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Hill City High School 1:1 Tablet Computing. Hill City High School. 185 High School Students 25 High School Staff Smartboard and projector in each classroom. Timeline of the 1:1 program (part 1 of 2). August 2005 – informal discussion of 1:1 November 2005 – Buena Vista 1:1 Conf
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Hill City High School • 185 High School Students • 25 High School Staff • Smartboard and projector in each classroom
Timeline of the 1:1 program (part 1 of 2) August 2005 – informal discussion of 1:1 November 2005 – Buena Vista 1:1 Conf January 2006 - Discussion item with school board February 2006 – Gateway 1:1 Conf March 2006 – Board approved Classroom Connections application pursuit April 2006 – Community and Staff forums April 2006 – Application submitted May 2006 – HCHS awarded
Timeline of the 1:1 program (part 2 of 2) June 2006 – Tablet PC computers arrive at HCHS July 2006 – Teacher training August 2006 – Teacher training Last week of August 2006 – Student Deployment September 5, 2006 – School Starts
Tablets versus Laptop Computers • We felt tablet computers were a much more intuitive tool for our students • The cost difference was justifiable
District Budget Impact • $108,000 from capital outlay for three years • Lease vs. buy • $36,000 back from the state • We have built the laptop program in to five year • capital outlay plan
District Monthly Technology Committee Meetings • We have monthly technology meetings that include a representative from each building as well as all of the administrators, board members and our tech support people.
Community Support • School Board Support • Public Community Meetings • EDC Support
Expectations • How did we think the 1:1 project would impact Hill City High School? • Teachers • Students
District Impact • How we thought the 1:1 project would impact the Hill City School District (K-12) • All teachers (K-12) have a laptop • We have 10 Smartboards throughout the district • We have given tech integration sessions throughout the year • We will offer tech classes this summer
Polices and Forms • Policies and Forms for students and parents
Student Email • Student email use • Beginning of school year • Today
Discipline • How has the district dealt with discipline for tablet violations? • Student Restriction Active Directory Groups • Fines • Parent involvement
Summer Teacher Preparation • DSU Onsite Sessions • Onsite DSU Sessions • Hill City preschool inservice
Summer Technical Preparation • DDNIT at DSU • HCHS Server configuration • HCHS Wireless configuration • Tablet computer imaging • DAS Storage Device
Deployment • The week before school • Student assembly for each class • Signed student use agreements • Distributed tablet computers
HCHS Staff Preparation • Staff “train the trainer” session • Three ours of student training by teachers first day of school
HCHS Staff Sessions • Before school every Friday the first semester of school • Smarboards • SychronEyes • Student 2006 • Staff presentations
Assumed Student Abilities • We assumed the students knew computers • The students were not as proficient as we assumed on core computing skills (File Management, Office Applications, quality web queries,…)
Routine Computer Inspections • At the end of each quarter all student tablet computers were turned in for damage inspection and routine maintenance