1:1 Technology Initiative Frenchtown Elementary School Christina Lauck, Principal

Timelines Spring 2014: Board of Education and interim CSA held two presentations on Chromebooks and iPads May 2014: Surveyed staff for Chromebook vs. iPad favorability Spring 2014: Determined $40,000 infrastructure upgrade needed before any decision was made

1st Staff Survey May 2014- Interim surveyed 18 staff members, 11 responded (60%) K-5th grade teachers preferred to use Chromebooks for themselves, but wanted students to use iPads 6th-8th grade teachers preferred Chromebooks for students

New Beginnings July 2014 October/November 2014: New infrastructure upgrade completed Technology Faculty Committee developed

Winter 2014-2015 Committee convenes and determines the course of action into 2015 Survey for staff and students Technology inventory- What do we have? Where is it? What condition is it in?

Teacher Survey Questions What technology is in your room? What do you use in your room weekly? What would you like to use more of in your room? What technology training/PD can you offer your colleagues?

Teacher Survey Results 60% (11/18) responded 5 teachers responded more iPads 1 person requested chromebooks 2 people wanted Smartboards 11 surveys spoke to wanting a working technology for students

Student Survey Questions What technology is available to you at home? Rank your personal technologies and how comfortable you are in using them. What technology do you think we are in need of at Frenchtown? How can we improve our technology equipment?

Student Survey Results 20/39 (51%) wanted Chromebooks 12/39 (31%) wanted Laptops 20/39 (51%) wanted iPads Overwhelmingly, students #1 request was for any kind of technology, as long as it was a working and fast.

Analyzing Surveys Students are frustrated with our current technology being slow, out dated, and archaic Students are VERY comfortable with all technologies Teachers are comfortable with traditional technologies and afraid students are not going to be ready Teachers are unsatisfied with our current technology system when they need help

What do we do now?

Incidental Findings No real system for handling technology problems No management of inventory No analysis of how tech. was working previously No oversight of simple technology purchases, i.e.; printer paper, toner, equipment, etc.

Decision 2015: Equipment Complete overhaul and inventory of current technology Elimination of old technologies iPads: 50 ordered, 1 per student & Middle School/Related Arts/Special Education teachers 46 keyboards, cases, etc. 18 MacBook Pros- Teachers 24 Macs in new Computer Lab Older iPads redistributed to Prek-5th grade classrooms

Decision 2015: Programs eBackpack- Google Classroom on steroids Transitioned to PowerSchool Purchase of School Wires and training Ticket System set up with Del Val Various apps identified by individual teachers

2015-2016 All staff received training on transitioning to a Mac, PowerSchool, School Wires, eBackpack (Middle School) Student iPad Boot Camp (September) Constant training on PowerSchool and eBackpack Regularly scheduled Middle School meetings with students and teachers

New Survey Results: Teachers Surveys showed teachers are comfortable with their Macs, felt the provided training was adequate, and are comfortable using iPads with students Teachers indicated more training needed on School Wires (44%) and PowerSchool (44%) Teacher training needs will be addressed as the year progresses

New Survey Results: Students Students enjoy using the iPads (80%) Students are comfortable using the iPads (82%) 92% of the students feel that Frenchtown’s technology has improved since last year 90% of students feel that the iPads were the best choice for Frenchtown 49% think they were prepared to use eBackpack and 54% are comfortable using eBackpack

Moving Forward More teacher training on PowerSchool and School Wires More student training on eBackpack Continued monitoring of technology equipment Increased relationship between FES and Del Val High School for maintenance, training, etc. Analyzing upcoming needs vs. budget constraints