The Mimio System:

A PresentationBy

William W. Sharp

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26 February 2010

The Question:Is The Mimio System An Innovation That Can Improve The Way Teachers

And Administrators Do Business?How can “We” be Change Agents?

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Roger’s (2003) Agents of Change Must:

Develop need for change Establish information exchange Establish Relationship—develop report Diagnose problem(s) Intend to change fellow teachers Translate intent into action Stabilize adoption and prevention of discontinuance Achieve the shift to teachers’ self-reliance

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(Free Press, pp. 369-370)

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The Innovation Approach:The Change Agent is You:

The Administrator The Teacher The Student

Teachers Collaborate

TraditionalPast—Present—Future is Now

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Two Approaches to Find Out:

The InnovationChange Agent/The Adoption/S-Curve

The Traditional Approach:

Past Present Future is Now

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The Traditional Approach:History had Technology Too!

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The Innovation Approach:

The Change Agent

The Adoption

The S-Curve

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works? Rogers (2003) says:

The Innovator/plays gatekeeper role in new ideas of system. The Early adopter/puts his/her stamp of approval on idea.The Early majority/follows with deliberate willingness in adopting innovations but seldom leads. The Late majority/adopt new ideas just after the average member of a system.The Laggards/must be certain that new idea will not fail before they can adopt.

(Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

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The Innovation Approach:The Innovator of the Adoption Process:

(Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

The Mimio System S-Curve

2000

CLASS&ADMIN

Mimio Introduced to Classroom 1997.

2001 2002 2003 2004Time 20102009 2008200720062005

Mimio Advances to Admin For Staff Meeting notesw/o need of computer.

Mimio System bring Interactive Lessons MAC/PC/Linux Computers for interactive Lessons.

Mimio is also used to recordbusiness meeting notes.

Teachers use Mimio to give students classroom notes.

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(Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

Achieving Critical Mass of educators Starts in The Classroom with The Early Majority.

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(Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

Schedule for adoption1. Change the Policy to allow individual teachers to choose to use

cell phones for academic purposes.2. Formally inform the staff, emphasizing it is their choice, but that

the school will allow cell phone use for academic assignments.3. Inform the parents of the new policy (K. Rogers)4. Hire an Agent for Change (I am available)5. Find a core group of five or so teachers to volunteer to use cell

phones and discuss their successes and failures .6. Revisit the issue after two years.

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The Innovation becomes a 4-way Possibility

Teacher Collaboration Parent-Teacher Collaborate Teacher-Student Collaborate

Click for Principal talk about students

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How Mouse Pen relates to Mimio

How Mimio relates to board

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Possible Laggard connected with Business = Certain Idea Must Not Fail

(Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

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The Cost Factor?The Mimio Versus the Smart Board

The Mimio: The Smart Board:

http://touchboards.com/smartboards/SmartSB680.asphttp://www.mimio.com/store/index.asp

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The Mimio Versus the SmartBoard

Keys for Adoption:Does the Curriculum support it?

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http://www.iste.org/

Stages for Adopting the Mimio System

Knowledge—Several of the accompanying videos show that the Mimio Systems works. (Mimio Training)

Persuasion—mass media--Teachers use them instead of Promethean Boards speaks for its adoption. (Baggett)

Decision (critical mass*)-Increased usage 2009 (Earthtimes) Implementation– 97% in 2010 (DIB) Confirmation—White Board becomes interactive. (Digital)

*Rogers (2003) The point at which diffusion is impossible to stop, generally about 20%. (Simon & Schuster, p. 169).

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