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ET-IL Plan PresentationLPS Board of Education

April 9, 2009

ET-IL Plan PresentationLPS Board of Education

April 9, 2009

AgendaAgenda

1. ET-IL Plan1. ET-IL Plan

2. Where we have been2. Where we have been

3. A new vision3. A new vision

4. Where we can go4. Where we can go

5. How we can get there5. How we can get there

Needs AssessmentGoals, Objectives and StrategiesCollaboration and IntegrationProfessional DevelopmentTechnology Infrastructure and Support

Needs AssessmentGoals, Objectives and StrategiesCollaboration and IntegrationProfessional DevelopmentTechnology Infrastructure and Support

Policies and ProceduresBudgetAction PlanEvaluation

Policies and ProceduresBudgetAction PlanEvaluation

Colorado Department of Education requiresan Educational Technology – Information Literacy plan

Colorado Department of Education requiresan Educational Technology – Information Literacy plan

E-rate requests must be includedDue April 30, 2009

E-rate requests must be includedDue April 30, 2009

1. ET-IL Plan1. ET-IL Plan

Fiber-optic network (2002 Bond)LPS Technology Innovation Grant (2006)

($1,000,000 from BOE)Wireless Network (2007)Powering Up Writing in 5th Grade (2008)

($225,000 from CDE)9th Grade Professional Development (2009)

($93,942 from CDE)

Fiber-optic network (2002 Bond)LPS Technology Innovation Grant (2006)

($1,000,000 from BOE)Wireless Network (2007)Powering Up Writing in 5th Grade (2008)

($225,000 from CDE)9th Grade Professional Development (2009)

($93,942 from CDE)

2. Where we have been2. Where we have been

“The English class I once knew involved my handwriting out things at 25 wpm into a lined and bound composition notebook. [The teachers] would grade them, theirs the only eyes to search the words we had written. With laptops, it’s like taking the leap from unheard of to notability. It’s the ability to finally expand on your boundaries and do something different.”

“The English class I once knew involved my handwriting out things at 25 wpm into a lined and bound composition notebook. [The teachers] would grade them, theirs the only eyes to search the words we had written. With laptops, it’s like taking the leap from unheard of to notability. It’s the ability to finally expand on your boundaries and do something different.”

Stephanie, 2009. 9th grade student blog comment, LPS

“I think having a laptop computer helps the students write better because when kids write with paper and pen, they really don't like writing because it makes their hands get tired. Students, with a happy heart, write more, and get excited. Mixing [my teacher’s] teaching of writing and the computers, kids get really excited to write. Even right now, I don't want to stop writing. My hands get all itchy to type.”

“I think having a laptop computer helps the students write better because when kids write with paper and pen, they really don't like writing because it makes their hands get tired. Students, with a happy heart, write more, and get excited. Mixing [my teacher’s] teaching of writing and the computers, kids get really excited to write. Even right now, I don't want to stop writing. My hands get all itchy to type.”

Narah, 2009. 5th grade student blog comment, LPS

Vision and MissionVision and MissionInspired Learning

Communication ProductivityInformation Citizenship

Through an elegant synthesis of humanity and technology, we will inspire

a command of information, masterful communication, creative productivity and

ethical citizenship in every learner.

3. A new vision3. A new vision

“This is a call to action:A call to help our students compose often, compose well and through these composings, become the citizen writers of our country, the citizen writers of our world, and the writers of our future.”

“This is a call to action:A call to help our students compose often, compose well and through these composings, become the citizen writers of our country, the citizen writers of our world, and the writers of our future.”Yancey, K. B., 2009. Writing in the 21st Century, National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.

“Five years after the initial implementation of the laptop program, students’ writing scores on Maine’s statewide test had significantly improved. Furthermore, students scored better the more extensively they used their laptops in developing and producing their writing. And finally, the evidence indicated that using their laptops in this fashion helped them to become better writers in general, not just better writers using laptops.”

“Five years after the initial implementation of the laptop program, students’ writing scores on Maine’s statewide test had significantly improved. Furthermore, students scored better the more extensively they used their laptops in developing and producing their writing. And finally, the evidence indicated that using their laptops in this fashion helped them to become better writers in general, not just better writers using laptops.”

Silvernail, D. L. & Gritter, A. K., 2007. Maine’s middle school laptop program: Creating better writers. University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME.

We can:•Take a one-year hiatus on annual computer refresh without negative impact to staff.

•Implement laptops for writing for over 13,000 students across 4 years.

•Instead of a 1:1 laptop project for a cost of $6,000,000…

•Inspired Writing Phase I for $500,000

We can:•Take a one-year hiatus on annual computer refresh without negative impact to staff.

•Implement laptops for writing for over 13,000 students across 4 years.

•Instead of a 1:1 laptop project for a cost of $6,000,000…

•Inspired Writing Phase I for $500,000

4. Where we can go4. Where we can go

Inspired WritingInspired Writing

• All 5th grades have classroom sets of netbooks

• Writer’s Workshop emphasis on the writing process

• Internet awareness and basic search skills

• Basic Internet safety• Basic computer productivity

• All 5th grades have classroom sets of netbooks

• Writer’s Workshop emphasis on the writing process

• Internet awareness and basic search skills

• Basic Internet safety• Basic computer productivity

Powering Up Writing

Powering Up Writing

• All 6th grade Language Arts classes have sets of netbooks

• Expand upon Writer’s Workshop processes to explore Web 2.0 services

• Introduction to online publishing

• Advanced internet safety• Information literacy

• All 6th grade Language Arts classes have sets of netbooks

• Expand upon Writer’s Workshop processes to explore Web 2.0 services

• Introduction to online publishing

• Advanced internet safety• Information literacy

WritingExploration

WritingExploration

• All 9th grade Language Arts classes have sets of netbooks

• Scholarly writing, library databases and citation management

• Technical writing• Creative writing• Collaborative writing• Online publishing

• All 9th grade Language Arts classes have sets of netbooks

• Scholarly writing, library databases and citation management

• Technical writing• Creative writing• Collaborative writing• Online publishing

World ClassWriting

World ClassWriting

5. How we can get there5. How we can get there

Phase IPhase I

Total Classrooms Students Teachers

Powering Up Writing $252,155 37 981 37

Writing Exploration $118,534 52 967 15

World Class Writing $129,311 60 1,324 21

Total $500,000 149 3,272 73

PD Stipends $49,900

4-year student impact: 13,088 4-year student impact: 13,088

5. How we can get there5. How we can get there

“Through writing, we are.”“Through writing, we are.”-Kathleen Yancey, NCTE Past-President

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