Coast Unified School District

February 3, 2012

Santa Lucia Middle SchoolUsing 1:1 iPad Program

To move to Constructivist Learning.

John Calandro Principal

Where we were, where we are, where we’re going.

Santa Lucia Middle School

✤ 171 Students

✤ 6th through 8th grade

✤ Core concept in 6th

✤ 7 period day

Getting to 1:1 iPads

-Basic Aid District

-Tech Plan based on

-commitment to Technology

-developing 21st century skills

-390 purchased on 3 year lease

-Apple cut a deal for iPad 2

-creative funding for teachers iPads

-$1,000,000 e-rate infrastructure grant

Science, Computers/Media

✤ Zack’s Rock Cycle Story

✤ iBook Author

WHERE WE’VE BEEN✤ December 2008 iPod Teacher Training

at CLMS Conference attended by Henry Danielson and Joe Sassaman

✤ June 2010 District K-12 Technology Standards presented by Sean Spradley, Ron Poulos, Walt Vickrey

✤ July 2010 iPad Training at CLMS Conference attended by Chris Adams and Bill Clough

✤ August 2010 Technology Update to school board including Game Room and curriculum and technology tools 4-8 grades

✤ September 2010 iPad introduced to Special Education for home use

✤ October 2010 Toby Cinque and Henry Danielson present to school board how iPads are helping Physical Education

✤ October 2010 Apple Special Education training attended by Henry Danielson and Adam Helfand

✤ November 2010 Surveys Completed via Survey Monkey to all test participants for netbooks

✤ November 2010 District K-12 Technology Standards approved by school board

✤ December 2010 Steve Burnside contacts Apple Inc. to get representatives to meet

with Coast Unified

✤ January 2011 Apple Inc. sends representatives to Cambria to present iPod and iPad solutions

✤ March 2011 One Call Survey completed to all households to determine if wireless is available

✤ March 2011 Henry Danielson, Shaunna Ames, Colleen Poynter, Michael Lant visit Avery to observe iPads in middle school

✤ March 2011 Persuasive essays sent from students to Apple and school board

✤ March 2011 Board Workshop and iPads

✤ April 2011 44 iPads purchased and to be distributed to teachers at SLMS and stakeholders

✤ April 2011 Request from 1st grade teachers for iPads in first grade

✤ May 2011 Board members receive iPads to save paper and time for board agendas

✤ June 2011 1 to 1 learning with iPad webinar for 6th grade teachers

✤ June 2011 Meeting with 1st and

2nd grade teachers to discuss iPads in primary grades

✤ June 2011 iPad meeting with sixth grade team

✤ July 2011 Community members, students, and parents use iPads on trial basis for review. Kathe Tanner, Chris Gutierrez,

✤ August 2011 iPads brought to middle school for 6th grade pilot program

✤ October 2011 John Calandro presents to school board how iPads are "game changers" in the 6th grade

✤ November 2011 SLMS hosts "Meet the iPad" evening

✤ December 2011 iPad Expansion Plan discussed at school board meeting

✤ December 2011 Strategic Action Plan approved by school board calling for iPads at 6th grade and iPods at 3rd grade

Where We’ve Been Continued

✤ February 2012 Henry Danielson and Patti Stroh visit St. Genevieve's (Panorama City) to observe iPads in school

✤ June 2012 Apple Representatives present option to purchase all remaining iPad 2 for grades 6-12 expansion

✤ June 2012 Purchase of ? iPads for iPad expansion grades 6-12

✤ August2012 Letter to Parents from Superintendent explaining iPads in middle and high school

✤ September 2012 iPad deployment and distribution at SLMS

✤ September 2012Certificated iPad Training and Deployment (51 participants)

✤ September 2012Classified/Certificated iPad Training and Deployment (16 participants)

✤ October 2012 Thirty iPads from 2011-12 pilot at SLMS given to CGS 1st grade

✤ October 2012 Henry Danielson and Patti Stroh attend Ventura County Office of Education Planning and Deploying with iOS 6

✤ October 2012 Textbooks loaded onto iPads at SLMS

✤ October 2012 Parent University - iPads and Digital Citizenship

✤ October 2012 iPad Training Show and Share (26 participants)

✤ November2012 Strategic Action Plan approved calling for iPads implementation at SLMS grades 6-8

✤ November2012 12 iPads deployed to CGS 3rd grade

✤ December 2012 Site Visit for County Educators looking to adopt iPad program

✤ January 2013 Deploy iPads for CUHS students

✤ January 2013 Site Visit for international educators planning to adopt iPad program

✤ February 2013 Site Visit for California educators looking to adopt iPad program

Significant Factors-Getting to 1:1

✤ 21st century skills awareness and prioritiziation

✤ Technology use seen as necessary and beneficial

✤ Overcoming fear for benefit of students

✤ Seeing it in action

✤ Piloting (see Fear above!)

