Digital Learning Environments

1. Digital Learning Environments The Box Is Not the Solution… Planning & Professional Development ARE! Lloyd Spruill, Knowledge Network Solutions

2. 21st Century Work Skills! What do our students need to compete in a Global Knowledge Based Economy? • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills to Organize, Analyze, Synthesize and Evaluate • Research and Communication Skills • Project based curriculum with Global Awareness for Relevant Learning • Ability and Opportunity to Collaborate • Ubiquitous Computing – 24/7

3. Check Points for Successful Technology Integration Services You Must Consider Planning Professional Development Financing • Review Existing Budgetary Resources • Grants • Leases • Bond Initiatives • Plan to bridge delta • Faculty-Technology • Integration • Admin-Technology • Integration and evaluation • Students - Effective relevant use in and out of the classroom • Online PD • Onsite PD • Virtual PD • Continuous PD • Initial Scope of Objectives • Assess Results and Goals • Curriculum Assessment • Infrastructure Assessment • Tech Planning • Instructional Technology Planning • Prof Dev Planning • Rollout plan

4. Administrative Address Three Critical Success Factors For Technology Integration in Education Instructional • 1. Infrastructure • Ensure the technology is right for the need • Hardware • Software • Connectivity 3. Support Ensure the right level of support is built in at the right levels • On-going Mentor support • Help Desk • Technical • IT administration, students, faculty • Funding • Warranty • Repair Technology Planning 3. Support 1.Infrastructure 2. Professional Development • 2. Professional Development • Ensure end-users have the ability to maximize the technology and integrate it into their work • Teachers • Students • Administration Technology Planning Without an executable plan and a solid foundation, your stool will fall down.

5. Changing Teaching & Learning! David Thornburg, Technology Education: Expectations Not Options, May 2004

6. Transitions Occurring in Education! Source: International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) NETS Project, National Educational Technology Standards for Students, June 1998, p. 2.

7. Technology Bottleneck Teachers Use of Technology Student Achievement Technology Professional Development eliminates this bottleneck

8. NETS-S: The Next Generation • Creativity and Innovation • Communication and Collaboration • Research and Information Fluency • Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving & Decision-Making • Digital Citizenship • Technology Operations and Concepts

9. G 2 © 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained here in is subject to change without notice

10. TITLE BUILD 1,2,3 - Technology Integration for Teaching and Learning in Education • Setting the Stage: Project-Based Learning and Technology Integration for K-12 Curricula Windows XP:/Vista Operating System and File Management for the Classroom • Collaboration and the Writing Process for Project-based Learning Using Microsoft Word • Improving Critical Thinking Using Databases: Collecting, Organizing, Analyzing and Reporting Information with Microsoft Excel as a Database Tool • Applying Inquiry Learning to Organize, Calculate, and Display Data for Project-based Learning Using Microsoft Excel as a Spreadsheet Tool • Synthesis and Communication - Key Aspects of Project-based Learning: Synthesizing and Communicating Information Using Microsoft PowerPoint

11. Products from Microsoft for TITLE – EXPAND and they’re FREE! • Learning Essentials • Photosynth • Virtual Earth • World Wide Telescope • Office Live Workspace • Live Mesh • Semblio • SkyDrive

12. Purchased Products for TITLE EXPAND • Windows Vista Ultimate • Microsoft Office Professional 2007 • Microsoft OneNote • MS SharePoint • Windows 7 (coming in 2010) • Microsoft Math • Microsoft Zune • Microsoft Office Education Edition (coming in 2010)

13. Adobe Products for TITLE-CREATE

14. What good are products, free or purchased, if teachers don’t know how to integrate them into their curriculum?!

15. HP – K12 Professional Development: Orient/Integrate/Deliver/Collaborate (c) Copy Right Knowledge Network Solutions, Inc.

16. Delivery Methods • Instructor-led from HP/KNS • “Live” – 6 hrs. of hands-on instruction • Virtual – “live-on-line” – 2 hr. seminars • Use in-service days or pay subs for teachers • Summer boot camp with a carrot • Train-the-Educator • Build capacity in the district with Lead Teachers or PD staff • Work with teachers during planning periods, before and after school • On-going Mentor support • Self-paced Online – Atomic Learning

17. A Technology Integration Project Building a Kaleidoscope: A Constructivist Approach to Learning for Project-based Learning

18. Effective Planning • Solid unit/lesson plan directed at Standards-Based learning • Activities which focus on the student as the Active Engaged Learner • Technology as a tool for learning and an integral part of lesson that should not be isolated from the academic curriculum. • Subject Area(s) • Outcome • Academic Standards • Technology Standards • Teacher-Led Activities • Student-Centered Activities • Resources Needed • Student Assessment Strategy

19. Sample of Standards-based, Student Centered Activities • Building a Kaleidoscope • Building Vocabulary • Geometric Shape Tally • Student essay

20. How Is a Kaleidoscope Like a Good Learning Plan for Kids? • Write Your Ideas Using Journal, Word, or OneNote • Ever changing • Need light for true illumination • Parts must work in conjunction with each other • All parts must be relevant • Need to reflect on all the parts to make a connection

22. We as educators must prepare students for their future, not for our past; therefore, we much change the way we teach. • Student-centered • Project-based , addressing the standards • Technology-Rich • Collaborative

23. Lloyd Spruill Vice President K-20 Education Knowledge Network Solutions, Inc. HP and Microsoft Partner lspruill@knowledgenetworksolutions.com 919-931-5505 – Mobile 919-676-7260 - Office Thank You!