Digital learning community meeting to update the community on the proposed technology rollout. Collierville Middle, April 11, 2016.
Present: 3 school board board members, county commissioner Chism. Lots of school admin and teachers. Some parents.
Collierville Schools just made the presentation available online. The notes below are largely in addition to the content on the screen today.
Dr Dyer did a quick intro
Presentation will be put online tomorrow. Note: This is all dependent on funding. Budget process for 2016-17 school year is currently under way.
Mr Aitken did a brief intro of technology in society.
Sheryl Johnson – education background on technology.
Introduced this George Couros video
Central idea: there is a lot of ugly stuff on the internet; we need to teach kids how to find the good stuff online, and, more importantly, create it!
Mark Hansen (School Board Chairman)
Walked through the process undertaken thus far.
Multiple committees
Involvement from all stakeholder groups
Cindy Tesreau (Bailey Station principal)
Presented the mission and vision for the technology deployment.
Chip Blanchard (CHS principal)
Presented the timeline so far. Started May 2015. Recommendation to school board April 2016.
Lisa Higgins (Head of technology for Collierville Schools)
Presented the SAMR MODEL
Substitution
Augmentation
Modification
Redefinition
Lots of content will be included with the Apple product. Also a Learning Management System (LMS) to manage content.
New Apple OS has classroom management tools, that allow screen sharing within the classroom, as well as the teacher locking all devices remotely to ensure students pay attention in class.
Aside from new options for stimulation of learning, there are also lots of customizable accessibility and special needs enhancements.
Roger Jones (CMS principal)
Talked about Digital citizenship. Hands on learning throughout the educational experience K-12.
Reference materials from Digitalcitizenship.net
Mike Simpson (Chief Operating Officer of Collierville Schools)
Discussed Measuring Success. Aligned with mission, vision and goals.
Sheryl Johnston
Discussed Community engagement
Make sure the schools are supporting parents in the process
Lisa Higgins and Zach Gilbrech
Infrastructure updates under way.
Switch from coverage to capacity based infrastructure.
Deployment process being developed to ensure smooth roll-out.
Policy updates to ensure everything is covered.
Options being explored to help families without adequate Internet access.
Anita Hayes (Chief Financial Officer)
Financial sustainability
- roll out to teachers first (so they are ready to hit the ground running with their students)
- lease vs own
- text books may not be history, but would reduce text book quantities
- reduce consumable supplies
Mr Aitken, standing in for Mrs Claney -
AdvancED accreditation – only low score was digital learning environment
Walked through digital learning recommendation:
- iPad purchases for K-12 teachers at all schools Spring 2016
- Provide in-depth training for teachers throughout the summer and fall of 2016
- Go 1:1 with iPads for grades 4-7 in January 2017
- Go 1:1 with iPads for grades 3-8 in fall 2017
- Go 1:1 with MacBook Pro for grades 9-12 in fall 2018
- Go 2:1 with iPads in grades K-2 in fall 2019
What will this cost?
Approximately $600k per grade level per year for a 3-year lease.
$2.5M for first step rollout.
Decision to lease made today. Included in budget request for next year.
Dr Dyer to close out the evening.
FAQs will be built and posted online in the very near future.