YEAR 3 OF A ONE-TO-ONE PROGRAM October 15, 2009 maeds 45th Annual Conference

Introductions  Tim Everett: Pennfield Schools Technology Director  Susan Lewis: Pennfield Schools Network Administrator

Overview of Presentation  Background of the Program  Procedures  Products and Cost  What We Learned  Next Steps  Questions

Background of Program  PUL stands for Power Up Learning  Goal is to give students and teachers the tools they need to teach and learn to prepare for the 21 st century workplace  Established as a Curriculum Program NOT a Technology Program  3 rd year of the program  All high school students have a laptop 24/7 for the School Year

Background of the Program  First class required to meet the requirements of the Michigan Merit Curriculum. First class required to meet the requirements of the Michigan Merit Curriculum.  Today’s students are very technologically literate. Today’s students are very technologically literate.  Increases student engagement Increases student engagement  Increases achievement Increases achievement  Prepare for tomorrow's workplace  Enhancing Teaching and Learning

Background of the Program  Looked at options  Research  Formed a committee  Established a website  Working with Vendors  Site Visits  Developed and posted Bid  Choose a Vendor

Procedures  Professional Development  Established and Reviewed Curriculum Materials  Communicate with Parents  Repair issues  Discipline Problems  Disbursement  Monitor and Inventory  Review

Procedures To help offset the support, maintenance and recovery costs, we are requiring a $50 yearly non refundable fee to be paid by parents. If they are eligible for the free/reduced lunch program, the fee will be adjusted. They are responsible for providing a laptop bag (must be bag intended for laptop use) Lost or damaged items will be replaced at the parents expense. This includes items such as: Bag straps power adaptor

Procedures  Computrace covers the theft aspect of the laptop  Repairs are turned into the Media Center for repair  Students can lose the privilege of taking their computer home at the discretion of the District.  Any violation that is determined by the administration that the student intentionally or deliberately defaced or damaged the equipment, that student will be charged a repair or replacement cost.  The details of the student responsibilities can be found in the PUL handbook and the High School Discipline code.

Products and Cost  Sophomores and Juniors have the Gateway machine that they had last year.  Freshman and Seniors have the Lenovo S10e Netbook

Products and Cost  All Teachers Given a Tablet  Each Classroom has Projector, All-in-one Printer, Sound System, VCR/DVD Player, Three Desktops  Laptop Docking Stations with Battery Charger  Access Points  Wireless Set Up

Products and Cost Laptop Setup – three partitions Can save to one location at school or home To be backed up, student must transfer it to their home drive at school Data not in the Home drive is not backed up Music and video will not be backed up Two logins: Home School

Products and Cost  Laptops will run:  Windows XP  Office 2007  One Note 2007  Encarta 2007  Various other programs

What We Learned  Pre Bid  Biding and Choosing a Vendor  Procedures  Repair  Discipline  Curriculum  Home/School Issues

What the students had to say  “We were able to find the assignments our teacher give out quickly and easily. There is a website (Moodle) that teachers use to put lessons and resources that is readily available for the students”  “Moodle lets students turn in papers, get homework and sheets that can be used at home, and moreover, turn in things from home if you are absent from school”  “At this level, the laptops work really well for getting all of your assignments in on time”

What Students Had to Say  “They certainly made a big difference on the way I see my school work. In my Algebra class, technology comes in handy if I don’t understand something or I need a little help”  “I know it sounds crazy, but I don’t procrastinate on doing my work”  “I feel I’m more ready for the jobs now these days because every class has some sort of online feature”

What Students Had to Say  One big warning but what a great life lesson…  “I will admit that I have wasted precious time to work on missing or even just assignments to play games, watch video games, or read things on the internet. The truth is that it only got me in trouble later on. Trust me, I have payed the consequences or wasting time on my laptop. Whenever I waste my time it usually resulted in a zero on an assignment and having to make it up. Yeah, it is fun to play games and stuff, but you need to wait to that when you have free time and not when you have homework to do.

Next Steps  Curriculum  Access Points and Wireless  Laptops  Procedures  Public Access  Philosophy

PUL Website   Tim Everett: Pennfield Schools Technology Director  Susan Lewis: Pennfield Schools Network Administrator

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