques0on wrong? – Exam-‐taker data
• NavigaKon – How do students take test? • Time per quesKon • Does every student finish the test within the alloaed Kme?
• Advanced features – Rubrics
QuesKons, Comments, DonaKons
Albert Spiegel Laptop Program Coordinator Bergen Catholic High School
(201) 634-‐2217 [email protected]
@alspiegel www.linkedin.com/in/alspiegel
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