Three districts with enrollment under 10,000 students share how they are using blended learning to impact student achievement and give teachers the tools necessary to develop engaging lessons that build 21st century skills.

2. Ben Louey, Southern York county school district

3. David Willyard, mead school district

5. Blended Learning Models

6. Districts are Challenged to Meet Student Demand for Online Learning Total % Agreeing Statement 89% 96% 51% 80% Strongly Agree SomewhatAgree SomewhatDisagree StronglyDisagree Source: Blackboard/Education Week Survey of Online Learning Preparedness (2010). n=1,962

8. 63% of students identify online learning as a must-have component in their “ultimate school”

9. 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

10. Over 70% of high school students have access to a computerand 67% have access to a cell phoneTechnology is a daily part of students’ lives and should be integrated into their school lives.

11. Southern York’s JourneyInto Blended Learning Mr. BenLouey K-12TechnologyIntegrationSpecialist

13. 3,400 Students (K-12)

14. 5 Schools

15. 320 Teachers

17. Where are we now?

20. 200 User Accounts

21. Included Professional Development

22. Hosted Environment

24. AP courses (Summer Reading Groups)

25. Early Adopters (High School)

26. Department Adoption (High School)

27. Middle School Pilot (Guess Access)

30. Purchased Directly from Blackboard

31. Needed more control

32. Integration with other systems

34. Computer Classes

35. Blogging

36. Elementary School Pilot (Guest Access)

39. Full implementation of Content System

40. Migration of Curriculum Maps

42. Primary District Web Presence

43. Individualized Building Domains

44. Integrated Portal / Intranet

47. Skypelouey.ben

48. Twitter@benlouey

49. Phone(717) 235-4811 x7330My Contact Info:

50. 9500 Students 580 Staff 1100 Employees 13 Schools 2 High Schools 2 Middle Schools 8 Elementary Schools 1 Alternative HS Presenter: David Willyard

51. PLTW

55. PLTW Credit Recovery Advisory

56. Teacher Websites 1/3 1/3 1/3

57. Goal 1The District Curriculum isguaranteed and viable.The District curriculum, based on state and district standards, is achievable in scope (viable) and promised to each student (guaranteed). It is to be described with student-friendly language, published, and adjusted as necessary. The implementation of the curriculum is monitored through teacher-developed common district assessments.

58. myMeadE-Resource RepositoryOnline CommunitiesTeacher WebsitesDistrict Intranet

59. myMead How to implement?(the soft start...) AdminTeam PrincipalTeam FacilitatorTeams

60. 7-12 K-12

61. AdminTeam PrincipalTeam FacilitatorTeams

62. AdminTeam PrincipalTeam FacilitatorTeams

63. AdminTeam PrincipalTeam

64. AdminTeam PrincipalTeam FacilitatorTeams

65. AdminTeam CentralOffice

66. PrincipalTeam

67. August - February80+ Professional Development Offerings

68. Site Training

69. Site Training

70. Site Training

71. Bldg Teams

72. Bldg Teams

73. February - MayIn-Building Result: ~400/580 trained 372 courses 4000+ visits/day

74. Professional Development More Hybrid LearningMead STEM Academy @ WSU

75. Mooresville Graded School District’s Digital Conversion Scott S. Smith, Ed.D. Chief Technology Officer

77. Relevant Instruction

78. 21st Century Readiness

79. Real World Experience

80. Instructional Practice

81. Improve Academic Achievement

83. A meaningful instructional tool at the fingertips of every child

84. 450 Teacher MacBook Airs

85. 4000 MacBook Airs for ALL 4th - 12th graders

86. 450 MacBooks for ALL 3rd grade students

87. 150 MacBooks on carts for grades K - 2

88. 120 Interactive Whiteboards in every classroom grades K - 3

89. Online content available virtually 24/7

90. Ubiquitous Wireless

92. 21st Century tools

93. Data rich & intensive

94. Capacity building

96. Competency is evolutional

97. Creativity & relevance drive productivity

100. August 2010 - Added MacBooks on carts for 3rd grade students districtwide.

101. April 2010- Refresh of all 4500 MacBooks

102. August 2009 - 4000 MacBooks to all 4 - 12 grade students

103. August 2008 - 1650 student MacBooks at MHS, 850 student MacBooks at MIS

104. January 2008 - 400 MacBooks on carts for the English Department at MHS

106. Mooresville High School Performance Data Composite increase of 21 percentage points over 5 years

107. Mooresville Graded School District Getting Students Across the Line! 4 Year Cohort Graduation Rate MGSD is 2nd in the state out of 115 districts for its 2011 graduation rate!

108. District Achievement District Achievement 15% growth! MGSD Ranked 8th MGSD tied for 4th MGSD tied for 3rd All Schools in MGSD were recognized this year as Schools of Distinction. Rocky River Elementary School was recognized this year as an Honor School of Excellence.

109. District Achievement MGSD Ranked 3rd in the State 2010-11 Formula: Number of Proficient Test Scores on Reading Grades 3-8, Math Grades 3-8, and EOCs divided by the total number of tests taken in school year 2009-2010.

110. Every Child, Every Day www.mgsd.k12.nc.us

112. Ben louey ben.louey@sycsd.org David willyard david.willyard@mead354.org Scott smith ssmith@mgsd.k12.nc.us Annie Lewis ANNIE.LEWIS@BLACKBOARD.COM John Canuel John.canuel@blackboard.com Contact Information