JNCISD BLI: Bright Light Initiative
Jim Ned CISD
Tuscola, TX
1:1 iPod Touch
Initiative
JNCISD BLI: Bright Light Initiative
Linda Cross
District Technology Coordinator
lcross@jimned.esc14.net
David Hogan
High School - Math/Physics
dhogan@jimned.esc14.net
JNCISD BLI: What Is It?
 1:1 at HS
 24/7 “mobile”
technology
 No “powering
down” at school
 Preparing
students for
21st Century
JNCISD BLI: Origin
 Definitely top down: Supt. Dr. Brant Myers and the
board decided to use stimulus money to implement a
1:1 at the high school (with 24/7 filtered access and
rights to download their own apps and music)
 iPod touch chosen over laptops due to cost, portability
 Joint meetings with Apple, Abilene Christian University,
and Region 14 staff showed need to add teacher
laptops
 Mobicip filter chosen to monitor student use 24/7
 StudyWiz chosen to integrate online classwork
JNCISD BLI: Timeline & Implementation
 October 2009
Teachers issued an iPod
touch and a MacBook
 November/December 2009
Teachers trained on iPods,
Macs, and StudyWiz
(4 days)
 February 2010
All 330 HS students issued iPod touch devices
JNCISD BLI: Budget Issues & Constraint
 Stimulus money purchased iPods and teacher
MacBooks for the 1:1 initiative
 Remaining budget allowed for adding 70
classroom MacBooks for student projects
 No funds for purchasing apps
 No funds to hire extra personnel 2009-2010
(desperately needed for deployment)
 Added one full-time tech specialist 2010-2011
JNCISD BLI: Deployment Challenges
 Anticipating “adequate” wireless coverage
 Teachers need 6 mo. to 1 yr. to learn and prepare before
student devices are issued (esp. if changing OS)
 Charging 350 iPods before issuing them each year
 Initially no volume purchasing of apps (Apple added
this)
 Students
o Can’t sync with multiple computers without losing apps
o Didn’t all have accessible email and iTunes accounts
o Didn’t turn in all equipment on due date (more
paperwork)
JNCISD BLI: Deployment Challenges
 Profiles lost if students “reset” their devices (Profiles set
types and age level of apps allowed, disable Safari, etc.)
 How to handle the loss of installation codes when seniors
leave (since apps such as Mobicip are installed by
students)
 Teachers would like for students to be able to do more
word processing and printing from the iPod touch
 Need an experienced full-time assistant already on staff
for the daily iPod troubleshooting and to handle devices
sent in for warranty repair as well as arranging for local
repairs, monitoring wireless radios, checking Mobicip
reports, repairing profiles, issuing replacements, etc.
JNCISD BLI: Daily Management
 Students required to bring iPod touch daily (charged &
ready to go)—some just want to use their phone instead
 No unfiltered browsers (Safari disabled in profiles but returns
if they Reset their devices—against policy)
 Personal devices not allowed (very hard to enforce and
we’ve talked of possibly changing this)
 Most initial problems caused by students syncing with
multiple computers and losing their required apps
 Mobicip reports aid in locating problem users for principal
and assistant principal to deal with
 Experimenting with Find My iPhone app (released Nov.
2010) to locate lost iPods (if they are connected to a wireless
network)
JNCISD BLI: Security & CIPA
Screenshot of reports available from Mobicip website
JNCISD BLI: First Year Losses
Item
iPod Touch
Screen Protectors
Ear Buds
Chargers
Cases
Sync cables
Lost or Broken or
Stolen Damaged Description
16
11
84
62
28
19
15
330 iPods issued
5 shattered screens
6 water damaged
JNCISD BLI: Loss, Damage, Insurance
 We had been told to expect about a 5% loss rate.
 The damages were more than anticipated but
some of the accessory damage was due to the
quality of the issued items. We’ve learned from
that.
 Local repair options are cheaper than mailing in
 Students were informed of the availability of a
$50 deductible $30 per yr. insurance plan through
a link on our high school homepage
JNCISD BLI: Learning Environment
JNCISD BLI: Science Classroom
 Assignment: Use 3D Brain app to label a diagram of the
brain regions. Choose a substructure of the brain to find its
location, function, disorders, and effects of its damage.
Create and share 4-6 slide PowerPoint
Rhonda Wise - HS Science
JNCISD BLI: Science Classroom
• Listen to science-based podcasts
such as “brainstuff” from
howstuffworks.com
• Give a summation of what they
listened to, using the notes
application on their i-Touch
• A report is then sent to me through
the messaging system of Studywiz.
