2. Hill City High School 185 High School Students 25 High School Staff Smartboard and projector in each classroom

3. Timeline of the 1:1 program (part 1 of 2) August 2005 – informal discussion of 1:1 November 2005 – Buena Vista 1:1 Conf January 2006 - Discussion item with school board February 2006 – Gateway 1:1 Conf March 2006 – Board approved Classroom Connections application pursuit April 2006 – Community and Staff forums April 2006 – Application submitted May 2006 – HCHS awarded

4. Timeline of the 1:1 program (part 2 of 2) June 2006 – Tablet PC computers arrive at HCHS July 2006 – Teacher training August 2006 – Teacher training Last week of August 2006 – Student Deployment September 5, 2006 – School Starts

5. Tablets versus Laptop Computers We felt tablet computers were a much more intuitive tool for our students The cost difference was justifiable

6. District Budget Impact $108,000 from capital outlay for three years Lease vs. buy $36,000 back from the state We have built the laptop program in to five year capital outlay plan

7. District Monthly Technology Committee Meetings We have monthly technology meetings that include a representative from each building as well as all of the administrators, board members and our tech support people.

8. Community Support School Board Support Public Community Meetings EDC Support

9. Expectations How did we think the 1:1 project would impact Hill City High School?  Teachers  Students

10. District Impact How we thought the 1:1 project would impact the Hill City School District (K-12) All teachers (K-12) have a laptop We have 10 Smartboards throughout the district We have given tech integration sessions throughout the year We will offer tech classes this summer

11. Polices and Forms Policies and Forms for students and parents

12. Student Email Student email use  Beginning of school year  Today

13. Discipline How has the district dealt with discipline for tablet violations?  Student Restriction Active Directory Groups  Fines  Parent involvement

14. Summer Teacher Preparation DSU Onsite Sessions Onsite DSU Sessions Hill City preschool inservice

15. Summer Technical Preparation DDNIT at DSU HCHS Server configuration HCHS Wireless configuration Tablet computer imaging DAS Storage Device

16. Deployment The week before school Student assembly for each class Signed student use agreements Distributed tablet computers

17. HCHS Staff Preparation Staff “train the trainer” session Three ours of student training by teachers first day of school

18. HCHS Staff Sessions Before school every Friday the first semester of school  Smarboards  SychronEyes  Student 2006  Staff presentations

19. Assumed Student Abilities We assumed the students knew computers The students were not as proficient as we assumed on core computing skills (File Management, Office Applications, quality web queries,…)

20. Routine Computer Inspections At the end of each quarter all student tablet computers were turned in for damage inspection and routine maintenance

21. Questions?