Muir Lake school staff and students use technology to access, share and create knowledge, to discover, develop and apply competencies across subject areas for learning and to demonstrate what they know and are able to do. This presentation gives a brief overview how Muir Lake School implemented a grade 4-9 1:1 BYOD Learning environments and demonstrates the impact that this has had on students’ learning.
24. Why BYOD?
• Cost effective
• Personalizes learning
• Makes learning a part of students’ lives
• Saves learning time
• Provides student choice
• It’s becoming the norm in the workplace
26. Mission of 1-to-1 Learning Communities
Our Students will innovate, collaborate, and be
highly motivated about their learning
27. In 1-to-1 Learning Communities our
students will...
• use technology to learn
• improve problem solving skills
• improve information fluency
• think critically
• collaborate
• learn any place, at any time
• innovate
• be motivated and engaged about learning
• learn how to participate safely as a digital citizen
28. BYOD COMMON PLATFORM
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Build teacher and student capacity
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Want technology to be invisible
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Laptop - can bring other devices and many students do
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Google Chrome
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Recommended Device: Chromebook
33. LEARNING
COMMUNITIES
Extend student learning beyond the 4 walls of the classroom
Original Image cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by lumaxart: http://flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2137735924/
47. echnology is a doorway into the
classroom that transcends
time and space making the
learning transparent
48. "In this complex world, it takes more than a good
school to educate children. And it takes more
than a good home. It takes these two major
educational institutions working together." Dorothy
Rich, Author of Megaskills.
49. TWEET BREAK
Tweet a link, take-away,
new thought, question,
new idea, etc...
#BYODgafesummit
#gafesummit
one of my main goals in the next hour is to not have you looking back at me like this
there has been and continues to be huge transformational change in our world
education hasn’t been keeping up
AB - education is in midst of great change
Inspiring Education
Curriculum Redesign
http://education.alberta.ca/department/ipr/inspiringeducation.aspx
Why 1:1?
- our job as teachers and educators is to open every door of opportunity for the students future
- our wold is 1:1 - If our schools aren’t - our schools are in danger of becoming irrelevant
- technology should not be an event - it should be at the point of instruction
I see this as a problem
- not only will we not do our students justice in preparing them for their future - they themselves will begin to see school as irrelevant
our schools should reflect our world that we live in - if not we are closing doors of opportunity for our students in their future
http://youtu.be/yO9J5H9Nm4c
my goal for today is to share our journey - share what we are doing
hopefully you come away with an idea or two that will bring clarity to what learning could look like in your school
http://youtu.be/PdZZKsnVRAU
it doesn’t need to be perfect - don’t have to have it all figured out
we are all at different places
your point is different than others - the path to your point b is different than others
I would hope that out of this session - you would come away with an idea for your next step
I encourage you to take the risk to take your next step
you might get bumped and bruised along the way
I believe it is worth it
I believe it is necessary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM9rp1Khgwg&feature=share&list=UU137i7oQ2zDBNb_QCDnP_dQ&index=2
without this - technology is the focus - we wanted learning to be focus
booking labs doesn’t work - more about the technology
signing out technology - makes technology an event
technology is a tool for learning
it’s not all about the technology
We arrived at the place where if we want our students doing these things and learning these skills - the technology needed to become invisible - every student needed access to a device when it was the best tool for the learning activity
- it had to be about the learning not the “how to” tech skills that we would typically spend our time on when you take a class to the computer lab once or twice a week for a period
early on we determined that we were going to build 1-to-1 learning communities through BYOD
We knew these things were important - we believed the best way to see these skills develop in our students is to build 1:1 learning communities
- at the same time we realized there are a number of obstacles to overcome in implementing this
Thought it important to have common platform so teachers and students could utilize technology effectively Laptop - most diverse tool for creating
- Google Chrome - home syncing features - free - works perfectly with division initiatives - regardless of device students operating from a common platform
- Chromebook - cost effective - domain management - not mandatory - School orders it and parent reimburse at cost
year 1 of three year plan
year 2 we did full implementation - feedback from parents, students and teachers
first week of school - this is where we were sitting
by the end of the first month we were at 100%
We didn’t want technology just for the sake of technology - opening the door for students to bring devices wouldn’t automatically improve learning
- we started with a “learning first” approach - what exactly do we want our students to be able to do?
- we wanted out students using Google Apps
we wanted them building their own learning portfolios
we wanted consistency across classrooms and across schools
we want students participating in learning communities that extend beyond 4 walls of classroom
Learning communities should extend beyond the 4 walls of the classroom
- Can include anyone. Teachers, students, parents - people all over the world
my daughter’s first day of kindergarten
- interesting because I am gaining perspective as father with child in school - not just educator
- conversation - what did you learn in school today? - I forget, nothing, played with friends, etc.
