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We have laptops!  Now what???

We have laptops!  Now what???. Wendy Clark Danita Russell Lee County Schools NC TIES March 2011. Danita Russell ITF SanLee Middle School Danitarussell@gmail.com. Wendy Clark ITF  West Lee Middle School wwclark1030@gmail.com. Who are we?. Laptop Logistics.

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We have laptops!  Now what???

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  1. We have laptops! Now what??? Wendy ClarkDanita RussellLee County SchoolsNC TIES March 2011

  2. Danita RussellITFSanLee Middle SchoolDanitarussell@gmail.com Wendy ClarkITF West Lee Middle Schoolwwclark1030@gmail.com Who are we?

  3. Laptop Logistics • All laptops, power bricks, and backpacks are labeled      with students names • Laptop distribution was promoted as a celebration.   • Newspaper coverage • School superintendent shook each student's hand as they walked across the stage • Laptops were funded by stimulus monies and grants 

  4. 1 Early College 2 High Schools 3 Middle Schools 7 Elementary Schools 1 Alternative School 9700 Students  700 Teachers 9000 laptops Lee County Schools

  5. Timeline • October 2009 • 4th grade pilot class • January 2010   • 1st middle school staff development • February 2010 • 1st phase middle school roll-out • 5-6 classrooms at each of the 3 middle schools • March 2010 • All middle school & alternative school students have laptops • Fall 2010 • 3rd to 5th grade at 2 elementary schools  • 1 high school (other is undergoing renovations) • 2nd middle school staff development  • High School staff development •  Spring 2011 • All grade 3-5 students have laptops

  6. Quia Create your own educational games, quizzes, class Web pages, surveys, and much more! Explore millions of activities and quizzes created by educators from around the world. http://www.quia.com $$

  7. Jog the Web JogTheWebis a simple, ergonomic solution which allows you to create, read and share a new online media: the WebBOOK; the necessary tool to providing real turnpage briefs or binders including both personal input and dynamic pages from the web. http://www.jogtheweb.com/  FREE

  8. Glogster  A Glog is an interactive visual platform in which users create a “poster or web page” containing multimedia elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data. http://edu.glogster.com/ FREE

  9. Edmodo Edmodo is a free and secure social learning network for teachers, students and schools. Edmodo provides classrooms a safe and easy way to connect and collaborate, offering a real-time platform to exchange ideas, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. http://www.edmodo.com/ FREE

  10. Skype Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are. http://www.skype.com  FREE

  11. Delicious Get to your bookmarks from any computer, anytime, anywhere. http://www.delicious.com/ FREE

  12. Gaggle Gaggle is a “safe technology” within the K-12 market.  Our online tools include safe student email, shared calendars, homework drop boxes, message boards, blogs, digital lockers, online document editing and collaborative, safe SMS Texting and filtered YouTube access. https://gaggle.net/  $$

  13. SchoolFusion SchoolFusion acts as a communication hub for all stakeholders in the education community and is truly the best investment you can make for your schools. SchoolFusion's websites are rich with Web 2.0 technology to engage students. With SchoolFusion, students are organized and engaged, teachers are efficient and parents are involved and informed. http://www.schoolfusion.com/ $$

  14. Discovery Education Created by the Discovery Channel, we engage students through dynamic curricular resources like Discovery Education streaming Plus and Discovery Education Science, support teachers through customized professional development and assessment services, and ultimately improve student achievement. http://www.discoveryeducation.com/  $$

  15. Primary Pad PrimaryPad is a web-based word processor designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time. http://www.primarypad.com/ FREE

  16. LiveBinders LiveBinders is your 3-ring binder for the Web. • View links like pages in a book instead of URLs on a page • Combine uploaded PDFs and Word docs with links in one binder • Go paperless one LiveBinder at a time http://livebinders.com/ FREE

  17. Wordle Wordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.  http://www.wordle.net/ FREE

  18. Tagxedo Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text. http://www.tagxedo.com/ FREE

  19. SMART Sync SMART Sync is a student management, file sharing, and collaboration tool in the SMART family.http://www.smarttech.com/  $$

  20. Symbaloo Organize and share the best of the web with your students. Organize teaching resources all in one place. http://edu.symbaloo.com/ FREE

  21. fur.ly Shorten multiple URLs into one. http://fur.ly/ FREE

  22. PhotoStory Create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. Add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your photo stories in an e-mail. Watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile–based portable device. http://tinyurl.com/4mm3mud FREE

  23. tikatok Tikatok is an online platform where parents and their children can write, illustrate, and publish their original stories into professional-quality hardcover and paperback books or eBooks. http://www.tikatok.com/ FREE

  24. myfakewall My fake wall is a fun tool to create a fake wall, just for fun! http://www.myfakewall.com FREE

  25. 76 presentations Presentations ranged from Kindergarten to Early College Teachers All presentations were by teachers around the county and ITFs Teachers presented on programs they are using in their classrooms Contacts were made across schools LEEap Technology Conference

  26. Danita RussellITFSanLee Middle SchoolDanitarussell@gmail.com Wendy ClarkITF West Lee Middle Schoolwwclark1030@gmail.com Presentation is located on EdmodoCode: B10RYA

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