8:00-9:00 a.m. Overview of Partnership for Powerful Learning Pilot Project


Board of Education requests a technology proposal

Survey-parents and Nagel staff

• Security/care of devices
• Online Safety
• Educational Value
• Equity
  

Presentation to the Board of Education

Online Presence Established-PPL Wiki

May 2010-January 2011

Network Infrastructure

• Guest Network
• Electrical Outlets
• Device selection
  

Devices

• Selection
• Purchasing
  

Development of the Partnership

Staff

Professional Development

(Instructional)

• 21st Centurizing Your Classroom-See bottom of this page.
  
• Personal Learning Networks
  
• Technology Integration
  
• Characteristics of 21st Century Learning-See bottom of this page.
  
• Tech Integration Matrix
• ISTE NETS-S and T
• TPCK
• Ning
• Experienced Voices
• Action Research

(Classroom Management/Nuts & Bolts)

• Laptops at half mast
• Powering up
• Monitoring activity
• Assignments
• Printing
  

Students

• Camp L
• Digital Citizenship
• Tool Box
• Schoology
• Student Guide
• Google Apps
• Student Voice
  

Parents

• Parent Voice
• Parent Meetings (Q & A, Device, Learning Showcase)
  
• Parent Guide
• Parent Tool Sessions
  

January 2011-Present

• Launch of the pilot-Numbers
• Registration of devices
• Perception Data
  
• Sharing of staff culminating projects

9:00-10:00 a.m. Classroom Visits

As you tour the classrooms, here are some "Look Fors":

Instructional

• collaboration-local and global
• student ownership/directed
• software used by students
• student role-choice/personalized learning
• teacher role-facilitator
• authentic learning experiences

Classroom Environment

• power
• classroom set up-tables, chairs, electricity
  
• transparency of technology
• equity
• classroom management

10:00-11:00 a.m. Teacher Panel (Q & A)

Possible questions:

1. How has the pilot project changed the way you approach lesson planning, instruction, assessment?

2. How do student roles change when they bring in their own device?

3. What have been the benefits and challenges?

4. How do you deal with the fact that some students have devices and others do not?

5. What are the three most important things that need to be done in order to prepare teachers for a successful BYOL program? Students? Parents?

6. Big, ginormous AHAs!

11:00-12:00 p.m. Student Panel & Student Showcase

Possible questions:

1. How has the pilot project changed the way you learn? Organize?

2. What have been the benefits of the pilot project? Challenges?

3. What are the three most important things that need to be done to prepare students for bringing in their own devices?


12:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch & Future Planning (Optional)

This is a time for people to ask additional questions and to make plans for moving forward.