1:1 Computing Initiative

Bladen County Schools

RttT Fidelity CheckSpring 2013

$800,000 Grant

Training and Support

Race to the Top Funding

• Research, Review, and Data Analysis• Focused Committed Leadership• Communication and Community Involvement• High Quality On-Going Professional Development,

Curriculum and Pedagogy• Human Resources• Financing and Sustainability• Policies and Procedures• Infrastructure, Hardware, and Software Tools• Deployment• Assessment, Research, and Reporting

NCLTI – North Carolina Learning Technologies Initiative

Moving from Traditional to Future Ready – Implementing a One-to-One Mobile Computing Program

• Curriculum and Instruction• Infrastructure and Technical Support• Leadership, Administration, and Instructional

Support• Professional Development

NCLTI Readiness Survey

RUBRIC STANDARDS• Early (Starting) Technology• Developing Technology• Advanced (Prepared) Technology• Target Computing

High School Pilot Program 2011-12

• Two Science (Biology) Teachers• 90 Students• Device Selection – Lenovo Tablets• Faculty devices issued• Hired one ITF• Approx. 4 month program• (NCLTI Team met weekly during pilot

and up to deployment)

• Students had strong social networking skills• Computer application and research information

skills of students were weak • Resistors lacked participation• Need for technology paradigm shift • Need for Professional Development• Parental support varied• Instructional practices• Infrastructure /connectivity issues• Devices did not allow for level of creativity desired • Re-issued laptops, not tablets

Lesson Learned from Pilot

New policies (Student contracts)Student insurance for devices (replacement /repair)Annual Student User FeesFiltering System (Z scalar)Switching Project ( .5 million replace switches)LANDesk Remote Management SystemTechnician on site Student User Accounts Learning Management System (Edmodo)Sustainability Funding /PlanMethod for collecting data

Other Logistics and Considerations of Project

Educate and Communicate Community and stakeholdersPastor’s Breakfast, Community forums, Information sessions, website

communication, Administrator trainingTeacher trainingStudent TrainingCommissioners, Business, and Stakeholder Groups

Parent trainingEstablish partnerships with internet vendors

Develop a strong Professional Development Plan for district

Continue to improve infrastructure and wireless capacity

Rewrite Technology Plan for district and involve teachers

Train all media specialists in technology standards

Offer online courses – Simple K-12, Friday Institute, Cary Institute

District wide Strategies

Fall/Spring 2012

• Priority Professional Development for teachers

• Devices – Lenovo X130E Laptops• Full deployment in November- both high

schools – 1550 devices• One ITF – serves two schools• Teacher training teams at high schools

Instructional Goals• Collaborative learning• Differentiated learning• Assessment• Action Research Skills• Project based learning• Technology enhanced presentations• Increase student engagement