Technology in Pelham

Board of Education Work Session January 29, 2020

Mr. John C. SebalosDirector of Technology

Dr. Steven M. Garcia Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction & Personnel

Overview for Tonight’s Meeting

Technology will never replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational.

- George Couros

1. Infrastructure (technology profile)2. Information 3. Instructional technology (tech ed)4. Innovative teaching and learning5. Trends and future projects

Technology Team in Pelham

Pelham Technology Profile

Laptops Desktops

334 310 (25 Macs)

Chromebooks iPads

3882 190

Physical Servers Virtual Servers

1 12

Access Points Phone Extensions

249 503

Interactive Displays Printers

177 121

Scanners and Copiers Users

17 3256

Managed IT

What does this mean for Pelham?

- Each classroom has an interactive display and document camera

- K-1 classrooms - 5 iPads - 2nd grade classrooms - 10 Chromebooks - 6 Chromebook carts per elementary school

(1 dedicated to each library) - 6th grade classrooms each have a cart of

30 Chromebooks - 7th - 12th grade 1:1 Chromebook program- New Xerox machines in all buildings - All faculty members have a device

Information

- Rebuilt Pelham district and building websites last year

- Mobile compatible and ADA compliant

- Limit “clicks”- Featured by Finalsite

Parent Handbook

- Created a Parent Handbook for all Pelham parents

- Fully interactive - Outlines programs and access

for parents- Infinite Campus Portal - Chromebook Help - Google Classroom Guardian

- How to’s and where to get help

Secondary Technology Education Program

- Middle School Instructional Program - 6th grade STEAM - 7th - 8th grade Technology

- High School Instructional Program - 21st Century Technology - Intro to Coding and Robotics - Intro to Coding and App Design - AP Computer Science Principles

Secondary Technology Education Program Instructional Technology in Professional Development

- Summer STEAM Professional Development

- Math and Science Menu PD - ELA and SS Tech Tools PD - Modeling technology in PD - Elementary Choice Boards and

Hyperdocs - Remodeled new teacher

technology orientation - Model classroom activities

- PLC assistance

Instructional Technology in Curriculum

- Tools and strategies used in K-12 classrooms

- Google Suite for Education - Classlink Launchpad - SSO- Google Classroom - Connecting classrooms - Make a change - STEAM Day live stream

Innovative teaching and technology

- Changing the “front” of the classroom

- Google Chromecasts - Touchscreen devices- Creation vs. consumption - Elementary Google

Classrooms for staff

Trends in technology Accelerators

- Learners as creators - Design thinking - Building the capacity of

human leaders

Tech Enablers - Blended learning - Cloud infrastructure - Extended reality

Hurdles- Gap between technology

and pedagogy - Ongoing professional

development - Technology and the future

of work

Future Projects

Infrastructure

- SSBA and eRate

Information

- Teacher instructional technology portal

Innovation and Instruction

- Digital Citizenship & Digital Literacies (New NYS standards)