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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. HAD The Classroom HAD Expanded ~ 1997 Web editing tools entered the market District Website: www.powayusd.comwww.powayusd.com Virtual Classrooms: www.powayusd.com/onlinewww.powayusd.com/online Internet connection to all schools Email for all Staff HAD

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

7. 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 www.isp-planet.com/resources/backbones/level3.html www.isp-planet.com/resources/backbones/level3.html Partnership for Technical support and expertise (24/7/365) www.callccs.com www.callccs.com

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

9. 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 http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/5/cu10.html. http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/5/cu10.html

10. 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…

11. Apply the “Plan District API 2002-2005

12. 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 email access

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

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

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

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

17. 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

18. Let the STATS Speak for Themselves Number of Active Users 15892 Number of Active Enrolled Users 15885 Number of Active Courses 982 Number of Active Organizations 8 Page Views on Most Active Date 75316 Average Page Views Per Day 30909 Move THAT BUS

19. 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 www.learningpoint.org

21. Thank You! www.powayusd.com Stacey Campo: scampo@powayusd.comscampo@powayusd.com Joyce Daubert: jdaubert@powayusd.comjdaubert@powayusd.comPartnerships: Computer & Communication Services, LLC. (858) 569-8149 www.callccs.com