D211 One to One Program

Technology in D211: Beyond Transformative

Township High School District 211 Palatine, Illinois

Thursday, December 12, 13

D211 1:1 iPad Program

❖ Transforming the Teaching and Learning Environment through Innovative Instruction

❖ Infusing Apps and Web 2.0 Tools

❖ Cost Savings

❖ Teachers Lens: Benefits of 1:1


Transforming the Teaching and Learning Environment throughInnovative Instruction


Shifting Gears in PhysicsOur Physics teachers have shifted gears from

teachers and students building apps for the app store, to building web-based apps.

This shift opens the opportunity for students to think through the process of how to make something

work. Students are responsible to think through every condition under which an event should occur.

Showcase of apps and projects can be found at:http://goo.gl/ToCIu6


iPad Accelerometer Web App❖ Physics teachers worked together to

create the iPad Accelerometer web app

❖ This web app has replaced the expensive accelerometers

❖ Benefits:

❖ Instead of purchasing 28 of the $75 sensors, students are now able to use this web app on their own

❖ Classroom layout could be changed from desks to tables to facilitate a more student centered environment.

❖ The iPad becomes a mobile lab station.


Examples of Student-Created Web Apps


Transforming Assessments in an English 1:1 Classroom

❖ Move away from drill-and-kill instruction that relied heavily on multiple choice reading quizzes as a way of assessing student comprehension and higher-level thinking.

❖ Everything students do for me is written -- be it a one-sentence exit slip to assess their understanding of a concept taught that day, a paragraph response to assess their comprehension of assigned reading, or a full-blown essay to assess their ability to analyze literature.

❖ Google Drive have allowed me to give students more thorough, more frequent and more timely feedback on their work.

❖ The Subtext app allows a teacher to embed activities into written text in a way that links literature with real life, deepens student understanding and assesses comprehension. Put simply, this enrichment could never be possible with printed materials.


Innovative Teaching http://flip.it/5eN7Q

This on-line magazine is used to collect student collaborative lab blogs in the app Flipboard. Students are able to collaborate and go more in depth with their lab reports in lieu of answering some pre-determined questions. Students use a mixture of Google Docs and Blogger to "capture" their lab experience and attempt to report out their research much like real-world scientists. By clicking each blog, the teacher can easily see their improvement from the first lab to their latest

and can observe student growth concerning how they are diving deeper into the investigations and drawing higher ordered conclusions from their data.


http://flip.it/5eN7Q

http://flip.it/5eN7Q

From Deficits to GainsStudents in this 1-1 section of math have LD eligibility in math reasoning and/or calculation. As part of a remediation program to address these skills deficits, students complete work on Khan

Academy. On some days, students work through the lessons recommended through the program. When/if a student does not meet a critical learning standard, the teacher can assign

a specific lesson that coincides with the deficient skill.


Infusing Apps and

Web 2.0 Tools


To the Cloud...

❖ Teachers and students utilize cloud-based apps, Web 2.0 programs and subscriptions to create, store and publish content.

❖ Educreations, Explain Everything, Google Drive

❖ Google Apps for Education

❖ Learning Management Systems

❖ Schoology, Edmodo, Moodle, Blackboard


Pinterest

❖ Students use Pinterest to share ideas and research topics.


http://www.pinterest.com/mrsstary/boards/

http://www.pinterest.com/mrsstary/boards/

Learning Management System (LMS)

❖ Teachers use Schoology on a daily basis to communicate and collaborate with one another about lesson planning, case study work and more.


Efficient Workflow System❖ Teachers post lessons,

resources, assessments in the learning management system.

❖ Students turn in homework and assessments via Schoology.

❖ Comments and idea banks are utilized for communication between the teacher and students.


Cost Savings


Decrease in Print Costs

❖ One school

❖ Twenty 1:1 teachers

❖ 59% Reduction in Print Jobs

❖ 64% Reduction in Print Costs per Teacher


From the Teacher’s Lens:Benefits of 1:1


Benefits of 1:1

❖I find the instantaneous feedback on student progress through the formative assessment process, gives students a sense of what they need to improve on and gives them an opportunity to ask questions immediately on concepts we have covered to prepare for the summative assessments.

❖Technology has a!owed me the ability to evaluate the PROCESS of learning rather than just the PRODUCTS making the learning that takes place deeper and my instruction more focused and effective. It a!ows students to overcome their specific learning obstacles in a private and dignified way.


Benefits of 1:1❖My classroom has become a place where I can experiment with

new and innovative pedagogical techniques, and my students can create new knowledge #om multiple sources. The limitation of the traditional classroom has been washed away and the power of the information age is engrained into teaching and learning on a daily basis.

❖Empowers my students to establish effective organization methods and maintain that organization. A!owing students access to these devices has bridged the technology gap for students, helping them develop 21st century learning ski!s that would have otherwise gone underdeveloped.


Benefits of 1:1

❖Teaching in a one-to-one environment has afforded me transformative opportunities for increasing rigor, implementing creative assessments, and promoting self-directed discovery. Students learning in a one-to-one environment have access to information, creativity, and communication, which they can use in innovative ways to demonstrate new ski!s and knowledge.

❖Students are able to connect ideas to real-world problems. The iPad is a tool that makes critical thinking and co!aboration not only possible, but essential.


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