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**One to One Planning Boot Camp 19 July 2009** Meeting in Memphis—Home of the Blues, Birthplace of Rock and Soul—for a three-day institute on one-to-one laptop programs

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School Culture: Why is a one-to-one laptop program right for us? The goals for the program must be consistent with the overall mission and purpose of the school. The use of one-to-one laptops requires all of us to be on the same page for how this initiative will be developed, supported, This is a tremendous change agent. Are we comfortable with that? Kids will be empowered. How will teachers (and everyone else) feel about it? Plan on how to assess the effectiveness: Revisit baseline data; modify data instruments accordingly—seeking consistency; redeploy assessment (Feb-Mar) and post data; consider external Veteran Audit after four years—due to “four-year slump” in one to one programs Tools: Survey, existing data (test scores, attendance,etc.), learning walks Audit: “so now what” reevaluation built in Develop a rubric that is aligned with overall goals: On a learning walk use an iPhone app or a Google doc to collect data to have meaningful data to use with teachers

Professional Development: “It’s a huge game changer. Teachers are getting an enormous challenge.” Keep the focus on teaching and learning BUT KEEP THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE HANDS OF THE STUDENTS! Use of TAs for technical support Curricular support: Technology cannot be piled on. Things have to be done differently. How do we assure the competencies of teachers? How do we measure their competencies? For example, using SIS Classroom, teacher web pages. Assessment? Accountability? Evaluation? PDPs? Instructional Shifts: Project-based, real life applications, hands on, collaborative, authentic assessment What are our expectations for teachers? administrators? tech support? Ongoing training, collaboration, staff development Institute Days

PR: Making sure that the laptops are received positively across the school, especially by those who are not using them Processing speed: We don’t want to hear complaints like, “I can’t get on the Internet or use United Streaming because all those kids have laptops.” What does everyone else need to know about what we are doing? Are we considering training of student helpers for a laptop users’ help desk? How are we protecting the program? It will be subject to attack. What will we do when something bad happens? For example Liverpool school district: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/education/04laptop.html Ouch! Should we manage the message (create an online presence) with Facebook—like we have with Twitter. Not to mention the custom portal that no one uses Why don’t we have a school Facebook page?

Rolling Out: What training do we have to give our students? Appropriate use: no gaming, when to listen to the radio, etc. Back-up plan: iFolder, etc. http://www.novell.com/products/ifolder/ http://www.kablink.org/ifolder Data storage: what fills up your space? Not music! Flash drive? No instant messaging Use of loaners: Have at least 7 percent available for spares (support ratio) Do students know how to take care of the computers? How will they learn? Will students get admin access so that they can improve their tech literacy? How will students learn to take control of their own learning? Policies: Network use, acceptable use (damage, insurance deductible, school rights to review computer and network resources), restricted software, software removal: http://landmark-project.com/aup20/pmwiki.php Consider effective, fun, memorable ways to police computers: aka Techbusters No illegal programs on a machine: how to teach this Parent involvement: What are we going to do? Over time, kids will learn to manage themselves. In the meantime, what will we do? Policies must be enforced and followed through on uniformly and consistently—especially important from a legal point of view. Inconsistencies will cause great problems with the lawyers. Open the Box Party: Welcome, intros, repair video, sessions, distribution, Q and A Sessions: Restricted software, general procedures; loaners and printing; applications course, critical curriculum skills; acceptable use, interactive desktop TPI: ThinkPad Investigation http://www.horizonvp.com/video.html#top