Chris Holson - HS Science
JNCISD BLI: UIL Academics
Current Events
… missed 1st place by
1 question
I could not live without them
[iPods] now. Students master the
material faster and retain the
information from the repetition. I
also use them for TAKS –Debbie
Cook, HS Math & UIL Coach
Calculator Application
… missed 1st place by 2 questions
JNCISD BLI: Math Classroom
JNCISD BLI: Spanish Classroom
o Make their own vocabulary flash cards with
Study Flash app to study each chapter (front
to back or flip )
o Take notes in the Notepad app. (Notes don’t
get crumpled in the bottom of a backpack
and after summer break their notes are still
there for second-year Spanish.)
o Use studyspanish.com exercises for
grammar and vocabulary
o Use Calendar app to record every Spanish
assignment (organization and responsibility)
Renee Guerra - HS Spanish
JNCISD BLI: Business, College Prep,
UIL Classroom
o Stocks app to check five stock prices on a
daily basis for two months and Loan
Calculator app to calculate payments and
interest for 15- and 30-year mortgages
o SAT vocabulary app.
o UIL students use gFlash app to study
vocabulary, people (astronauts), places,
etc. for their particular event. This has
contributed greatly to UIL success since
they are much easier to carry around.
Kay Whitton, Bus., Accounting, College
Prep.
JNCISD BLI: Social Studies Classroom
o Apps--Google maps & earth, compass,
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currency calculator, historical quotes
United Streaming videos thru Studywiz
Students access podcasts outside of class
and do assessments in Studywiz
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bhs-ap-euro/id291933803
Sociology tests as well as personality and trait exams online
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
I have recorded over a PowerPoint using the MacBook and then
uploaded into Studywiz for use when I had to be out of school that
day—also useful when many students are going to be absent
Coach Hutt - Social Studies
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TAKS website for practice tests 24/7—results emailed to teacher
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/taks/index.html
(Coach Hutt & Coach Avery)
JNCISD BLI: Special Education
Classroom
My students:
o use the “spell check” app for daily editing
o actually type their two-paragraph essays
on iPods and print each week (they seem
to have difficulty with the big computers)
o take online quizzes for math and do a
screen shot of the grade to show me later
Kerri Key, Special Ed.
JNCISD BLI: English Classroom
o Students memorize quotes
from Julius Caesar and study for tests using uploaded
quotes and notes in Studywiz. After syncing, these
are available offline in eLocker without wifi.
o Use The Complete Works of Shakespeare app—to
read the play without a textbook
o Access folder on eLocker for the
Pre-AP vocabulary words
o Use dictionary.com and an online
thesaurus
RaeNelle Allen - HS English
JNCISD BLI: Weekly iPod Internet
Access
Taken from weekly Mobicip reports
Date
Internet Access Attempts
Blocked
Oct. 5-11, 2010
19,600
115
Dec. 14, 2010
9,850
32
Jan. 11, 2011
8,159
49
* Itemized on next slide
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JNCISD BLI: Weekly iPod Internet
Access
Oct. 5th – Oct. 11th, 2010
This week was one of the highest use
weeks since we issued the iPods: 19,600
accesses
JNCISD BLI: Resource Links
 www.jimned.esc14.net (District Home Page)
 http://schools.jimned.esc14.net/default.aspx?name=jnhs.hub (BLI
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Resource Hub)
http://www.jimned.esc14.net/default.aspx?name=bli (Bright Light
Initiative)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bhs-ap-euro/id291933803
(podcasts for social studies)
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
(sociology and personality tests online)
TAKS website for practice tests 24/7—results emailed to teacher
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/taks/index.html
http://fur.ly/4i7c (to access all links on this page, use fur.ly toolbar)
JNCISD BLI: Apps
Free Apps
Free Apps
3D Brain
Google Earth
Calendar
HowStuffWorks.com
Compass
Loan Calculator
Complete Works of
Shakespeare
Mental Case
Currency Calculator Lite
Mobicip (filtered browser)
Dictionary.com
Notes
eClicker
SAT Vocabulary
eLocker (StudyWiz)
Speller (spell check)
Find My iPhone
Stocks
gFlash+ Flashcards
$1.99 Apps
Historical Quotes ($1.99)
Wolfram Alpha ($1.99)
BLI: Jim Ned CISD
Jim Ned CISD
Rated An Exemplary District
2010
“Colt McCoy’s High School”