hill city high school 1:1 tablet computing

185 High School Students25 High School StaffSmartboard and projector in each classroom

August 2005 – informal discussion of 1:1November 2005 – Buena Vista 1:1 ConfJanuary 2006 - Discussion item with school

boardFebruary 2006 – Gateway 1:1 ConfMarch 2006 – Board approved Classroom

Connections application pursuitApril 2006 – Community and Staff forumsApril 2006 – Application submittedMay 2006 – HCHS awarded

June 2006 – Tablet PC computers arrive at HCHS

July 2006 – Teacher trainingAugust 2006 – Teacher trainingLast week of August 2006 – Student

DeploymentSeptember 5, 2006 – School Starts

We felt tablet computers were a much more intuitive tool for our students

The cost difference was justifiable

$108,000 from capital outlay for three years

Lease vs. buy $36,000 back from the stateWe have built the laptop program in to

five year capital outlay plan

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.

School Board SupportPublic Community MeetingsEDC Support

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

How we thought the 1:1 project would impact the Hill City School District (K-12)

All teachers (K-12) have a laptopWe have 10 Smartboards throughout the

districtWe have given tech integration sessions

throughout the yearWe will offer tech classes this summer

Policies and Forms for students and parents

Student email use Beginning of school year Today

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

DSU Onsite SessionsOnsite DSU SessionsHill City preschool inservice

DDNIT at DSUHCHS Server configurationHCHS Wireless configurationTablet computer imagingDAS Storage Device

The week before schoolStudent assembly for each classSigned student use agreementsDistributed tablet computers

Staff “train the trainer” sessionThree ours of student training by teachers

first day of school

Before school every Friday the first semester of school Smarboards SychronEyes Student 2006 Staff presentations

We assumed the students knew computersThe students were not as proficient as we

assumed on core computing skills (File Management, Office Applications, quality web queries,…)

At the end of each quarter all student tablet computers were turned in for damage inspection and routine maintenance