From Trailers to Buildings and Laptops to iPads

From Trailers to Buildings and Laptops to iPads

The Accidental Technician’s Journey Through 1:1

Mark T. Sienicki, M.S.Kelli Lucito, M.S.

Anastasia M. Trekles, Ph.D

Hammond Academy of Science and Technology

Objectives

Discuss the challenges and advantages of 1:1 environments from the perspective of those who have administered and maintained them

Make informed choices regarding 1:1 devices

Describe curriculum management strategies related to the 1:1 environment

Background

The Hammond Academy of Science and Technology (HAST) is a small, urban, public, open-enrollment charter academy serving grades 6-12 in downtown Hammond

The Vision: create an inquiry-oriented environment where every student had access to a device that could be taken home and used daily

MacBook:Years One and Two

Advantages: More familiar to

students and teachers

More storage space More freedom in

multitasking and sharing documents

More versatility, especially on the Web

Challenges: Software licensing is

very expensive – some software originally planned for could not be ordered

Many breakable parts – many incidents

Challenging to manage with a small tech staff

Gaming and “secret multitasking” in class

Year Three: iPad

By Year 3, a change was needed both for financial and educational reasons

Tablet technology was getting more advanced, and could be maintained more easily by a small tech team

Teachers and students could be more mobile within and beyond the school walls

Remove restrictions, or all restricted

Insurance

iPads – “self-insured” Plan includes

Premium – every student must pay, including to take the device home

Premiums cover cost of potential repairs Tiered system – successive premiums

increase to where the third incident premium(the first not covered under AC) pays for the cost of a new device and two more $49 incidents

Management

Apple Configurator JAMF Casper Management Suite 600

iPad and 150 MacBooks JAMF Casper Focus app for classroom

management Device management using profiles

on iPad settings

The Great Debate

MACBOOK

Students like that it “does more”

Easier to type longer assignments

Some applications are more robust (i.e., iLife)

More software choice Better testing

compatibility

IPAD

Students like that it weighs less; easily portable

Takes pictures and video much more easily

Portability – technology becomes more immersed in activities in and outside the classroom

Software is far less expensive

Lessons Learned

We would have started with iPads from the beginning

Why? Less labor-intensive and more cost-effective

Small school = small staff

Resources

Research on 1:1 at Project RED: http://www.projectred.org

Apple Education: http://www.apple.com/education/

The Challenges of 1:1 in the Classroom: http://www.nmc.org/news/challenges-11-classroom

1:1 Leadership and vision - some warnings: http://novemberlearning.com/educational-resources-for-educators/teaching-and-learning-articles/why-schools-must-move-beyond-one-to-one-computing/

Thank You!

Mark Sienicki, IT Director, HAST: [email protected]

Kelli Lucito, 8th Grade Language Arts, HAST: [email protected]

Staci Trekles, HAST Liaison and instructional design professor: [email protected]

Slides available: http://slideshare.net/andella

Twitter: @instruct_tech