Preparing For Your
One-to-One Program
Brookfield, WI
November 8, 2007
Alex Inman
Whitfield School
Educational Collaborators
Topics
Why One-to-One Computing?
Practical
Pedagogical
Designing the Assessment
Planning the Program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
Why One-to-One Computing?
A collaborative group of corporate, research and
education leaders created a list of basic and
applied skills then surveyed employers to assess
the readiness of our workforce as they leave U.S.
schools.
We are not ready
Workplace Readiness Crisis
Four Year College Graduates
Deficiency
Excellence
Written Communications . . . . . . . . . . 27.8%
Information Technology Application . . .
46.3%
Writing in English . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2
Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8
Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
28.3
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving . . .... . .
27.6
English Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .
26.2
Lifelong Learning/Self Direction . . . ..... . .
25.9
Reading Comprehension . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25.9
Oral Communications . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
24.8
Teamwork/Collaboration . . . . . . ... . . . . .
24.6
Source: Are They Really Ready To Work? Conference
Board, 2006
Creativity/Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . .
21.5
Workplace Readiness Crisis
Two Year College/Technical School Graduates
Deficiency
Excellence
Written Communications . . . . .. . . . . . .
47.3%
Information Technology Application . . .
25.7%
Writing in English . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .
46.4
Lifelong Learning/Self Direction . . .... . . .
27.9
Creativity/Innovation . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .
27.6
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving . . ... . .
22.8
Oral Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21.3
Ethics/Social Responsibility . . . . . . .. . . .
21.0
Source: Are They Really Ready To Work? Conference Board, 2006
Workplace Readiness Crisis
High School Graduates
Deficiency
Excellence
Written Communications . . . . .. . . . . . .
80.9%
No skills are on the Excellence List for
Professionalism/Work Ethic . . . . . .. . . . .
70.3
new entrants with a high school diploma.
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving . .. . . . .
69.6
Oral Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52.7
Ethics/Social Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . .
44.1
Reading Comprehension . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38.4
Teamwork/Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34.6
Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27.9 Source: Are They Really Ready To Work? Conference Board, 2006
Information Technology Application . . . .
21.5
English Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .
21st Century Skills
Global Awareness
Civic Engagement
Financial, Economic, and Business Literacy
Learning Skills
Information and Communication Technology
Literacy
Source: Assessment of 21st Century Skills, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2005
1-to-1 Computing as a Partial Strategy
In 2003, 4% of school districts were starting 1:1
initiatives. In 2006 24% of school districts were in
the process of transitioning to 1:1 initiatives
Where tracked, 88% showed positive academic
results
Most superintendents and 67% of technology
directors believe TCO is “important” or “very
important”
Source: America's Digital Schools 2006, The Greaves Group, 2006
Why One-to-One Computing?
Because it furthers your mission
Does your school have a mission statement?
Do people know what it is?
Assess yourself based on your mission
Assess your teachers based on your mission
Base your need for one-to-one program on all or part
of your mission statement
All of this helps your program attain quicker ubiquity
and depersonalizes the pressures of change
Designing the Assessment
Start at the “end”
What do you want your program to look like?
Where, when, how will the laptop be used?
What does a classroom look like?
What is typical teacher behavior?
What is typical student behavior?
What is typical administrator behavior?
How will you assess?
Benchmarks and Longitudinal Trend indicators
Planning the Program
The Decision Process
Program Design
Infrastructure (Connectivity, Servers, Storage,
Backup, Classroom Devices, Electrical, and Technical
Support)
Curricular Support
Communication
Policies
Image Design and Update
One-to-One Rollout, and
Assessment of Your One-to-One Program
Decision Process
Who is involved in the research and recommending
body?
Who is involved in the decision making body
Total cost of Ownership Analysis
Gartner K-12 TCO tool
Constituent support
Program Design
Laptops? Tablets?
Windows? Mac? Linux?
Lenovo? The other guys?
How will you roll them out?
Lease or buy?
Tuition? Fee? Off-sets?
Financial Aid?
Lots of choices to make
This is only PART of the process
Infrastructure
Wireless
Login servers
Anti-virus
E-mail
Printing
Storage
Classroom Devices
Help desk
Break/Fix
More to come on this!
Curricular Support
Lower Anxiety
Tech Skills Development
Technology Integration Development
Problem/project based learning training
Share successes AND failures
Time!
Consider your schedule
Consider meeting times for teachers
Communication
Communicate decision and rationale
Communicate on-going progress
Provide feedback channels
Develop communication pieces to help new people
join your technologically heightened community
Policies
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) to cover laptop going
home
AUP to cover desktops and general use computers
Technology in place to enforce your policies
Is policy reflective of your mission statement
Design policies to be positively stated, when possible
Be sure to cover liabilities
Image Design and Update
System for gathering software needs
Consider the tools to:
Design the image
Deploy the image
Update the computers post imaging
Customize each image after deployment
Manage the computers after deployment
Roll-out
Set the tone for your program
Involve all the constituents
Students
Teachers
Parents
Administrators
Develop critical skills
Cover documentation and self-help strategies
On-going Assessment
We've come full circle!
What is the baseline?
What are the goals?
What are the trends?
What changes do we need to make in our
assessment parameters?
How do we communicate our findings?
Learn More
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