we have laptops!  now what???

We have laptops! Now what???

Wendy ClarkDanita Russell

Lee County SchoolsNC TIES March 2011

Who are we?

Danita RussellITF

SanLee Middle SchoolDanitarussell@gmail.com

Wendy ClarkITF 

West Lee Middle Schoolwwclark1030@gmail.com

Laptop Logistics• All laptops, power bricks, and backpacks are labeled     

with students names• Laptop distribution was promoted as a celebration.  

o Newspaper coverageo School superintendent shook each student's hand as

they walked across the stage• Laptops were funded by stimulus monies and grants  

Lee County Schools

• 1 Early College• 2 High Schools• 3 Middle Schools• 7 Elementary Schools• 1 Alternative School

 • 9700 Students  • 700 Teachers• 9000 laptops

Timeline• October 2009o 4th grade pilot class

• January 2010  o 1st middle school staff development

• February 2010o 1st phase middle school roll-out

5-6 classrooms at each of the 3 middle schools• March 2010

o All middle school & alternative school students have laptops

• Fall 2010o 3rd to 5th grade at 2 elementary schools o 1 high school (other is undergoing renovations)o 2nd middle school staff development o High School staff development

•  Spring 2011o All grade 3-5 students have laptops

Quia

Create your own educational games, quizzes, class Web pages, surveys, and much more! Explore millions of

activities and quizzes created by educators from around the world.

http://www.quia.com

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Jog the WebJogTheWeb is a simple, ergonomic solution which allows

you to create, read and share a new online media: the WebBOOK; the necessary tool to providing real turnpage

briefs or binders including both personal input and dynamic pages from the web.

http://www.jogtheweb.com/         

FREE   

Glogster A Glog is an interactive visual platform in which users create a “poster or web page” containing multimedia

elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data.

http://edu.glogster.com/

   FREE

EdmodoEdmodo is a free and secure social learning network for

teachers, students and schools. Edmodo provides classrooms a safe and easy way to connect and collaborate,

offering a real-time platform to exchange ideas, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices.

http://www.edmodo.com/     

 FREE 

Skype

Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever

they are. 

http://www.skype.com        

 FREE

DeliciousGet to your bookmarks from any computer, anytime,

anywhere. 

 http://www.delicious.com/          FREE

GaggleGaggle is a “safe technology” within the K-12 market.  Our online tools include safe student email, shared calendars,

homework drop boxes, message boards, blogs, digital lockers, online document editing and collaborative, safe

SMS Texting and filtered YouTube access. 

https://gaggle.net/    

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SchoolFusionSchoolFusion acts as a communication hub for all

stakeholders in the education community and is truly the best investment you can make for your schools.

SchoolFusion's websites are rich with Web 2.0 technology to engage students. With SchoolFusion, students are

organized and engaged, teachers are efficient and parents are involved and informed.

 http://www.schoolfusion.com/

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Discovery EducationCreated by the Discovery Channel, we engage students

through dynamic curricular resources like Discovery Education streaming Plus and Discovery Education

Science, support teachers through customized professional development and assessment services, and

ultimately improve student achievement. 

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/      

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Primary PadPrimaryPad is a web-based word processor designed for schools

that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time. 

http://www.primarypad.com/

FREE

LiveBindersLiveBinders is your 3-ring binder for the Web. • View links like pages in a book instead of URLs on a

page• Combine uploaded PDFs and Word docs with links in

one binder• Go paperless one LiveBinder at a time

 http://livebinders.com/

FREE

WordleWordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from text

that you provide. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can

print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. 

http://www.wordle.net/

FREE

TagxedoTagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles,

slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized

appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

 http://www.tagxedo.com/

FREE

SMART SyncSMART Sync is a student management, file sharing, and

collaboration tool in the SMART family. 

http://www.smarttech.com/         

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SymbalooOrganize and share the best of the web with your students.

Organize teaching resources all in one place. 

http://edu.symbaloo.com/

FREE

fur.lyShorten multiple URLs into one.

http://fur.ly/

FREE

PhotoStoryCreate slideshows using your digital photos. With a single

click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. Add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice

narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to

send your photo stories in an e-mail. Watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile–based portable

device. 

http://tinyurl.com/4mm3mud    

FREE

tikatokTikatok is an online platform where parents and their

children can write, illustrate, and publish their original stories into professional-quality hardcover and paperback

books or eBooks. 

http://www.tikatok.com/

 FREE

myfakewallMy fake wall is a fun tool to create a fake wall, just for fun!

 http://www.myfakewall.com 

  FREE

LEEap Technology Conference• 76 presentations• Presentations ranged from

Kindergarten to Early College Teachers

• All presentations were by teachers around the county and ITFs

• Teachers presented on programs they are using in their classrooms

• Contacts were made across schools

Presentation is located on EdmodoCode: B10RYA

Danita RussellITF

SanLee Middle SchoolDanitarussell@gmail.com

Wendy ClarkITF 

West Lee Middle Schoolwwclark1030@gmail.com