Transcript The Paperless Classroom

A Sneak Peak to
a Techno Future
Jamie Isom, Superintendent
Valentine Community Schools
NASB Convention
November 2009
Connect Teachers
Connect Schools
Connect Students
Connect Community
•Use Technology
Get the Technology
• Commitment
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District resources
ESU Resources
Expectation of staff, students, and schools
Other resources
Why use Technology?
• ESU 17 covers north central portion of the
state
– five school districts
• Valentine District is 3,400 square miles
– Multiple attendance centers – farthest one 75
miles out
Why connect?
Communicate and interact
with other schools and
students and teachers
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century skills
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mcleod/didyouknow/didyouknow4.mpg
Cherry County/VCS
Cherry County
Statistics:
a geographic area of
5961 square miles.
96 miles long and 63
miles wide.
the largest county in the
USA and is larger than
Rhode Island and
Delaware combined.
“Cherry County-Nebraska History”.
CFC Productions. 2003. Web.
November 17, 2009.
Electronic Passport to
Learning
Jan Knispel
Language Arts Department Head 6-12
Senior English Instructor
MidPlains Community College
Adjunct Instructor
Valentine High School
Learning Web
• Learning Web project, a
technology integration
project sponsored by the
ESUs, designed to build a
core group of teachers who
will make a cooperative
effort to make use of new
technologies in the
delivery of curriculum.
NETA is the showcase
for the Learning Web
teams.
Electronic Passport to Learning
Team
• Learning Web/NETA
• ESU17 Mary Gurney and
Patti Finney organized the
Learning Web Team
• 3 from Valentine Rural
High School
• 2 Cherry County Rural
Schools
• 1 Keya Paha High School
Electric Passport to Learning
Project Description
• The use of technology to enable
students and teachers grades K12 to
improve communication skills through
digital media and internet sharing of
information with peers, teachers,
schools and communities.
Issues Before Learning Web,
My Elearning/Angel
• Readability –
Handwriting
• Turnaround time
• Student Peer Review
time
• Saving Paper
• Technology was basic
keyboarding
Instructional Strategies
• Note-Taking
• Technology use
• Cooperative
Learning/Peer Review
• Writing Skills
• Feedback timely and
readable.
• Technology use
increased for teachers
and students
VCS Rural Schools K-8
• The Internet, video
cameras, tape
recorders, digital
cameras, and
Microsoft movie
maker
• Created a comparison
of past to the present.
• Shared presentations
across the internet.
Then and Now
Business Education Dana Buurman
• 2004 to 2009
• 2004 Participating Classes
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Basic Computer Applications
Advanced Computer Applications
Intro to Marketing
Accessing network server folders for paper delivery
• Use of web page design software
• Internet-Teacher webpage
• Server access from home
Business Ed Dana Buurman
• 2009 Now using Angel through
Myelearning for Distance Learning
Marketing class
• Continues to use Windows server, Vision 6
• Adding to Angel/Myelearning next year
– Will add Info tech I and II classes and
Assessment
– Using video clips,Youtube, and PowerMedia
Plus
Continued in 2009
Mrs. Hanzlicek uses
• Skype to interact with other
rural schools on classroom
projects
• The computer and video
camera to create projects
• Introduce students to
technology.
Julie Hoefs Then and Now
Mathematics Education
• Use of tablet PC
• Smart Board-student attention/participation
– teaching mathematic concepts
– geometry and pre-calculus
– Smart Board moved to a different
teacher
• Webpage software
– Note access and Calendar
– Class photos and other information
– May change to Angel for student access and information
Dual Credit Issues
• College credit transfer
to Nebraska colleges
composition course.
• MPCC required
Specific text and
Process Logs
• Two semesters VHS=1
semester MPCC
VHS two semesters =
numerous assignments
English Then-The Goal
• Need for technology for
papers to be electronically
submitted and returned
– Faster turn around -student
and teacher
– Clarity issues
• Handwriting
• GO, PL, AN
Physical appearance…Then
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Boxes of papers
Boxes of research
Boxes of red pens
Time, time, time
36 hours to correct
Research papers
One assignment
Student issues-Then
• My handwriting
And numerous
comments
Frustrations
Paperless Classroom and
My ELearning
• The Plan
• Computers in
classroomlab/cart
• Angel use in late
fall of 2006
Physical Appearance Now
Correcting time:
1/3 the time
Handwriting:
No longer an issue
Paper saved:
55,000 sheets
Angel/myelearning
• Angel is a Learning Management Suite,
now owned by Blackboard.
• VCS purchased through Myelearning for
approximately four dollars per account.
• All teachers and students have accounts.
Students can be enrolled with one account
into all their teachers’ classes.
Now: How does it work?
