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Comment on Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom [guest post] by Heath McFaul

Heath McFaul — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:20:32 +0000

I think the 1:1 concept needs to be seriously reconsidered. This push tends to make me believe that people (teachers included) actually think that making technology more available will decrease the digital divide our nation currently faces. The reality is that 1:1 learning is only as good as the pedagogical skills developed around it. The suggestions provided in this article will undoubtedly provide a level of focus placed upon technology as a tool, and not a toy. However, at what point do we examine the quality control measures that must be put in place in order to ensure all teachers are as dedicated to learning as the blog suggests.

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Internet Filter for Mac — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:25 +0000

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Comment on Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom [guest post] by Holly

Holly — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:10:14 +0000

Thank you for such practical tips, Janet! I’ll be sharing this with my faculty for sure. We aren’t a 1:1 school, but I know your management tips will helps us out when using our mobile laptop labs.

Comment on Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom [guest post] by Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom | Expat Educator

Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom | Expat Educator — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:44:09 +0000

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Comment on Creating a welcoming web presence by Nick Sauers

Nick Sauers — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:53:11 +0000

Unfortunately, many schools don’t realize the power of a great website! It is great to see your facebook and twitter link on your homepage.

Nick

Comment on Creating a welcoming web presence by Dan Frazier

Dan Frazier — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:30:48 +0000

A mother enrolled her two daughters in Sioux Central at the start of this school year. She came up to me a few weeks after school started and told me she chose our school because of our web site. She said, “Of all the schools in the area, it looked like you guys know what you are doing.” So, hey, school web sites can make a difference with our public.

Comment on Creating a welcoming web presence by Nick Sauers

Nick Sauers — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:21:24 +0000

Sean,

Thanks for sharing! I also have witnessed many websites that are maintained by one or two individuals. In the end, that generally means that little is ever changed on the website. Adding participants CERTAINLY adds value. It would be really interesting, and likely very sad, to study that condition of most school websites.

Nick

Comment on Creating a welcoming web presence by Sean Nash

Sean Nash — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:29:57 +0000

Hey Nick,

Reading this post reminded me of exactly where our district website was even less than one yer ago. I honestly wish I had taken screenshots of the previous version we had put up with for so, so long. One of the first things we decided to tackle last year was the district’s website. We were a stellar example of example #1 above. For a district our size (11,000 students — 26 schools) this would be no small undertaking.

For reference, the URL is: http://www.sjsd.k12.mo.us

My main influence on this project? => Swing for the fences. Go from static city… straight to an entity less defined as a “website,” and more as a “web platform” in my opinion. I wanted not only a website for the district as a whole, but also an online hub for each of our 900 teachers that was flexible, capable of being a comprehensive “home” for their class(es), and ultimately, a public-by-default, interactive portal into the daily learning in our classrooms. I’m not going to be disingenuous and let on that this was a small task by any stretch. In fact, we endured some significant internal friction along the way.

That said, we emerged from the initial phase of this process in much, much better shape that most of us even thought possible. In one summer plus one month, we went from a website edited and maintained by 3 or 4 individuals… to a much more dynamic hub edited by 900 individuals. This is a massive change. Looking back, it is hard to even imagine where we were last year.

Although we are far, far from where we’d like to be in time, we have taken a massive step into truly engaging our community is the daily happenings of our classrooms. Scanning the site, you’ll see the vast majority of staff with pages that go far, far beyond the detail of the former site. Why? 900 editors vs. 3? That’s pretty simple to me. And yet, we have so far to go. The number of staff truly putting it all on the site as a true “public educator” for all to see… just a few. And yet, we DO have them. We have truly just headed down this path in an organized way.

Our staff gained access to their section of the website after school began this past September. After the coming summer, I’m betting we see a massive jump in engagement across the board.

Website, web platform, CMS, LMS, flexible hub for all of the things we may already be doing online… and all of those we may do in the future? It’s been a lot of work, but we’re ready for some big growth at this point. I think far too few school systems pay the requisite attention to the web presence they project.

My goal? A windows into each and every classroom in two years. Perhaps that can’t ever be done with 100% fidelity. However, I’m shooting for that goal. When the wider staff become more comfortable with the social aspects of the platform, we’ll grow by leaps and bounds.

In summary: the school/district web presence need not be a static poster to be changed infrequently, or as a defense of changing times. Instead, with the tools available in 2012 and beyond, this is an opportunity to truly become what so many of us say we are: public educators.

Sean

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Comment on Characteristics of 1:1 Schools and Communities by Nick Sauers

Nick Sauers — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:41:55 +0000

Roger,

Lots of great questions! I’ll try to answer some, but also please email me (nck0208@gmail.com) so we can chat on the phone.

I am actually currently working on the part of my dissertation that will hopefully get at some of the impacts of 1:1. You may want to check-out this CASTLE research brief that summarizes many of the current studies on 1:1 schools. To my knowledge, there is not a K-12 1:1 district in Iowa, but many schools do have 1:1 at their middle schools. United may be the district that has 1:1 at the youngest grades.
Your question about funding is very interesting. Nearly all of the 1:1 schools in Iowa funded the initiative within their regular school budget. Exactly where that money comes from varies by district. There are also a small group of schools that have received some funding through grants, but those schools are definitely in the minority. I’m not sure about the number of staff added, but that has been handled differently at different districts.

We need to chat on the phone very soon!

Nick

Comment on Characteristics of 1:1 Schools and Communities by Roger

Roger — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:37:18 +0000

I left a comment today. After reading it, is there a way to speak with you via phone. If so, just offer a couple of times.
Again thanks.

Comment on Characteristics of 1:1 Schools and Communities by Roger

Roger — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:35:48 +0000

Hello Nick
Wow! Huge time and energy investment on your part, thanks. Your observations reveal characteristics of community, parents, etc…however, impact is yet to be determined, right? Are you aware of any completed or current research on 1:1 impact as to learning, progress, development, and achievement of students?
Also, your research raises so, so many questions!
I live in an area that is considering going 1:1 (grades K-12). The 40 schools you researched, how many were 1:1 K-12 and how many are only Jr-Sr 1:1? If some schools were 1:1 K-12, were laptops giving to all K-6 or K-5 OR was a different devise given?
Last, do you have the information about:
»what % of the cost to become a 1:1 school was funded by grant, school budget, or otherwise:
»the number of staff (tech or other) added due to the direct need to support 1:1. If you know, then, what was their level of education/training in tech?
Again, thank you.

Comment on Characteristics of 1:1 Schools and Communities by Nick Sauers

Nick Sauers — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:15:37 +0000

Great Question!-This is surely to get more confusing as more and more mobile devices are used in schools as well as the BYOD model. The schools that I used provide laptops for all of their HS students. Students are also allowed to take their devices home.

Nick

Comment on Characteristics of 1:1 Schools and Communities by John Saecker

John Saecker — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:15:36 +0000

Our school is not in Iowa but Wisconsin and seems to fit closely with the data you have blogged. I am interested in the definition of 1:1 used in your research. Our high school of 300 students is completely 1:1, and we are in our second year of implementation. I notice that many schools are using the term 1:1 for partial adoptions, i.e. all freshmen. I wonder how this variable will affect research results.