We have laptops! Now what??? Wendy Clark Danita Russell Lee County Schools NC TIES March 2011

Who are we? Danita Russell ITF SanLee Middle School Wendy Clark ITF West Lee Middle School

Laptop Logistics All laptops, power bricks, and backpacks are labeled with students names Laptop distribution was promoted as a celebration. o Newspaper coverage o School superintendent shook each student's hand as they walked across the stage Laptops were funded by stimulus monies and grants

Lee County Schools 1 Early College 2 High Schools 3 Middle Schools 7 Elementary Schools 1 Alternative School 9700 Students 700 Teachers 9000 laptops

Timeline October 2009 o 4th grade pilot class January 2010 o 1st middle school staff development February 2010 o 1st phase middle school roll-out  5-6 classrooms at each of the 3 middle schools March 2010 o All middle school & alternative school students have laptops Fall 2010 o 3rd to 5th grade at 2 elementary schools o 1 high school (other is undergoing renovations) o 2nd middle school staff development o High School staff development Spring 2011 o All grade 3-5 students have laptops

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Wordle Wordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. FREE

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LEEap Technology Conference 76 presentations Presentations ranged from Kindergarten to Early College Teachers All presentations were by teachers around the county and ITFs Teachers presented on programs they are using in their classrooms Contacts were made across schools

Presentation is located on Edmodo Code: B10RYA Danita Russell ITF SanLee Middle School Wendy Clark ITF West Lee Middle School