Ashwaubenon School District
Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin
Matt Anderson
Instructional Technology Coordinator
Ashwaubenon School District
Ashwaubenon, WI
[email protected]
920-492-2900 x 5456
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Why
How
Now
Next
“…an evolving journey”
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Approximate population 17,050
Northeast Wisconsin
◦ Traditional “Suburban” (abuts Green Bay, WI)
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Evolving Community
◦ More transient residents
◦ Growing economic diversity
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PK – 12 District
◦ 5 Schools / 3,500 students
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Stable student population
◦ Some reduction of resident students
(landlocked residentially)
◦ Some increase in school choice students
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Property “rich” = Funding formula
penalties
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5 Schools
◦ Ashwaubenon High School (9-12)
 Block Scheduling
(four 90 minute classes per day)
◦ Parkview Middle School (6-8)
◦ Pioneer & Valley View Elementary Schools (1-5)
◦ Cormier Early Learning Center (PK-K)
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Transform Student Learning Potential to
“21st Century Skills”
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Transform Instructional Practices
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Immediate access to research and information
Create atmosphere of collaborative learning
Provide instructional flexibility
Access to Web 2.0 tools
Access to Web based curriculum
resources…every day
Retain flexibility for ever changing
technology
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Expand the physical Classroom
◦ Classroom “going home” away from school
 “Virtual Extension” of the classroom
◦ Open the classroom to other resources
 Skype
 Other Web 2.0 tools
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Provide “equal access” for all students
Change the way teaching and learning happens in
the classrooms of Ashwaubenon School District
Mission Statement
“Partnering with our community
to develop students who are
high-achieving lifelong learners
and contributing world
citizens.”
Vision Statement
“To achieve world class excellence
in education so each child can
reach his or her full potential.”
 Stakeholders
◦ Student meetings
◦ Staff meetings
◦ Parent/community meetings
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Meeting with Stakeholders
◦ How to expand?
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More projectors/interactive boards?
More computers on carts?
Ipod touch / iPad carts?
1 to 1 Intiative?
 Netbooks, laptops, small laptops, iPod touch for individual
students?
 Bring Your Own Device program?
“What do you think Teaching
and Learning should look
like at Ashwaubenon School
District in 2014? …..in
2024”
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People
◦ Traditional IT
 Network/Systems
 Desktop
◦ INTEGRATION COACH
◦ Library Media Specialists
 Total of four (5 buildings)
◦ Information Coordinator
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High School
◦ 1.2 – 1 blended 1to1 Initiative
 School available netbooks and BYOD
 $75 Rental Fee
 Students can “opt-out” by BYOD
 Fee waived for Free & reduced lunch
◦ My Big Campus / Moodle
◦ Promethean Board in every classroom
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Middle School (1:3)
◦ Carts of Chromebooks
◦ Ceiling mounted projectors
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Elementary Schools (1:3)
◦ Classroom sets of iPads in K - 2
◦ Classroom sets of netbooks in 3 - 5
◦ 14” Notebook carts in each school for
portable testing labs
 (MAPS, WKCE, Smarter Balanced
Assessments)
◦ SMART Boards in K -1st grade
Integrating Google Apps for Education
 Learning spaces
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Wireless network installed in all buildings
Staff desktop computers converted to laptops
HS – Install Promethean interactive white boards in
Tech Ed., Science and Math departments classrooms
◦ AP Psych
 e-text books
 Cart of wi-fi enabled netbooks
◦ Business Education
 2nd cart of netbooks
 E-text
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Middle School / Elementary Schools
◦ iPod Touch’s for Special Education (iPad introduced April
2010)
◦ Begin project to install ceiling mounted projectors in each
classroom
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HS
◦ 1:1 Pilot – All Freshmen receive netbook computers
 Collaborative Space
 My Big Campus
◦ Install Promethean interactive white boards in
Science and Math department classrooms
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Middle School / Elementary Schools
◦ Begin project to install ceiling mounted projectors
in each classroom
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1:1 Initiative at High School
◦ Expanded to include incoming Freshmen (& Sophs)
 Half the high school has school provided netbooks
◦ Continue Promethean Interactive White Board
project (Social Studies, Bus Ed., Art,)
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Elementary Schools
◦ Expanded netbooks to provide carts per grade level
◦ iPad “pilot” putting six iPads into a first grade
classroom
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Middle School
◦ Continue ceiling mounted projector project
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Introduce Google Apps for Education
Change “Acceptable Use Policy” to
“Responsible Use Policy”
IDEA Walls
IDEA Floors
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1 – 1 Initiative @ HS…”Expansion”
◦ Netbooks for incoming Freshmen
 9 – 11 grade have school provided netbooks
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Elementary Schools
◦ Classroom set of “six” iPads in every Kindergarten – 1st
grade classroom
◦ Completed ceiling mounted projector project
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Middle School
◦ Completed Ceiling mounted projector project
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Expand Google Apps for Education
Develop Social Media Policy
Open IDEA Lab
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Staff Development
◦ Hours of Professional Growth
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JIT Learning
◦ Lunch/Planning Time availability
◦ No pre-conceived notion of how to use Netbooks
◦ Collaboration time during the school day
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Virtual Extension of the Classroom
◦ My Big Campus, Moodle, Blackboard
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Teacher transitioning to “facilitator”
Students participating in learning
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Infrastructure has to work
Staff resistant to change
◦ What does changing instruction look like?
◦ What’s the best “app” or Web 2.0 tool?
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My students have netbooks, iPads, and
Chromebooks…now what?
Students not bringing devices to class.
Staff Development? Staff Development?
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There is no “device” panacea
◦ Laptops
◦ Netbooks
◦ Chromebooks
◦ Tablets
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Classroom management issues
Vs technology issues
◦ Establishing classroom protocol
◦ Engagement
◦ Our time / your time
◦ District owns the devices
◦ Administration “buy-in”
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Damage (who pays)
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Still need access to desktops (large monitors
& software)
◦ AutoDESK (AutoCAD), Adobe Creative Suites
(Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator)
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Network has to work
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Proxies
“There is no one path to the school of
tomorrow.”
US Department of Education
“School 2.0” Web Site
Window on the Future
Envisioning the Future
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High School
◦ Expectation is students will have devices
◦ On-line presence
◦ User neutral devices
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Middle School
◦ 1:1 (will follow our high school plan)
 Spring 2014 Pilot 1:1 Chromebooks with BYOD
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Elementary Schools
◦ Upgrade wireless network
◦ Expand ratio of devices
“What do you think Teaching
and Learning should look
like at Ashwaubenon School
District in 2014? …..in
2024”
 Stakeholders
◦ Student meetings
◦ Staff meetings
◦ Parent/community meetings
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PK
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1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
2027
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
Questions?
Matt Anderson
Instructional Technology Coordinator
Ashwaubenon School District
Ashwaubenon, WI
[email protected]
920-492-2900 x 5456
@damakaba