One District’s Journey Electronic Classroom Makeover Poway Unified School District Stacey Campo ~ Joyce Daubert Blackboard User Conference 2006 ~ San Diego, California

Presentation Agenda Why a make-over was needed What was the process How have we realized the benefits

Who Are We….. Enrollment33,000 Student; 1800 Teachers Area99 sq. miles in the cities of San Diego and Poway 32 schools 4 high 5 middle 21 elementary 1 continuation high 1 alternative 8 On-line Class Tech Support & Specifics 1 Staff Developer/ Bb Admin 3 Student Information Support 3 Database Support 7 Network Analyst 24 LAN Supports

What was driving the change….. INCREASING….Internet connectivity was empowering learning INCREASING INCREASING….Teacher desire to have a Web Voice INCREASING…Home-to-School communication & connectivity

HAD The Classroom HAD Expanded ~ 1997 Web editing tools entered the market District Website: Virtual Classrooms: Internet connection to all schools for all Staff HAD

The Electronic Classroom Immerges Webpage Training ~ Frontpage Nobody Following ~ No Time / No Energy

What do We Have….. Blackboard.com ~ LearningPoint.org SystemsCommunity System and Learning System Structure Design Integrated with Student Information System (SASIxp) Three Roles: Students / Teachers / Support / Admin Each teacher gets (1) electronic classroom that comes pre-populated with their assigned students Hardware Design 2 application servers (web app & content/user) 1 collaboration server 1 load balancing device Support Design No dedicated FTE’s to the E-learning initiatives Own our own equipment Housed at an office site location Partnership for Technical support and expertise (24/7/365)

Make-over Begins “Webpage” Training TO “Content” Training Everybody Following ~ Automating the Process

Apply the “worth-it” Test improved attitudes towards themselves as learners the use of computers in education, and towards computers in general, course subject matter, quality of instruction, and school in general. Cotton, K. (1992). Computer-assisted instruction. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved October 26, 2001, from

The Poway Accountability Plan  Goal: Increase achievement for all students through a comprehensive literacy effort  Initiatives: Close the achievement gap College readiness for all NCLB compliance  Targets: The District has adopted seven key performance indicators to monitor progress…

Apply the “Plan District API

Before: Before:Tutorial Wed. and Thurs. 2:00-2:45 After: After:Tutorials + 24/7 access to classroom materials and expectations course requirements and assignments access

Before:Before: additional face-to-face time 6:15-7:30 Mon-Thurs 2:30-5:30 Mon-Fri After:After: and discussion boards Real dialog with peers and teacher Real time dialog with large group Front load in class discussions

Before:Before: home phone number for information AfterAfter : home phone number for support and strategies

Before:Before: Open classroom on Saturdays After:After: Open classroom on Saturday + open world 24/7

Before:Before: Material prep and distribution After:After: no copying time or expense + 24/7 access + no lost documents + single iteration of documents

Successes & Learnings SuccessesLearnings Student in charge of their own learning 24/7/365 Learning Environment Partnerships are essential Parents as true partnersK-12 Technical Skill Set # people to # of Users # of Servers Maximizing ResourcesUnder estimate by administration of the power and impact on learning. Correlations between use and student success Vendor unmindful of the financial conditions, infrastructure differences and intention of use at the the k-12 level Differentiation of InstructionsEssential to plan for expansion use and involvement of new technologies 12 Plus PreparationThe day is never over

Let the STATS Speak for Themselves Number of Active Users Number of Active Enrolled Users Number of Active Courses 982 Number of Active Organizations 8 Page Views on Most Active Date Average Page Views Per Day Move THAT BUS

Let the STATS Speak for Themselves Elementary: Strong use for curriculum projects Collaboration & Communication Secondary: Strong use for curriculum projects Collaboration & Communication On-line Classes

Thank You! Stacey Campo: Joyce Daubert: Computer & Communication Services, LLC. (858)