Presentation on the various journeys in 1:1 experienced by the Hammond Academy of Science and Technology, a small charter school in Hammond, IN. Presented at the e3 Conference in Warsaw, IN

1. The AccidentalTechnician’s JourneyThrough 1:1
MarkT. Sienicki, M.S.
Kelli Lucito, M.S.
Anastasia M.Trekles, Ph.D
HammondAcademy of Science andTechnology

2.  Discuss the challenges and advantages of 1:1
environments from the perspective of those
who have administered and maintained them
 Make informed choices regarding 1:1 devices
 Describe curriculum management strategies
related to the 1:1 environment

4.  The Hammond
Academy of Science
andTechnology
(HAST) is a small,
urban, public, open-
enrollment charter
academy serving
grades 6-12 in
downtown Hammond
 TheVision: create an
inquiry-oriented
environment where
every student had
access to a device that
could be taken home
and used daily

6.  Advantages:
 More familiar to students
and teachers
 More storage space
 More freedom in
multitasking and sharing
documents
 More versatility, especially
on the Web
 Challenges:
 Software licensing is very
expensive – some software
originally planned for could
not be ordered
 Many breakable parts –
many incidents
 Challenging to manage
with a small tech staff
 Gaming and “secret
multitasking” in class

8.  ByYear 3, a change was needed both for
financial and educational reasons
 Tablet technology was getting more
advanced, and could be maintained more
easily by a small tech team
 Teachers and students could be more mobile
within and beyond the school walls
 Remove restrictions, or all restricted

9.  iPads – “self-insured”
 Plan includes
 Premium – every student must pay, including to
take the device home
 Premiums cover cost of potential repairs
 Tiered system – successive premiums increase to
where the third incident premium(the first not
covered under AC) pays for the cost of a new
device and two more $49 incidents

10.  Apple Configurator
 JAMF Casper Management Suite 600 iPad
and 150 MacBooks
 JAMF Casper Focus app for classroom
management
 Device management using profiles on iPad
settings

12. MACBOOK
 Students like that it “does
more”
 Easier to type longer
assignments
 Some applications are
more robust (i.e., iLife)
 More software choice
 Better testing
compatibility
IPAD
 Students like that it weighs
less; easily portable
 Takes pictures and video
much more easily
 Portability – technology
becomes more immersed
in activities in and outside
the classroom
 Software is far less
expensive

13.  We would have started with iPads from the
beginning
 Why? Less labor-intensive and more cost-
effective
 Small school = small staff

15.  Research on 1:1 at Project RED:
http://www.projectred.org
 Apple Education: http://www.apple.com/education/
 The Challenges of 1:1 in the Classroom:
http://www.nmc.org/news/challenges-11-classroom
 1:1 Leadership and vision - some warnings:
http://novemberlearning.com/educational-resources-
for-educators/teaching-and-learning-articles/why-
schools-must-move-beyond-one-to-one-computing/

16.  Mark Sienicki, IT Director, HAST:
msienicki@hammondacademy.org
 Kelli Lucito, 8th Grade LanguageArts, HAST:
klucito@hammondacademy.org
 StaciTrekles, HAST Liaison and instructional
design professor: atrekles@purdue.edu
 Slides available: http://slideshare.net/andella
 Twitter: @instruct_tech