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Fresno Unified

Fresno Unified. Presentation to Microsoft Education Product Group. What you already know about us. Huge bureaucracy Influenced by textbook publishers Regulated by legislators at the federal, state, and local levels Our idea of innovation: Replace chalkboards with whiteboards

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Fresno Unified

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  1. Fresno Unified Presentation to Microsoft Education Product Group

  2. What you already know about us • Huge bureaucracy • Influenced by textbook publishers • Regulated by legislators at the federal, state, and local levels • Our idea of innovation: • Replace chalkboards with whiteboards • Replace paper textbooks with digital textbooks • Replace overhead transparencies with Powerpoint

  3. Cures for Cancer, Stem-Cell, Cloning Historical Perspective CATSCAN,MRI Heart Transplants, Polio Eradicated In Vitro, Genetic Research Surgical Advances Inoculations, Small Pox Eradicated Bleeding, Exorcism 1776 1812 1865 1965 1985 1991 2007 Advances in Medicine PC Blackboard Overhead ? White Board 1776 1812 1865 1965 1991 2007 1981 Advances in Teaching

  4. EmpowerNet • Network Upgrade First • EmpowerNet Center • District-wide Sharepoint Implementation • Students Digital Portfolio on My Site • 1-to-2 Initiative • Implementing Sharepoint Learning Kit • Incorporated One Note • Converted to Outlook/Exchange

  5. Other Challenges • When I Become a Teacher • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=590PNSh6g_4 • Many teachers don’t use technology – it doesn’t seem relevant to them – or there is no time • Technology is not on the desks • Students don’t read in black and white anymore • Students read in an “F” Pattern instead of a “Z” • Students need to multi-task or they are bored (meanwhile the adults are all trying to focus)

  6. What Microsoft Provides Us • Operating Systems • Office Productivity • Tools • More Tools • Did we mention Tools? • Hopefully Microsoft is not expecting us to figure out how to use those tools to change education • We’ll use Word to do essays, Excel to show how to add a row of numbers, and Sharepoint to post homework

  7. The solution isn’t: • Customer-driven • Superintendent’s tend to be Risk-Averse • CTO’s are just trying to keep everything running • Top Down • Governors view education as a budget hog • Legislators view education politically • Boards view education politically • Giving us more cool tools doesn’t really help • Incremental Change is not what we need

  8. The Battleground • The Classroom • Filled with wood/metal desks • Teacher standing/sitting in front • Students taking notes (or texting them) • Very little technology • How do you change the way a teacher teaches? • How do you change the way a student learns? • How do you differentiate the learning to match every student?

  9. We Need a Strategy & a Product • We don’t need a new tool • Develop a strategy to transform the classroom • Synthesize 4 or 5 tools into a product for the classroom • Real-time content • Real-time assessment • Real-time feedback/intervention • Transform Education – don’t just encourage incremental change • Don’t tell anyone, just do it

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