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WELCOME!
Technology and High
School Success
Grant Recipients’
Meeting
May 5, 2008
Stakeholder Technology Branch
Agenda
8:30-9:00
Registration/Refreshments
9:00-9:30
Greetings/Planning for Success
Brad
9:30-10:00
Lessons Learned from Research
Karen
10:00-10:30
Project Evaluation Part 1
Cheryl
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Project Evaluation Part 2
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-2:30
Project Evaluation Part 3
2:30-2:45
Break
2:45-3:30
Project Evaluation Part 4
Stakeholder Technology Branch
Cheryl
Cheryl
Cheryl
INITIATIVE OVERVIEW - Rationale
• Technology can be used in schools to engage at-risk
students and improve Alberta’s high school completion
rates.
• Ongoing research into best practices in
classroom technology implementation.
• The results of this research will be
shared with all jurisdictions.
Stakeholder Technology Branch
Video -A Vision of
K-12 Students
http://www.youtube.com/user/bjnesbitt
INITIATIVE OVERVIEW –
Successful projects
• 24 successful projects.
• $6.45 million in total funding.
• Grades 7 through 12
• All six educational zones.
• Public, Separate, Francophone and
Charter Schools.
• Rural and urban.
• See project chart – in your folder
Stakeholder Technology Branch
INITIATIVE OVERVIEW –
Scope of projects
Wide variety of projects and
project elements:
• Interactive Whiteboards – 17 Projects
• Laptop computers - 12 Projects
• Videoconferencing – 9 Projects
• Student Response Systems – 6 Projects
• Online/Distributed Learning – 5 Projects
INITIATIVE OVERVIEW – Scope of projects
• Student/Parent/Teacher Portal – 3 Projects
• Digital Cameras/Camcorders – 3 Projects
• Digital Scientific Equipment- 2 Projects
• Outcomes-based assessment systems – 1 Project
• Web 2.0 Tools – 1 Project
• Assistive Software - 1 Project
INITIATIVE OVERVIEW – Participants
• Boyle Street Education Centre
• Calgary Roman Catholic Separate
School District
• Canadian Rockies Regional Division
• Chinook’s Edge School Division
• Edmonton Catholic Separate School
Division
• Edmonton School District
• Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional
Division
• Fort Vermilion School Division
• Grande Prairie and District Catholic
Schools
• Grande Prairie Public School District
• Grande Yellowhead Regional Division
• Grasslands Regional Division
• Greater Southern Public
Francophone Education Region
• Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional
Division
• High Prairie School Division
• Lethbridge School District
• Livingstone Range School Division
• Medicine Hat Catholic Separate
Regional Division
• Northern Lights School Division
• Northland School Division
• Peace Wapiti School Division
• Rocky View School Division
• St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic
Separate Regional Division
• Westwind School Division
Project Supports
Alberta Education is pleased to offer support to project
participants.
• Project manger
• Meetings – at least 1 a year
• Project sharing
• Information concerning PD opportunities
• Research and disseminate best practices.
• Field visits
• Alberta Education website
Project Supports
Alberta Education is pleased to offer support to project
participants.
• Video Conference Meeting Room
• Within Supernet - [email protected]
• On Internet –139.142.188.3##3008
• Educational Standing Offers
• Hardware
• Software
• Access the ESOs through the Learning Resource
Center Website.
• www.lrc.education.gov.ab.ca
Emerge Summer Institute
• August 21-22, 2008
• Calgary – SAIT Campus
• Focus on 1to1 Wireless Laptop Learning, but offers a
broad range of professional learning
• Invitation in your folder
Planning for Success
Essential Components
Of A Successful Project
Project Planning
• A well-planned project is more likely
to succeed.
• A good project plan:
• Features a Project Charter
• Defines goals
• Defines roles
• Has a communication plan
• Has a clear action plan
• Establishes timelines and deadlines
Essential Components
Project Charter
• A project charter defines:
• the scope
• the objectives
• the overall approach to the work
• roles of team members
• A template has been included in your folders
Essential Components
Define Goals
• What is your vision?
• What are your goals?
• Are you ready?
• Are the essential
conditions in place to
achieve your goals?
Essential Components
Roles and Responsibilities
Project Manager – Alberta Education
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Provide supports to participants
Track projects
Collect and summarize reports/deliverables
Share information and research among project participants
Plan events
Facilitate sharing of projects/ideas/best practices.
Other duties “as assigned” - 
Essential Components
Roles and Responsibilities
Project Manager/Lead – Jurisdiction
• Manage communications among project team and stakeholders
• Information and strategies
• Experience of success and challenges
• Monitor timelines and offer “encouragement” when needed
• Prepare and submit reports and other deliverables
• Maintain “the vision”
• Manage change/challenges
• Celebrate Success
Essential Components
Roles and Responsibilities
Project Team Members (teachers, admin, etc…)
• Be aware of the project timelines and deliverables
• Implement the project
• Develop the necessary technological AND teaching skills
• Use those skills with students
• Evaluate student success
• Communicate successes and challenges
• Celebrate Success
Essential Components
Communications Plan
• Keeping all stakeholders informed will
increase your probability of success
and build support
• The basic questions you want to consider for any
communication:
• Who are you trying to reach?
• What do you want them to know?
• How are you going to tell them?
• How will you know if it worked?
• A communications toolkit has been provided in your
folders
Essential Components
Action Plan
• The steps necessary to achieve
your project’s goals
• Specific steps and indication of
who is responsible
• Includes start and end dates for tasks
Essential Components
Action Plan
Essential
Components
What about
evaluation?