1. eStudent Program Rich Wilson – Director of Technology Greg Lawrence – Technology Coach

2. Wentzville R-IV  About Us

3. Why 1:1?  Changing the culture of student learning and engagement  Part of a digital conversion  21 st Century skills for a 21 st Century world  Pinnacle of educational technology!

4. Planning & Timeline  Wireless infrastructure – 2009  LMS (Moodle – 2009)  Technical Support  Community interest & support  Teacher readiness  $ (lease or purchase?)  Total cost of ownership

5. Timelines  Talking about a 1:1 program for a couple of years  Spring 2011 – received sizable private donation –kick- start!  Planning summer 2011  Netbook RFP  Teacher PD Fall 2011  Jan 2012 Rolled out 1,000 netbooks to all 9 th graders  Aug 2012, 2,000 9 th & 10 th grade  Aug 2013 9-12 (netbooks & Chromebooks)

6. Which Device?  Tablets, laptops, netbooks, etc…  Netbook  Acer Aspire One Windows 7 Pro (had to upgrade) Intel Atom 1GB RAM 300 GB HDD 10.1” LCD/LED screens Ethernet port & wireless a/b/g/n 6 cell battery VGA port 3 USB’s SD card reader Headphone jack Microphone jack Integrated camera (disabled)  Chromebooks – SY2014 – 11 th & 12 th graders

7. Software  Productivity: Office 2010  Ebooks : Adobe Digital Editions, Nook, Kindle, Barnes & Noble and Overdrive  Creativity: Windows Movie Maker, PhotoStory, DVD Maker and Media Player  Google: Earth, Sketchup and Picasa  LoggerPro  Google Education Domain

8. Hardware Infrastructure  Two high schools (third August 2013)  Controllers & Access Points  Locations & placement  Wireless upgrade summer 2013

9. Security & Management  Lightspeed mobile filter  Novell ZCM  Laser etched logo on lid  Absolute CompuTrace software

10. Distribution & Collection  Family Info Nights  Required students and parent to read and sign the netbook handbook agreement prior to issuing a netbook.  Tracked information in TylerSIS  We “treat them like a textbook”

11. Fees & Insurance?  One2one Risk Solutions  Computer Solutions  “Self-insurance” fee  MUSIC (Missouri United School Insurance Council)

12. Teacher PD  Transfer to Transform  LoTi (Framework to measure technology as a learning resource)  Training...  Moodle (3 sessions)  Google Apps Overview  Listserv  Subject-Specific Training (Brought in area 1:1 Educators)  Device Orientation and Troubleshooting  Computer Software (OneNote / PhotoStory)

13. Changes in our learning culture  Moodle  Paperless  Migrating to digital textbooks and resources

14. Issues  Wireless  Screens!!!!!  Not all are digital natives  Batteries  Keyboards  First logins – creation of local profile  Need lots of space  Need to approach as not a “Technology” project

15. Common Core  Major technology integration  Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium – hardware guidelines

16. Research  Project Red – www.projectred.orgwww.projectred.org  COSN.org – Uruguay 1:1 for kids grades 1-9  Mooresville Graded School District – www.mgsd.k12.nc.us www.mgsd.k12.nc.us  Apple Classroom of Tomorrow

17. WSD eStudent Panel – teachers & students  Wednesday, February 13  10:50 am  Jr. Ballroom A

18. Contacts & Questions  636.332.3751 www.wentzville.k12.mo.us richardwilson@wentzville.k12.mo.us gregorylawrence@wentzville.k12.mo.us