DiY High

1. DiY High • Virtual High School @ PWCS

2. Agenda • Welcome/Ice Breaker • History/Overview • Perspectives • Planning/Tools • Lessons Learned • Q&A

3. Welcome • Session Focus: Beginners. School divisions looking to start an online program with a home-grown approach • Who we are:Gina Jones, Administrative Coordinator, jonesgk@pwcs.edu • Amy Bianco, Online Math Instructor: amy.bianco@pwcsvhs.desire2learn.com

4. Icebreaker • Work with a partner to name 2 industries that have been radically transformed by the DiY Movement.

5. DIY Dangers • Injuries skyrocket when DiY stores like Home Depot and Lowes opened • "You have to be really honest with yourself about what kind of experience you have for the project; you should really start with something small to feel your comfort level and to get a success under your belt." ~Angie Hicks, Angie's List

6. Nuts & Bolts • Grassroots start at K12 level - DiY • Vendor growth with products and solutions • Increased focus on online methodology and course design techniques in teacher prep and other P.D. • Now pendulum swinging back toward open source content and platforms (customization) • Growing competition between traditional districts and for-profit online schools. Students can opt out vs. drop out. K12 districts are the pioneers in online learning and proving it's effectiveness, unwittingly broadening the market for for- profit schools. ( The Journal: Competing for the Virtual Student, Waters, July 2011)

7. VHS @ PWCS History and Overview 2011 - ? 1999-2003 2004-2010 • Supplemental met needs of students • Focus growth on core classes • Sub-contract instructional designers & editor • Increase technology • Text • PWCS 2nd largest in VA • Mandate from Supt. • Few precedents or vendor products • Curriculum supervisors • Tuition model • Teachers are content developers and designers • Needs assessments • Jump start • Site based challenges • Blended • Econ & Personal Finance

8. How to Tap into Local Talent Master teacher Tech skills secondary Instructional technologists Text Text 1 2 3 4 Curriculum Alt-Ed Principals Interpersonal Distance student Flexible

9. Administrative vs Teacher Perspectives Admin. Teacher • Vendor content often has embedded resources that are subscription based • Need granular alignment to local standards • Pay per student model teacher/developer = $$ • Scalability - LMS changes, use modules for credit recovery • Small staff, low turnover, family • Ability to change content or design in time • Sense of ownership and personalization • Vendor = turn key, bells & whistles • Improves classroom instruction • Differentiation is easier • Professional growth • Learning new technology

11. Build support of stakeholders Senior Staff Schools Curriculum

12. Planning: Content Development Have a clear vision for finished product Use a template for uniformity Create a good team Content before design Make sure content is aligned with standards

13. Balance of Resources Funding? Timing? What is your mandate? Vendor DIY

14. Embedding Tools, Resources, Subscriptions • Build within LMS? • HTML or other content- authoring software (Softchalk) • Communication tools • Multimedia • Repositories/OER • HippoCampus • Gizmos • NBC Learn • Discovery Education • Camtasia/Snagit • Jing • Captivity • SASinSchool

15. Lessons Learned Keep all Online Learning Under One Umbrella Create Development Teams Keep Students at Center of Needs Assessments

16. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ‘ - Walt Disney

17. Q&A

18. DiY Checklist

19. Gina Jones: jonesgk@pwcs.edu and Amy Bianco: amy.bianco@pwcsvhs.desire2learn.com Thank you.