Leveraging the Success of One-to-One Mobile Computing: The SSDZ Project

1. Leveraging the Success of One-to-One Mobile Computing: The SSDZ Project Creating Success For All Learners

2. Essential 21st Century Skills for Canadians • Essential Skills are the fundamental skills that make it possible to learn all others. They are enabling skills that help people participate fully in the workplace and in the community. They are: • Reading Text • Document Use • Numeracy • Writing • Oral Communication • Working with Others • Thinking Skills • Computer Use • Continuous Learning • http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/hrp/essential_skills/essential_skills_index.shtml

3. A View to the Future When we vision for technology supported learning, we have to project ourselves five years forward, then look back from there to ensure we make the right decisions today to get us there When you consider the tech-savvy generation we are already dealing with, our challenge to remain relevant may seem daunting Their world – “Web 2.0” – is a world of social networking, wikis, blogs, YouTube, and always-on personal devices

4. Web 1.0, Web 2.0 – Huh???

5. This is the Digital Generation Edutopia - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG7wyTW74W0&p=64580A98F0BC9107&index=1

6. Our Challenge Key Question: How can we enable an environment that embraces the collaborative world of Web 2.0 without risking our core services or the safety of our staff and students?

7. Things to Think About Our staff have become increasingly aware of the potential for technology use and, like the rest of society, increasingly dependent upon technology. Technology is a foundation stone for everything we do – it is difficult to think of a WCPS function or process that is not reliant on our excellent technology infrastructure Our students have changed - we will see increased demand to support access to new, interactive, sometimes personal, technology that will represent significant planning and deployment challenges for WCPS – “School 2.0” Three Choices: We can either try to ignore these changes, react and accommodate them, or embrace and leverage them.

8. We live in a globally connected society Our vision is to create Excellent Learning Environments that ensure we meet our mandate to prepare our students for adult life. 21st century learning is all about preparing young people to become caring, competent Canadians with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to be successful global citizens

9. Excellent Learning Environments 4. What does good learning look like? (Rubrics and exemplars) 5. Revisit outcomes to think about Instructional design. (Learning styles, complexity of outcome, hidden skills, etc.) 3. Where are students relative to the outcome…a pre-assessment phase? 2. What evidence will show that students have met the outcomes? 6. Selection of input structure for new knowledge. 7. Giving students an opportunity to interact with new knowledge. 1. Outcomes are clear to the student. 12. Classroom structure, peer relationships, culture of school and student strategies for their more independent or collaborative learning . 8. Giving students an opportunity to experiment or use new knowledge. 9. Constant assessment feedback so students can modify learning efforts. 11. A plan to assist students when the outcome is not being met… a new course of action. 10. Final evaluation based on authentic compilation of assessment devices.

10. raised in a media rich networked world tech savvy self-empowered highly connected 21st Century Students collaborative innovative skilled communicators But… They Need to be Good Digital Citizens have to realize that online choices have offline consequences underdeveloped sense of risk and responsibility lack an adult perspective on safety, responsibility and general citizenship

11. The Development of the SSDZ ProjectStudent-Staff-Device-Zone • We saw this as an opportunity to explore ways that we might overcome the two major hurdles preventing expansion of the One-to-One project in its current form • One-to-One is high maintenance! • Buying laptops is expensive! • The SSDZ project is about “Network Access Control” – allowing students to connect with their own devices without jeopardizing the WCPS network

12. SSDZ The project initially involved ESLCHS having the potential to impact 800 students at our pilot school. The design approach addresses phased scaling these benefits to all Wolf Creek schools. Today – the SSDZ is being made available to all Wolf Creek Schools

13. Technical Design of SSDZ Multiple Ways to Connect: • WC Secure • Configured for Wolf Creek domain laptops • WC SSDZ • Student/Staff devices preconfigured • WC Guest • Captive Portal • WC Presenter • Only available when needed

14. Connecting to the SSDZ is Different Requirements: • Wireless Capable Device • Existing Windows Account • Permission into the SSDZ Group • CyberGateKeeper Agent Software • Several Authentications (logins) for security reasons

17. A World of Options Is Out There! • The use of personal devices is not limited to laptops. There are a variety of personal devices that can be used in the classroom for support. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aUQLIPdtg8&feature=player_embedded

18. Examples of Potential Use of Assistive Technologies in the Classroom • The Flip Camera • The iPad for Autism • The iPod in the Classroom • SMART Board Uses

19. Questions?