Digital Learning Classrooms:Breaking Through the Brick & Mortar
FETC – January 29, 2014
David Dileo Charles [email protected] [email protected]
Digital Learning Classroom
What is a digital learning classroom?
What does it look like?What can you envision your students learning?What is the outcome you are looking for?
Tuckahoe Common School District
Located in Southampton, NY
PK-8: 374 students
90 district staff, faculty and administration
TCSD Technology 2010/2011
District Wide:K12 USA Pop mailNo global calendars (In-house or public)1 computer lab – 30 computers
Classrooms:1 teacher workstation (typically an older Dell laptop)4 N-computing stations for students (Dell Optiplex 80GB HD, 4GB RAM, 32bit processor).A few SmartBoards
Digital Testing Mandate
NY State Mandate:
• All State Tests will be delivered digitally by 2014-2015 • (pushed off until 2015-2016)
• In Association with PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers)• 23 State Consortium• Next Generation testing for English & Math
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/nonpub/documents/transition_strategy_to_computer_based_testing.pdf
http://www.parcconline.org/
Mandate vs. Opportunity
Absolutely Not!- Unfunded Mandate- Tax Cap - Unknown Tech Requirements
Opportunity:Around 10% of families without
computers/Internet Connections.
Does access change the way a student can learn?- College and Career Readiness
TCSD Technology 2013/2014Office 3651 computer lab - 25 computersOne-to-one tablets for grades 2-8 (5-8 take them home)
Classrooms: 1 teacher workstation (HP laptop/Dell Optiplex) & Surface ProNcomputing remote desktop(2 per classroom, 4 in PK-1).2 mobile laptop carts for PK-1SmartBoard in all but one classroom
K12 USA Pop mail1 computer lab – 30 computers
Classrooms:1 teacher workstation (typically a Dell 620 laptop)4 N-computing stations.A few SmartBoards
BYOD vs. School Provided
BYOD:- Inequity- Different Devices
- The Classroom- Troubleshooting
School Provided: - Costs- Maintenance- Procedures/Insurance/Warranty
Choose an Environment – December 2013
Mobile/Tablet Markets:
Market Share Date Provided by: http://www.netmarketshare.com/
Choose an Environment – December 2013
Mobile/Tablet Markets vs. Desktop Market
Operating Systems – December 2013Desktop Market:
Windows 8.1
Why use Windows 8.1? - Microsoft SupportedWindows XP – April 2014Windows 7 - January 2015
Best of both worlds:- Desktop Environment- App Environment- Office (3.5 million subscribers)- Built for Touch Screens- One Experience across devices
Windows 8 Apps
Windows 8 Apps:
- Education: 8,781 (7,087 free)- Books & Reference: 7,404 (2,417 free)- Productivity: 2,299 (1,621 free)
What about the games?
- 19,395 (14,437 free)
Digital Learning Devices
Desktops- Controlled Environment
Laptops- Controlled Environment - Teacher Stations – User Controls
Tablets- Surface Pro – Teachers- Surface RT – Students
- No x86 Support
Cloud Computing
The Key Moment
- Any Document, From Anywhere- Increased Security- Data Replication for back up- Lower IT overhead
Choose an Environment- Skydrive, iCloud, Google Docs, Drop Box
Is there an App for that?
Integrate technology into curriculum, not curriculum into technology.
Office 365
Office Desktop Applications:OutlookWordExcelPowerPointOneNoteAccessPublisherLyncInfoPath
Web Apps:OutlookWord PowerPoint OneNote
SharePoint / SkyDrive Pro
Digital Footprints
OneNote
Digital Notebook - Progressive Notes- Auto save- Sharable- Tags – Quick Searching/Search by Author- Import/Export- Embed Files (“new version”)- Password Protected Sections- Linked Notes- Paper Types- Digital Pen / Highlighter- Outlook Integration
Outlook Exchange Server
Main Communication- Email
District Calendars- External, Internal
Classroom/Homework Calendar
Personal School Calendar
Security / Filters / Journal
SharePoint
SQL Database- Very Secure cloud service database- Redundancies for MS Cloud Services (90 days Recycling
Bin)- User Access Roles
Allows users to share files (with/without write protection).Centralized location for teacher files
- Cuts down on printing/copying- Windows 8 Pro – Auto Sync - Windows RT – Mapped Drives
SkyDrive vs. SkyDrive Pro
SkyDrive (Windows Live ID)- Personal cloud storage (7GB)
SkyDrive Pro (25GB / Expandable)- Organizational Cloud Storage
- Personal- Shareable
SkyDrive – Documents follow students to HS/College/Career
Lync
- Instant Message- Voice / Video Chat- Meetings / Presentations- Screen Sharing- Remote Control Access- Shared White Board- Polls / Questionnaire
Office on the RT
- Word - PowerPoint- Excel - Access- SkyDrive Pro
- Publisher
Costs
BOCES Consortium …………………………………………$9,648Windows 8 ProServer 2012 DatacenterSystem CenterDeployment Server, Configuration Manager, Backup, Endpoint, Data Protection Manager (DPM), Operations Manager, Service Manager, Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)Office 2013 ProSQL DatabasesOffice 365 ……………………………………….(Staff) $4/Month/YearIT Academy …………………………………….$1,275
Intune ……………………………………………$8/Device/Year
Costs
2011-2013 Software Totals: $44,525
2013-2014 Totals: Software: $9,648Staff Office 365: $960IT Academy: $1,275Intune: $3,600
Total: $15,483Total Savings of: $29,042
Office 365 Examples
Kindergarten: Painting Shapes1St Grade: Pledge of Allegiance 2nd Grade: 13 Colonies Book3rd Grade: African Animal PowerPoint4th Grade: Multiplication Table5th Grade: 4 Square6th Grade: Writers Response7th Grade: Science Lab8th Grade: Social Studies Unit
Microsoft Learning Tools
www.pil-network.com/resources/tools
Questions
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