Presentation about Flagstaff Unified School District's reading-based K-4 rollout of iPad carts to support reading engagement, achievement and development. Delivered at Mobile Learning Experience 2013 in Tucson, AZ, and online via Access ISTE.
iREAD Mobile Learning 2013 Presentation (Uploaded 17 September 2013)
1. iREAD!
Integrating iPads for Reading
Engagement, Achievement, & Development
Mary Knight, Flagstaff USD Technology Director
Brad Kamradt, Flagstaff USD Tech Integration Coordinator
Heather Zeigler, Flagstaff USD Digital Literacy Specialist
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2. Session Overview
• Developing the
initiative and
framework
• iREAD instructional
and technical
implementation
• Assessing the
impact of iREAD
and next steps
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4. Flagstaff Unified School District
• Located in Flagstaff, AZ
• 15 schools:
• 10 elementary
• 7 Title I (low-income)
• 2 middle
• 2 high
• 1 alternative middle and high school
• 9,650 Students
• Multicultural district with significant numbers of
language minority students
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6. A little iREAD history....
• Through targeted mobile device
projects, demonstrated value of
iPads in the classroom
• “Devices with direction”
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7. A little more history....
• Move On When Reading
• AZ Ready which requires 3rd grade
students to pass statewide reading
assessment to proceed to 4th grade (Spring
2014)
• iREAD project was the first phase of a
K-12 districtwide mobile device initiative
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8. Implementation &
Grade Level Teams
• Key stakeholder representatives
• Series of meetings to develop
project
• Grade Level App Selection
Workshops
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28. iREAD Framework
• Digital Learning . . .
• Personal and flexible
• Collaborative and aligned with to a
common vision
• Flexible and high quality resources
• Data driven, transparent, and ongoing
• Source: http://www.all4ed.org/digitallearning/what-is-digital-learning
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29. iREAD Framework
• Digital Learning . . .
• Personal and flexible
• Collaborative and aligned with to a
common vision
• Flexible and high quality resources
• Data driven, transparent, and ongoing
• Source: http://www.all4ed.org/digitallearning/what-is-digital-learning
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32. iREAD by the Numbers
• 168 teacher and RTI
specialist iPads
• 10 elementary schools
• 38 K-3 teacher teams
• one iPad cart each
• one tech peer coach
or cart manager each
• 1,140 student iPads
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33. Professional Development
• Teacher iPad distribution
• iREAD kickoff workshops
• iREAD tech peer
coaching
• Cart manager trainings
• Monthly CT visits
• June iREAD workshop
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34. Professional Development
• Teacher iPad distribution
• iREAD kickoff workshops
• iREAD tech peer
coaching
• Cart manager trainings
• Monthly CT visits
• June iREAD workshop
Tuesday, September 17, 13
35. Professional Development
• Teacher iPad distribution
• iREAD kickoff workshops
• iREAD tech peer
coaching
• Cart manager trainings
• Monthly CT visits
• June iREAD workshop
Tuesday, September 17, 13
36. Professional Development
• Teacher iPad distribution
• iREAD kickoff workshops
• iREAD tech peer
coaching
• Cart manager trainings
• Monthly CT visits
• June iREAD workshop
Tuesday, September 17, 13
37. Professional Development
• Teacher iPad distribution
• iREAD kickoff workshops
• iREAD tech peer
coaching
• Cart manager trainings
• Monthly CT visits
• June iREAD workshop
Tuesday, September 17, 13
38. Deployment & Management
• Cart setup and
configuration
• Ongoing support and
maintenance
• “MDM” with iTunes and
Configurator
• Volume Purchasing
Program (VPP)
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39. Emerging Best Practices
• Flexible but disciplined
cart, device, and
classroom management
• Careful modeling and
scaffolding of iPad and
app-based activity
• “Teacher toolkit” and
app workflows to enable
creative assessment
and high-level activity
Tuesday, September 17, 13
40. Emerging Best Practices
• Flexible but disciplined
cart, device, and
classroom management
• Careful modeling and
scaffolding of iPad and
app-based activity
• “Teacher toolkit” and
app workflows to enable
creative assessment
and high-level activity
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41. Emerging Best Practices
• Flexible but disciplined
cart, device, and
classroom management
• Careful modeling and
scaffolding of iPad and
app-based activity
• “Teacher toolkit” and
app workflows to enable
creative assessment
and high-level activity
Tuesday, September 17, 13
42. What other best practices
can you recommend?
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43. What other best practices
can you recommend?
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45. Reflection
Think about possible:
• Desired outcomes
• Data sources to assess outcomes
• Methods for data collection and analysis
• Audience and method for data sharing
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56. iREAD Results & Teacher
Survey Comments
• Growth in sight word vocabulary by 90% of students
• The iPads get the students excited about reading.
• Every one of my students have apps at their level
• Reading progress monitoring growth greater this
year than any previously assessed years
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57. “Student engagement has
long been recognized as
the core of effective
schooling.”
-Robert Marzano
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