Protected by password
Teacher/Student Accounts
Builds webpage assignments, drop
boxes and other folders/data
repositories
Collects/downloads
assignments/documents
Corrects/Uploads
assignments/documents
Can save documents on line or on
hard drive, flash drive
Students
• Assignments posted/submitted/uploaded by
students.
• Save and share documents within
folders/drop boxes
• Peer Review in teams
– as in-class and between class groups/from home
• Download peer review
• Internal email from student/student/teacher
• Receives assignments after grading/grade
book
Benefits
– Teacher Time: Now 1/3rd of time in
2004
– Paper saved: 55,000 pieces a year
– Students access from around the
continent/world-Ohio to Mexico to?
– Distance Learning Student
participation
• Student work groups
– Team work: In class and cross
class teams
– Assignments available
immediately
– Real Time work submission
The Future at VHS/VCS
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More teachers
More curricular areas
Accounts district wide
One student=one
account can be
accessed for numerous
curricular area
• Several teachers
“share” students
Questions?
Sneak Peak to a Techno Future
Molly Aschoff
Valentine Elementary School
Fifth grade –
Social Studies & Language Arts
ESU 17 Learning Web Team
2008-2009
• Our goal was to improve technology use in
the classroom
• Improve student learning with the use of
technology
• Connect with classrooms in other schools to
enhance student learning
TEAM MEMBERS
• Linda Schafer – Cutcomb Lake Attendance Center –
K-2nd
• Nicole Osnes – Valentine Elementary School – 3rd-5th
Grade Enrichment Reading
• Deb Obermiller – Valentine Elementary School-4th
Grade
• Molly Aschoff – Valentine Elementary School-5th
Grade
• Amanda Ganser – Ainsworth Elementary School – K6th Computers
• Susan Scholtes – Ainsworth Elementary School – 4th
Grade
Technologies Implemented
• Video Conferencing – Polycom cart &
Skype
• Movie Making –iMovie & PhotoStory
• Podcasting – Garage Band
• Clickers – eInstruction
• Web based tools – Google Earth, Gizmos,
& Webquests
Marzano’s Instructional Strategies
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Nonlinguistic representations
Cooperative learning
Homework and practice
Providing feedback
Identifying similarities and differences
Goals
Gizmos
• ExploreLearning.com offers the world's largest
library of interactive online simulations for math
and science education in grades 3-12
• They’re fun, easy to use, and they help students
develop a deep understanding of challenging
concepts through inquiry and exploration
• Designed to supplement your existing curriculum.
Gizmos are correlated to state curriculum
standards and over 200 textbooks, making them
easy to integrate into your instructional program
GIZMO: Phases of the Moon
explorelearning.com
GIZMO: Phases of the Moon
Podcasts
• Used Garageband
– Book talks
– Could also be used for reader’s theater, radio
shows, and an artifact to show student’s fluency
• Students created script first and then practiced
– They were able to “see” how loud or soft they
spoke.
– Added music for the background
Student Input on Podcasting
• “Liked writing our own script”
• “Liked using expressions with voice…high and
low voices”
• “Research”
• “Picking out the music”
• “Helped me learn stuff….more about the tundra”
• “Pretend to be somebody different….pretend to
be a person of knowledge….like Bill Nye the
Science Guy….and that is not me!”
• “Putting it on-line!”
Student Input on Podcasting
• “Taping and Sharing with family!”
• “Putting it on-line!”
• “Working with friends!”
• “Took too long!”
iMovies
• Used iMovie HD
– Created an iMovie based on information read in a nonfiction
article in reading class
• Students created scripts and found pictures
– Pictures—Make sure to transfer into I-Photo first
– Voices—Recorded directly into I-Movie, but you could also
use Garageband
– Transitions and titles added at the end
Student Thoughts on iMovie
• My favorite part was being able choose the
transitions and sounds.
• I liked talking into the microphone for the
sound.
• I liked working with my partners.
Webquests
• a WebQuest challenges students to explore
the web for information and it is an
excellent way to integrate the Internet into
the classroom
• Sites have already been approved by other
teachers, so students aren’t out there just
surfing the internet
Personal Narratives
Field Trip Tours
Self Illustrated Poems
Directions for Completing a Task
Presidential Election
Brown County Historical Society
Dream House Floor Plans
What am I?
Personification Presentations
Camp Pamphlets
Historical Interviews
Book Reads
Radio Commercials
Nursery Rhyme Renditions
Living Poems
Weather Project
Skype – video conferencing
• A software application (free download) that
allows users to make voice calls over the
internet
• Calls to other users are free
• Other features are instant messaging, file
transfer, and video conferencing
• Skype – free download at
• Webquests
php
• GIZMO at
.com/
30 day free trial
QUESTIONS
•Thank you all for
coming to our session