Significant Factors-Getting to 1:1 continued

✤ Seeing it in action- leveling the playing field

✤ Training, teaching, learning

✤ Creating satisfied customers

✤ Forging ahead

✤ Training, teaching, learning

Successes:

✤ Went from 6th grade to schoolwide

✤ All students competent in using them

✤ Peer-to-peer learning increased

✤ Widespread use of technology

✤ Leveled playing field

✤ Lighter backpacks

✤ Fewer “lost” assignments

✤ Increased creativity and student engagement

Students need 21st Century Skills

A quick example of how kids can demonstrate learning under a constructivist approach!

Basic Understanding Behind Constructivist Approach:

✤ We are attempting to prepare students for jobs they can’t even imagine for a world WE can’t even imagine.

✤ Without preparing them to be OPEN, FEARLESS, and PROBLEM SOLVERS, they won’t ever be able to get ahead in the world.

Basic Understanding Behind Constructivist Approach:

Knowledge is important, but 21st century employers are looking for

people who have

TRIED TO DO IT FOR THEMSELVES

and learned from their experiences.

REVELATION:

In order to move forward we must be fearless.

It doesn’t matter if our students realize we don’t know. It only

matters if they think we are afraid to learn.

Discussion Points:

✤ WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPLEMENTING NEW CONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING IN OUR SCHOOL?

✤ WHAT IS ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO OVERCOMING THIS IMPEDIMENT?

What gets in our way?

✤ THE LEARNING CURVE

✤ TIME

✤ RESOURCES

✤ FEAR

✤ NOT KNOWING ENOUGH

✤ KIDS WON’T RESPECT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

What We Have to do:✤ Stop teaching like we used to

✤ Use the tools you have- as the powerful tools they are

✤ We must teach our students to be FEARLESS

✤ We must give them the opportunity to EXPERIENCE

Teacher training:

✤ Difficult to do- not many teachers out there

✤ Lots of learning on their own time

✤ Better to know a few apps very well, than to know a little about many

✤ If you create an assignment to fit the technology, you’re doing it wrong

✤ Learn from the students

✤ Most/Best learning is done on-the-job

✤ BE LIKE THE WILLOW!- mistakes will occur!

✤ Use the web and networks (Twitter is great for this.)

To Prepare Students for the Future:

✤ Unknown and unknowable jobs

✤ Technology we haven’t dreamed of

✤ A global and instantaneous world

We must train them in 21st century thinking, and provide a foundation

in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

STEM and Constructivism.

✤ Knowledge can make them FEARLESS

✤ Learning is about exploration and discovery

✤ Engineering is about applying scientific principals to a purpose

✤ Math + Science + Engineering = Technology

✤ When students understand these concepts, technology is a valuable asset in their learning

Moving from traditional teaching to Constructivism.

✤ In School✤ Coursework in foundational skills✤ math and science:Earth, physical and

Life Sciences are taught✤ Algebra in 8th grade

✤ Computer class✤ Scratch programming✤ Presentation tools✤ Video editing✤ Web page design✤ Rockets✤ Bridge building

Shift in Classroom Pedagogy

✤ Allows kids to learn, explore, have fun

✤ Develops 21st century skills through group activity and more STUDENT DIRECTED mixed-group learning

✤ Opens students to new ideas by working with them where they are in THEIR world

CONSTRUCTIVISM HELPS KIDS TO BE FEARLESS

✤By introducing them to new experiences in non-threatening, low stress, non-graded environments

✤By providing students with mentors and support outside the classroom

A TRUE CONSTRUCTICIST APPROACH GIVES KIDS VALUABLE EXPERIENCES

✤ Provides opportunities for learning without the scheduling constraints of the classroom

✤ Builds on classroom knowledge

✤ Allows students to find what they love and encourages them to keep at it

Avoid the Trough of Disillusionment!Don’t get too swept up in that Inflated Expectation piece.

Tips to a successful Constructivist Learning

program✤ Clearly understand your reasons for using the approach (21st

Century Skills)

✤ Give everybody the opportunity to get comfortable with the tools and idea

✤ Start SMALL: take on projects that are manageable

✤ Good teaching must still occur

✤ Get out of your own way- Teachers do not have to know it all

✤ BE FEARLESS

Student Training:

Student Training:

✤ Establish rules and stick to them

✤ Use your technology to your advantage (filters, restrictions)

✤ Allow them time to explore

✤ Expect problems

✤ Find your experts

Challenges

✤ Day to day troubleshooting

✤ Moving target

✤ Student attention

✤ Managing the learning curve- edmodo, new apps, new thinking

✤ Getting buy-in from those who are fearful/oppositional

✤ Broken/Malfunctioning technology

✤ Jumping to the next level- true innovation