- My first parent teacher interview as a parent - teacher showed me this video
this video gave me way more insight into her in school than I had got so far
- Connected with me on a couple levels - emotional proud dad - I don’t want to miss this part of her life
- changed the conversation - extended the learning - I became a participant - gave me way more insight into my daughter’s learning
- technology made her learning transparent
- http://youtu.be/xxdoJHvNmq4
Dear Sophie on YouTube http://youtu.be/R4vkVHijdQk
- we want our students’ portfolio to begin in kindergarten - continue to develop it all the way through grade 12 - when they leave - export it and they have a digital portfolio chronicling their learning journey
Classroom Blog - Mrs. Matsuba - http://www.psdblogs.ca/smatsuba/2012/11/16/another-5-little-pumpkins/
- not limited to just text - video, pictues etc.
classroom blogs - Mrs. Daub - http://www.psdblogs.ca/cdaub/category/language-arts/
- collective sharing of ideas in transparent way - engages parents - gives ongoing timely insight to parents
- Mrs. Daub has seen huge increase in motivation for students writing this way - authentic audience
example student template - showcase
- multiple mediums - video, audio (sound cloud) etc.
Student blog - Kathryn’s blog grade 9 MLS - Language Arts Category - http://www.psdblogs.ca/kathrynh3685/category/language-arts/
Audio recordings - reading, French etc. - Sound Cloud
- http://bit.ly/YPEEl2
Nakia’s Blog - grade 9 MLS - http://www.psdblogs.ca/nakiah3594/
- parents get transparent look into work
- transition from year to year - teacher information - see growth
Student blog - Tyler’s grade 8 MLS - http://www.psdblogs.ca/tylerc3959/2012/12/04/my-lego-stop-motion/
- opportunity to use different mediums, explore other talents, passions, hobbies, ideas
http://youtu.be/g19lgh-_KS4
google apps - tracking sheet - privacy control - students fill it out themselves - reflection on learning
- access anytime, anywhere for parents
- link to blog portfolio
in our busy world with our busy schedules - technology used properly, can create powerful learning communities
- it fosters transparent learning and can empower active participation in a way that we haven’t experienced in the past
As educators and parents we need to be constantly improving and working towards this common goal
- Technology has a huge role to play in this partnership between parents, school and students - tool to transform collaboration
student choice is a powerful motivator
http://youtu.be/Eiq-U0XKaf4
- great way to assess learning
giving students the choice as to how they demonstrate learning is powerful motivator and engages students
http://studio.stupeflix.com/v/33a9m9QODq/
assignments distributed via Google Docs
saves teachers time managing class assignments via folders and Doctopus
access anytime anywhere - aren’t carrying stacks of assignments home
https://docs.google.com/a/psdblogs.ca/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApfIOHMlbywwdDRJVXZLVHctYkc2enk0aWU3S3NSVmc&usp=sharing#gid=0
example Doctopus assignment
- sharing assignments this way allows for easier collaboration
grade 5 student in our school
- write a story and share with others - give feedback, edit and revise together
- learn from one another - authentic audience - not just the teacher reading it
Innovation Week - Google Hangouts student collaboration
collaboration not confined to people in class
Google Hangouts Playlist - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ4Ckp6xXw_eQ2_9-wZSmad33Ht5G9saD
There are good ideas, and then there are good ideas that make it easier to have other good ideas.
We want our students creating not just consuming information
- on the Google Doc we have a couple links to some interesting reading on the relationship between production and consumption for learning
the internet is not a textbook
more and more people are not just consuming content on the web - they consume and then they produce
- YouTube stat - over 72 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute
Harlem Shake http://youtu.be/2TahLM6N3zQ
- Harlem Shake trend - people dress up make 30 second video of dancing to the same song
people consume and then produce their own content - literally thousands of Harlem Shake videos have been made around the world
producing and sharing content fuels innovation
powerful demonstration of learning by a student in our division using different medium
- http://youtu.be/bYyeJPG0FyU
shadow puppet - moral of the story
http://youtu.be/59PnT6VmNQM
students wanting to share projects
http://youtu.be/En-m_FqkW04
creating with an audience is powerful thing
http://youtu.be/k-JLT7bUStE
fast and easy toothbrush
http://youtu.be/zXOG3mLY-sY
Access to 1:1 technology in class is important to build the literacy skills our students need in today’s world
Literacy is no longer just reading and writing - it is changing
- Link on Google Doc - http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/21stcentdefinition
Table talk - read article and discuss - Quick Link or link on Google Doc
http://youtu.be/tbdiPBf7v3c
as adults a lot of this stuff is still new to us
- children don’t have that same fear - growing up with it
- sometimes we just need to jump
- http://youtu.be/ebtGRvP3ILg