Independent Schools and Blackboard Learn

• ANNIE LEWIS, SENIOR MANAGER K-12 MARKETING, BLACKBOARD• MIA WALSH, CURRICULUM TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST, NOTRE DAME PREP SCHOOL

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• 63% of students identify online learning as a must-have component in their “ultimate school”

• Over 40% of students are currently communicating with theirteachers electronically and over 70% of students are communicating with friends and family through text, email, and IM

• Over 70% of high school students have access to a computerand 67% have access to a cell phone

What Are Students Saying?

Technology is a daily part of students’ lives and should be integrated into their school lives.

MIA WALSH ‘84Curriculum Technology Specialist

6 – 12 – private, Catholic, all femaleTowson, Marylandwww.notredameprep.com

NDP Environment Choosing Blackboard Strategic Planning Goals Preparing Faculty Blended Learning Opportunities

BLACKBOARD IMPLEMENTATION

8th year of 1-1 laptop school for Upper Level – student owned

2 students: laptop in Middle Level in carts – NDP owned

Interactive projection systems in 80% classrooms in UL, 100% in ML

NDP ENVIRONMENT

Amalgamation of Moodle, SharePoint, FrontPage

Shared network drives for documents Offer 21st century skills in protected

environment Effective communication between

stakeholders

CHOOSING BLACKBOARD

Excellence by Design – a 7 year plan

2 student-based objectives 2 organizational capacity objectives Blackboard has roll in three out of four

STRATEGIC PLANNING

STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE INITIATIVE AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR LEARNING.

Access to class lessons, lecture notes and video/audio recordings from that day’s class

Grades posted for assignments through Grade Center

Provide differentiated learning opportunities for students.

Identify 21st century learning styles as it applies to the learning experience & utilize Blackboard tools that coincide.

CULTURE OF CLEAR, TIMELY, AND SUBSTANTIVE COMMUNICATION AMONG ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

Blackboard provides multiple methods to communicate teacher/student; student/teacher; student/student

Utilize Blackboard courses to disseminate information to entire community with guest access.

Parent Association has course to share documents for every grade level

Implementation of Alert Now, a Blackboard product

ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION OF THE CURRICULUM.

Humanities / STEM programs – Blackboard shared courses with multiple teachers using site

Ability to compare grade-level courses of the same subject area or the progression from year to year.

3 full days of Blackboard training in summer

2-4 paid afternoon sessions per month using Title II money (Schoolhouse NDP)

Tech Mentors in each Department Parent training sessions for 6th grade students

PREPARING FACULTY

Wikis, Discussion Boards Blogs Wimba Sessions Group Tools (file sharing, communication)

Integration with SafariMontage Ability to post video, audio or files

BLENDED LEARNING

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

1. How are you using technology at Notre Dame Prep and is it effective at fostering student achievement?

2. How is technology keeping students and parents engaged?

3. Is Blackboard making the school function more efficiently? 

4. What do parents and students think about your use of technology?