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TABLET TECHNOLOGY
Ohio Central School System
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and CorrectionOhio Central School System (OCSS)
Reduce Recidivism
Here To Serve
Vision StatementIt is the vision of the Ohio Central School System that all inmates of the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction will be provided the necessary academic, job training and social/emotional skills required for successful re-entry to society as effective, participating and productive citizens.
Mission StatementThe Ohio Department of Education under Revised Code 3313.61 formally chartered the Ohio Central School System in April 1973. This charter provides the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction with quality programming and the Ohio Central School System the authority to seek additional federal funding. The Chartered School District enables the department to provide a comprehensive, thorough education program that addresses the needs of the vastly under-educated and under-skilled inmates. These services include: Adult Basic Literacy Education (ABLE), GED®, Adult High School, Apprenticeship Training, Library Services, Special Education, Career-Technical (vocational) Education, and other educational programs as directed by the needs of the inmate population.
Tablet Technology Overview
Tablet Technology Collaborations Classroom Technology Education Enhancements Internet Resources Community Outreach
Education Tablets
Denise L. Justice, Ohio Central School System Superintendent
incarcerated Persons Education Pad (iPEP)
Microsoft Office, clear case, keyboard, screen protector…
Adult Literacy (Writing, Reading, Math and Computer Literacy)
Reentry Skills (career development)
GED – Essential Education (GEDSmart for Math and Reading)
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Problem Solving Re-Entry Workbooks
Tablet Technology
Tablets help students learn more material faster.
Tablets contain many technological features that cannot be found in print textbooks.
Tablets allow teachers to better customize student learning.
As Edyburn (2001) demonstrates, technology can be utilized through a variety of approaches to improve special education outcomes - to augment abilities, compensate for disabilities, or minimize the impact that a specific disability has on the learning process. Students with special learning needs may offer the most concrete evidence of the benefits of tablets in the classroom. Tablets software programs and applications allow for the constant repetition and reinforcement that special education students need to make progress. The most successful teaching for individuals with special education needs involves visual, auditory and kinesthetic (tactile) learning. Until tablet technology, the kinesthetic component was absent from learning software, and from many classrooms. Consider these points:
Tablets help students learn more material faster. Technology-based instruction can reduce the time students take to reach a learning objective by 30-80%, according to the Federal Communications Commission (2012).
Tablets contain many technological features that cannot be found in print textbooks. Tablets give users the ability to highlight and edit text and write notes without ruining a textbook for the next user. Tablets have a search function, a backlighting option to read in low light, and a built-in dictionary.
Tablets allow teachers to better customize student learning. There are thousands of education and tutoring applications on tablets, so teachers can tailor student learning to an individual style/personality instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
Edyburn, D. L. (2001). Models, theories, and frameworks: Contributions to understanding special education technology. Special Education Technology Practice, 4(2), 16-24.
Communication & Collaboration
Computer-Based Test & Practice
OCSS Computer Aided Instructional Laboratories (CAIL)
Access 21st Century software
Career Scope software GED 21st Century software Kahn Academy MoneySmart PearsonVUE GED® Testing QuickStudy English & Math WorkKeys WinWay Resume
BrightLink Projectors
BrightLink interactive classroom projectors
Promethean software: User friendly app Used nationwide
by public school teachers
Bank of diverse levels and instruction topics for teachers to share
Title 1 Smart Boards Notebook compatible
Document cameras
Compatible with wireless pads
Education Enhancements
Ohio Re-Entry Connections
Ohio Means Jobs Reentry (DRC MUSCLE) MoneySmart Benefits Bank What’s in a Word? Mousing Around
Tutorial Typing Tutorials Employer Locator Ohio Career
Information System (OCIS) Link
Welcome Home Videos
O.N.E.-STOP Shops
Offender Network for Employment to STOP recidivism (O.N.E.-STOP)
Trumbull Correctional Institution = February 2012
Pickaway Correctional Institution = September 2012
Grafton Correctional Institution Hope Center = May 2013
Marion Correctional Institution = June 2013
“It’s Just O.N.E.-STOP from Entry to Reentry”
Distance Learning
Transitional Educational Program (TEP) is a unique three-tier approach to transmitting transitional programming through technology to both currently incarcerated offenders preparing for release and to former offenders achieving success in the community.
Distance Learning sites are available in 17 of the 27 prisons throughout the state. It augments the classroom by directing faculty to expanded opportunities to reach students at any other distant learning site in the world in real time. The varied resources place OCSS as the premier correctional distance education program in the country.
Education Simulators
Ridgeview School eReaders
Education Enrichment
Clearview School Graduates
Utilize technology to engage students and boost learning
Improve the basic skills required for students to function successfully in the 21st century
Stimulate learning and provide practice
Increase technological competencies
Enhance lesson plans Expand learning tools Reach various educational
resources Prepare at-risk and disadvantaged
students for release, post-secondary opportunities, and the digital workforce
Questions?
Robin Long, OCSS Operations Director, [email protected]
Jennifer Thomas, OCSS Project Manager
Ohio Central School System Training and Education Center (TEC)
1580 St. Rt. 56 , P.O. Box 779 London, Ohio 43140
(740) 845-3240 Fax# (740) 845-3387 Fax# (740) 845-3140
