Plato Comes to AETC Birmingham, AL June 12, 2003.

Plato Comes to

AETCBirmingham, ALJune 12, 2003

Handout available at:http://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/

tech/aetc03.htm

Plato Comes to

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Chuck HankePelham High

Beth GlasgowTechnology Resources

Introducing

Physics, AP Physics,

Programming I & II

Specializing in

Middle School

The Brains

The Problem

Students that do not passone or more sections of theAlabama Graduation Exam

Solutions

•Reinforce required skills at all grade levels

•Identify the at risk students

•Reemphasize the missed skills in the regular high

school classroom

•Offer special remediation classes

•Offer remediation materials

•Offer instructional software programs like PLATO

What is PLATO?

•PLATO is a computer-based instructional system designed to enhance the learning process.

•Additional resources for the teacher

What isn’t PLATO?

•plug the student in and the teacher walk away software

User roles in PLATO

•PLATO Administrator –usually a teacher or an aid that is on site and does needed tasks such as adding alignments and creating instructors

•Instructor – teachers/aids that create classes, student users and assign modules

•Learners - students

PLATO Time Line in Shelby County

1999 – 45 LAN licenses purchased for the Success Program at the Shelby County School of Technology.

2000 – 25 LAN licenses purchased for 9 high schools

2001 - 9 additional LAN licenses for SOT

2002 – 8,10,or 20 LAN licenses purchased for 6 middle schools

2000 – present – approximately a dozen stand-alone licenses purchased for special ed and/or homebound students

PLATO Training Time Line in Shelby County

Dec 2000 – 2 day training for 2 chosen PLATO administrators at each high school (PLATO)

These teachers were asked to go back on site and train their fellow teachers

July 2002 – Plato administrator training for middle school teachers (PLATO)

Sept 2002 – Principals at each middle school introduced to PLATO in a hour training session (local)

Oct 2002 – PLATO Round Table (local)

PLATO Time Line in Shelby County cont.

Oct 2002 – Integration training in content areas: Reading, Writing, Math (PLATO, ½ day each)

Oct 2002 – Additional ½ day administrative training (PLATO)

Nov 2002 – On-site instructional training (local)

Dec 2002 - On-site instructional training (local)

Feb 2003 – On-site instructional training (local)

Feb 2003 - On-site instructional training (local)

Feb 2003 – PLATO for ESL (local)

Mar 2003 – PLATO in the Content Areas (local)

PLATO Instructional Models

•Skill Development (remediation)

•Review/Reinforcement (reinforce classroom teaching)

•Enrichment (additional activities)

•Problem Solving (applied learning)

PLATO Courseware

see Scope and Sequence

Curriculum

Courses

Modules

Tutorial

Application or Drill

Mastery Test

Shelby County School of TechnologyColumbiana, Alabama

Graduation Exam 02-03 -School of Success Students

10/23 Reading 4/4 Science

9/23 Language 5/25 Math

Calera High School

of the 2003 graduates passed the

High School Graduation

Exam 02-03

100%

Pelham High School

of the 2003 graduates passed the

High School Graduation

Exam 02-03

100%

PLATO Technical Considerations

•Workstation requirements

•Network requirements

•Server requirements

•Tech Support considerations

•Setup and Upgrading

Workstation Requirements

Operating Systems Supported

XP Professional

XP Home

Windows 2000 SP2

Windows NT Workstation

4.0 SP 6a

Windows ME

Windows 95/98 SE

Workstation Requirements

Hardware

Minimum: Pentium II 233 MHz 64 MB RAM Win 95/98/ME 128 MB RAM NT/2000/XP

Preferred: Pentium III 450 MHz 128 MB RAM Win 95/98/ME 256 MB NT/2000/XP

Workstation Requirements

Hardware

Screen resolution: 800 x 600

High Color (16 bit)

Small fonts

Hard drive: 20 GB

Network Requirements

Network Software Windows 2000 Server Windows NT 4.0 SP6a Novell 4.1, 5.0

Network Cabling Category 5 copper, 4 twisted pairs, 100m runs Optical Fiber

Network Requirements

Network Speed 100 MBps

Network Switches and Routers Cisco 2600 router Cisco Catalyst 3500 ethernet switch GB capable Cisco Catalyst 2950 ethernet switch 10/100MB

Network Requirements

Network Equipment Closets Smart UPS Telephone Equipment Racks

Server Requirements

Minimum:

Pentium II 233 MHz 256 MB RAM

Preferred:

Pentium III 600 MHz 512 MB RAM(dedicated Plato)

Drives:

CD-ROM 8x or faster Hard drive 40 GB

Tech Support Considerations

• Network Technicians (local)

• PLATO Tech Support

• Workstation Technicians (local)

• On-site PLATO Administrator (local)

Setup and Upgrading Requirements

• Functioning Network• Server Setup for Installation• Workstation Setup and Networked• System Installation• Courseware Installation• Alignments• Enter Users• Upgrades

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Database corruption problems

Courseware and database files not secure

Need for substantial training

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Results can be seen

Students overall enjoy working independently

on the program/computer

The curriculum/software is deep and wide

Helpful ResourcesSystem requirements http://platosupport.plato.com/requirements.asp

Utilities Guide for PLATO Pathways

http://platosupport.plato.com/downloads/LAN/pathways/pway_utilities.pdf

PLATO SUPPORT SERVICES

Web site: http://platosupport.plato.com

Support Request: http://platosupport.plato.com/SupportRequest.asp

Email [email protected] Voice: 800-869-2200

PLATO representatives

Chris Roberts 205-939-0019

Account Manager for Alabama

Robin Daugherty 800-869-2058

Client Services Manager

Kyle Hall

District Manager South Central District

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Handout available at:http://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/

tech/aetc03.htm

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