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THE BROAD STROKES OF BEGINNING A TECHNOLOGY RICH SHOWCASE DISTRICT BRANDI, MIRANDA, VICTORIA, AUDRA & ELIZABETH

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THE BROAD STROKES OF BEGINNING A TECHNOLOGY RICH SHOWCASE DISTRICT

BRANDI, MIRANDA, VICTORIA, AUDRA & ELIZABETH

OUR MISSION

Become a high tech educational showplace for 21st century education.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?

1. What do we envision when we say "high-tech educational showplace for the twenty-first century"? 2. What should we be able to do? 3. What does it look like?

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?

1. What do we have?2. Who do we have?3. What do we need?4. What resources and research can help us?5. Who are our stakeholders?

ASSESS THE FOLLOWING:

The IMPACT Model

The IMPACT Model

Personnel Requirements:- Full-time technology facilitator- Full-time school media coordinator- Full-time technology assistant and/or technician- Full-time media assistant Other Requirements:- Supportive administration- Collaborative Planning and Teaching Environment- Hardware and connectivity- Flexible scheduling - media center and lab- Resources- Professional development- Evaluation

IMPACT MODEL IMPLEMENTATION BY PHASES

Phase 2Readiness Assessment Phase 4Formal Collaboration

Phase 1 Building Support Phase 3Setting the Stage for Successful Collaboration Phase 5Beyond the Classroom

1-TO-1 INITIATIVE

Simply put--one computer per student. Requires not just equipment purchase but related infrastructure / training / technical support / software / etc.

Project RED: Revolutionizing Education found that currently California has the smallest percentage of "ubiquitous (one to one computing) computer programs for their students" in the United States.The greatest percentages are in South Dakota, Maine and Wyoming. "Project RED researchers began by creating a database of high-tech schools that all have roughly the same number of computing devices as students."There is an average of 5.4% of schools withubiquitous computing, which affects just 4% of students. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=60444

Current Research on 1:1

THE FIRST STEP: ACHIEVING A COMMON VISION

Hold a two day I-Teach conference for each staff to work on flexibility, change and collaboration before implementing the IMPACT Model. Utilize the county convention center to have all staff present. Each school group will rotate through sessions held by experts in the IMPACT model, technology facilitators, system operators, and trained teachers. Provide teachers with meals, snacks and prizesto make I-Teach an enjoyable experience. Throughout the conference participants will be guided to create system wide technology and vision plans.

Phase 1 - Building Support

A SECOND STEP: PHASE 2: READINESS

ASSESSMENTINCLUDING

INVENTORY AND INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS

A THIRD STEP: PHASE 3: SETTING THE STAGE FOR SUCCESSFUL

COLLABORATION

OBTAINING TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT

OUR SCHOOLS: Seven Elementary Schools - 431 students each Two Middle Schools - 906 students each One High School - 1208 students 6,037 Students Total District Enrollment

OUR PERSONNEL

7 elementary schools - avg. 34 classroom teachers each2 middle schools - avg. 61 classroom teachers each1 high school - avg. 89 classroom teachers each Total 449 teachers 1 media specialist / system operator per school Total 10 sysops 6.5 media assistants (half-time at elementary) 1 countywide instructional technology facilitator (ITF) 2 technicians

BUDGET LIMITATIONS

Equipment alone at lowest prices would exceed budget.Therefore, we propose implementation in stages.

PERSONNEL IMPLEMENTATION STAGE 1Increase instructional technology facilitator positions to 5 (1 for high school, 1 for middle school, 3 for elementary)Cost: $140,000 Increase technician positions to 5 (same distribution as above)Cost: $105,000 Total personnel cost increase:$245,000

EQUIPMENT IMPLEMENTATION STAGE 1I-Teach Conference budget: approximately $100 per participant (449 teachers, other personnel)Total cost: $50,000 Begin with 5 to 1 implementation. Using existing equipment, 1100 laptops with preinstalled software will be required to reach that ratio.Total cost: $1.1 million Remainder of budget earmarked for hardware upgrades, training, additional software, and maintenance. Total cost: $605,000