Digital Learning Classrooms:Breaking Through the Brick & Mortar

FETC – January 29, 2014

David Dileo Charles Dwyerddileo@tuckahoecommonsd.com cdwyer@tuckahoecommonsd.com

Digital Learning Classroom

What is a digital learning classroom?

What does it look like?What can you envision your students learning?What is the outcome you are looking for?

Tuckahoe Common School District

Located in Southampton, NY

PK-8: 374 students

90 district staff, faculty and administration

TCSD Technology 2010/2011

District Wide:K12 USA Pop mailNo global calendars (In-house or public)1 computer lab – 30 computers

Classrooms:1 teacher workstation (typically an older Dell laptop)4 N-computing stations for students (Dell Optiplex 80GB HD, 4GB RAM, 32bit processor).A few SmartBoards

Digital Testing Mandate

NY State Mandate:

• All State Tests will be delivered digitally by 2014-2015 • (pushed off until 2015-2016)

• In Association with PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers)• 23 State Consortium• Next Generation testing for English & Math

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/nonpub/documents/transition_strategy_to_computer_based_testing.pdf

http://www.parcconline.org/

Mandate vs. Opportunity

Absolutely Not!- Unfunded Mandate- Tax Cap - Unknown Tech Requirements

Opportunity:Around 10% of families without

computers/Internet Connections.

Does access change the way a student can learn?- College and Career Readiness

TCSD Technology 2013/2014Office 3651 computer lab - 25 computersOne-to-one tablets for grades 2-8 (5-8 take them home)

Classrooms: 1 teacher workstation (HP laptop/Dell Optiplex) & Surface ProNcomputing remote desktop(2 per classroom, 4 in PK-1).2 mobile laptop carts for PK-1SmartBoard in all but one classroom

K12 USA Pop mail1 computer lab – 30 computers

Classrooms:1 teacher workstation (typically a Dell 620 laptop)4 N-computing stations.A few SmartBoards

BYOD vs. School Provided

BYOD:- Inequity- Different Devices

- The Classroom- Troubleshooting

School Provided: - Costs- Maintenance- Procedures/Insurance/Warranty

Choose an Environment – December 2013

Mobile/Tablet Markets:

Market Share Date Provided by: http://www.netmarketshare.com/

Choose an Environment – December 2013

Mobile/Tablet Markets vs. Desktop Market

Operating Systems – December 2013Desktop Market:

Windows 8.1

Why use Windows 8.1? - Microsoft SupportedWindows XP – April 2014Windows 7 - January 2015

Best of both worlds:- Desktop Environment- App Environment- Office (3.5 million subscribers)- Built for Touch Screens- One Experience across devices

Windows 8 Apps

Windows 8 Apps:

- Education: 8,781 (7,087 free)- Books & Reference: 7,404 (2,417 free)- Productivity: 2,299 (1,621 free)

What about the games?

- 19,395 (14,437 free)

Digital Learning Devices

Desktops- Controlled Environment

Laptops- Controlled Environment - Teacher Stations – User Controls

Tablets- Surface Pro – Teachers- Surface RT – Students

- No x86 Support

Cloud Computing

The Key Moment

- Any Document, From Anywhere- Increased Security- Data Replication for back up- Lower IT overhead

Choose an Environment- Skydrive, iCloud, Google Docs, Drop Box

Is there an App for that?

Integrate technology into curriculum, not curriculum into technology.

Office 365

Office Desktop Applications:OutlookWordExcelPowerPointOneNoteAccessPublisherLyncInfoPath

Web Apps:OutlookWord PowerPoint OneNote

SharePoint / SkyDrive Pro

Digital Footprints

OneNote

Digital Notebook - Progressive Notes- Auto save- Sharable- Tags – Quick Searching/Search by Author- Import/Export- Embed Files (“new version”)- Password Protected Sections- Linked Notes- Paper Types- Digital Pen / Highlighter- Outlook Integration

Outlook Exchange Server

Main Communication- Email

District Calendars- External, Internal

Classroom/Homework Calendar

Personal School Calendar

Security / Filters / Journal

SharePoint

SQL Database- Very Secure cloud service database- Redundancies for MS Cloud Services (90 days Recycling

Bin)- User Access Roles

Allows users to share files (with/without write protection).Centralized location for teacher files

- Cuts down on printing/copying- Windows 8 Pro – Auto Sync - Windows RT – Mapped Drives

SkyDrive vs. SkyDrive Pro

SkyDrive (Windows Live ID)- Personal cloud storage (7GB)

SkyDrive Pro (25GB / Expandable)- Organizational Cloud Storage

- Personal- Shareable

SkyDrive – Documents follow students to HS/College/Career

Lync

- Instant Message- Voice / Video Chat- Meetings / Presentations- Screen Sharing- Remote Control Access- Shared White Board- Polls / Questionnaire

Office on the RT

- Word - PowerPoint- Excel - Access- SkyDrive Pro

- Publisher

Costs

BOCES Consortium …………………………………………$9,648Windows 8 ProServer 2012 DatacenterSystem CenterDeployment Server, Configuration Manager, Backup, Endpoint, Data Protection Manager (DPM), Operations Manager, Service Manager, Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)Office 2013 ProSQL DatabasesOffice 365 ……………………………………….(Staff) $4/Month/YearIT Academy …………………………………….$1,275

Intune ……………………………………………$8/Device/Year

Costs

2011-2013 Software Totals: $44,525

2013-2014 Totals: Software: $9,648Staff Office 365: $960IT Academy: $1,275Intune: $3,600

Total: $15,483Total Savings of: $29,042

Office 365 Examples

Kindergarten: Painting Shapes1St Grade: Pledge of Allegiance 2nd Grade: 13 Colonies Book3rd Grade: African Animal PowerPoint4th Grade: Multiplication Table5th Grade: 4 Square6th Grade: Writers Response7th Grade: Science Lab8th Grade: Social Studies Unit

Microsoft Learning Tools

www.pil-network.com/resources/tools

Questions

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