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The Mimio System:

The Mimio System:. RGHS. A Presentation By William W. Sharp. 26 February 2010. The Question:. RGHS. Is The Mimio System An Innovation That Can Improve The Way Teachers And Administrators Do Business? How can “We” be Change Agents?. RGHS. Roger’s (2003) Agents of Change Must:.

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The Mimio System:

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  1. The Mimio System: RGHS A Presentation By William W. Sharp 26 February 2010

  2. The Question: RGHS Is The Mimio System An Innovation That Can Improve The Way Teachers And Administrators Do Business? How can “We” be Change Agents?

  3. RGHS Roger’s (2003) Agents of Change Must: (Free Press, pp. 369-370) • Develop need for change • Establish information exchange • Establish Relationship—develop report • Diagnose problem(s) • Intend to change fellow teachers • Translate intent into action • Stabilize adoption and prevention of discontinuance • Achieve the shift to teachers’ self-reliance

  4. RGHS The Innovation Approach: The Change Agent is You: The Administrator The Teacher The Student Teachers Collaborate

  5. RGHS Two Approaches to Find Out: TraditionalPast—Present—Future is Now The Innovation Change Agent/The Adoption/S-Curve

  6. RGHS The Traditional Approach: Past Present Future is Now

  7. RGHS The Traditional Approach: History had Technology Too!

  8. RGHS The Innovation Approach: The Change Agent The Adoption The S-Curve

  9. RGHS By knowing the 5-stage innovation-decision process works? Rogers (2003) says: • The Innovator/plays gatekeeper role in new ideas of system. • The Early adopter/puts his/her stamp of approval on idea. • The Early majority/follows with deliberate willingness in adopting innovations but seldom leads. • The Late majority/adopt new ideas just after the average member of a system. • The Laggards/must be certain that new idea will not fail before they can adopt. (Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

  10. RGHS The Innovation Approach: The Innovator of the Adoption Process: (Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

  11. RGHS Mimio System bring Interactive Lessons MAC/PC/Linux Computers for interactive Lessons. The Mimio System S-Curve Class&Admin Teachers use Mimio to give students classroom notes. Mimio is also used to record business meeting notes. Mimio Advances to Admin For Staff Meeting notes w/o need of computer. Mimio Introduced to Classroom 1997. Time 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2007 2010 (Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

  12. RGHS Achieving Critical Mass of educators Starts in The Classroom with The Early Majority. (Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

  13. RGHS Schedule for adoption Change the Policy to allow individual teachers to choose to use cell phones for academic purposes. Formally inform the staff, emphasizing it is their choice, but that the school will allow cell phone use for academic assignments. Inform the parents of the new policy (K. Rogers) Hire an Agent for Change (I am available) Find a core group of five or so teachers to volunteer to use cell phones and discuss their successes and failures . Revisit the issue after two years.

  14. RGHS The Innovation becomes a 4-way Possibility Parent-Teacher Collaborate Teacher-Student Collaborate Teacher Collaboration Click for Principal talk about students

  15. RGHS How does it Work? How Mouse Pen relates to Mimio How Mimio relates to board

  16. RGHS Possible Laggard connected with Business = Certain Idea Must Not Fail (Simon&Schuster, pp.270-285)

  17. RGHS The Mimio Versus the Smart Board The Cost Factor? The Mimio: The Smart Board: http://touchboards.com/smartboards/SmartSB680.asp http://www.mimio.com/store/index.asp

  18. RGHS The Mimio Versus the SmartBoard

  19. RGHS Keys for Adoption:Does the Curriculum support it? http://www.iste.org/

  20. RGHS Stages for Adopting the Mimio System *Rogers (2003) The point at which diffusion is impossible to stop, generally about 20%. (Simon & Schuster, p. 169). • Knowledge—Several of the accompanying videos show that the Mimio Systems works. (Mimio Training) • Persuasion—mass media--Teachers use them instead of Promethean Boards speaks for its adoption. (Baggett) • Decision (critical mass*)-Increased usage 2009 (Earthtimes) • Implementation– 97% in 2010 (DIB) • Confirmation—White Board becomes interactive. (Digital)

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