Hoover High School

Engaged Learning/iPad Initiative This is what cutting edge looks like!

The learning landscape just got even bigger

Timeline/Commitment

• 2012-2013-Pilot Year- 12th grade students and entire faculty at

both high schools issued iPads (August/September 2012)

• Spring Semester-11th grade students issued iPads (January 2013)

• 2013-2014-all 9th and 10th grade students issued iPads based on Pilot evaluation (fall 2013)

Impact

What is the overall reason(s) for implementing a1-to-1 iPad initiative? Provide all Hoover High students with the best possible college/career readiness opportunity.

The 1-to-1 iPad/Engaged Learning Initiative will be the academic model at Hoover High School to promote 21st century teaching and learning. Transformational Instructional Strategies.

What are the goals of a 1-to-1 iPad program for students and teachers at Hoover High?

1. Transformational Instructional Strategies

2. Individualization of Learning and Performance

What are the 1-1 iPad initiative academic objectives for our school?

Critical Thinking CommunicationCollaboration

CreativityStudent/Teacher Relationship

“Teachers are no longer the keepers and disseminators of knowledge but become facilitators of learning” ------HHS faculty member

Critical Thinking

The iPad supports learning in the way our student’s think.

A world of easily searchable information is available at their finger tips

Teacher must act as a facilitator and guide rather than a sage of knowledge

Inquiry based learning demands that students develop critical thinking skills

Student ownership and engagement coupled with interactive web 2.0 tools will increase the opportunity for deep inquiry based learning experiences

Communication Faculty, students, parents, and administrators have increased communication availability with the iPads.Teachers can send email reminders to students, teacher websites can be set up with RRS feeds, QR codes on handouts/activities, increases ease of communication while decreasing the need to consume resources (paper, time, etc.) to do so. Additionally, various applications allow for increased communication between students, increasing the opportunities for collaboration.

Collaboration Student collaboration becomes easier to manage. Students are "always" connected to each other. Cloud based applications eliminate the "he's not here, and has all our work" disruptions. Teachers have increased ability to monitor collaboration, teach collaboration skills & procedures and give the "academic work" of investigating, synthesizing and creating to the students.

Creativity

iPads become the catalyst to increased creativity in numerous areas of our organization. "We can't because we don't have (the resources, time, and interest) as an excuse is eliminated. Levels the playing field for all students.

Teachers have unlimited ways of integrating content, skills & assessment into meaningful & engaging experiences for students.

Students have unlimited options in demonstrating their understanding and abilities. Increased connectivity allows for greater flexibility in bringing teams of people together to solve problems.

iPads will also allow for greater creativity in our curricular offerings.

Student/Teacher Relationship

• Student centered learning environment• Collaboration and personalization• Shift the balance of instruction from direct teaching to

more exploratory forms of student learningProgram/Project Based Learning

Inquiry Based Learning

“Make Learning Happen, Teaching Only When Necessary”

Teachers are no longer the keepers and disseminators of knowledge but become facilitators of learning”

Other

Information & Media Literacy (digital literacy) Students and teachers will have innumerable tools at their fingertips. Evaluation of sources, perspectives, and purpose will become the focus of conversations as new applications and uses are introduced. We want to educate students using the tools of the 21st century.

Does the iPad take the place of the textbook? We cannot at this time say if all textbooks will be replaced. We do believe that this is a future trend and with a 1-to-1 iPad learning program we will be well positioned to take advantage of the cost savings, flexibility, ability to customize, and other advantages to having electronic textbooks. Phased program planned.

Helping all levels of students

Positive impact on all our students, technology offers many programs and tools that will support their needs and give them better access to the curriculum. 24-7 availability

Most of these programs and tools are available for free and include the following:

o Web-based course management and other software that allows teachers to post class materials and assignments on-line which especially helps students with organizational issues. These resources also promote collaborative research and writing projects.

o A vast number of free on-line resources that can be used to enhance learning such as virtual math manipulatives, virtual science labs, customized quiz and vocabulary building software, podcasts and numerous language learning resources, on-line primary documents from our national archives and much more.

Here We Go!!!Teacher Engagement Levels

• Level 1-Full Engagement, teachers completely emerge technology in their classrooms. (the innovators, the brave, fully engage students with iPads)

• Level 2-Blended/Hybrid, teachers are guardedly optimistic, need to explore the idea and sample using the technology at their own pace.

• Level 3-Sample/Explore, teachers will only use the technology on a personal basis, organizing, communicating and productivity.

RESPECT for all levels. Over a period of time all should be at Level 1 full engagement .

Levels PD

Discussion, info, helpful hints

Sessions today and tomorrow.

Community Room!!!

Teacher Engagement Levels-

National Education Technology Standards-NETS