Klein

//Panel discussion led by Candace Threadgill and other Klein ISD staff members// //Wednesday, February 9, 2011// //TCEA Annual Conference// Klein ISD has: Their 1:1 Initiative now includes: Their Technology Baseline Standard Initiative (TBSI) says each classroom will have: They are big believers in and proponents of just-in-time staff development. Funding: Infrastructure: Standard software load: Reduced paper-printing costs – it’s on their screen, so they don’t need to print it out. There is a staffed repair center on each campus: Damage control: TAKS and 1:1
 * No Limits on 1:1: Beyond Limits on Student Success**
 * 4 high schools
 * 9 intermediate schools
 * 26 elementary schools
 * 44,700 students
 * 3,200 teachers
 * 5,700 employees
 * 38,000 computers (desktop, tablets, etc.)
 * 350 servers
 * 2 high schools (grades 9-12): 7,800 tablet PCs
 * 1 intermediate school (grades 6-8): 1,600 tablet PCs
 * Vistas High School (dropout prevention): 200 tablet PCs
 * interactive whiteboard
 * document camera
 * projector
 * student response system
 * 4 student computers
 * 1 teacher computer
 * Bonds purchase hardware (must be repaid in 5 years)
 * ISD pays for staff development
 * wired and wireless must be stable
 * Wireless channels: B is used for wireless VOIP, G is used for parking areas (for after-school student use), N is used for indoor data use.
 * **Teacher** || **Student** || **Description** ||
 * LMS || LMS || Learning management system, available at school & home ||
 * MS Office || MS Office ||  ||
 * Dyknow || Dyknow || Monitoring software ||
 * Internet Explorer || Internet Explorer ||  ||
 * Google Earth || Google Earth ||  ||
 * Google Sketchup || Google Sketchup || Free to schools ||
 * MS One Note || MS One Note || For note-taking ||
 * Audacity || Audacity || Sound recording ||
 * Tablet Tools || Tablet Tools ||  ||
 * Lightspeed || Lightspeed || Content filtering ||
 * Computrace (embedded in BIOS) || Computrace (embedded in BIOS) || For retrieval of stolen laptops (like Lo-Jack) ||
 * || Gaggle || Student email ||
 * 3 technicians at each high school
 * 2 at intermediate school
 * 1 at Vistas HS
 * All computers are purchased with Accidental Damage Replacement for 5 years.
 * Buy spares for quick turn-around.
 * $70/year usage fee pays for ADP & Computrace. Principal can waive part or all of fee (or can waive other fees).
 * Klein Oaks ||
 * || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 ||
 * Reading/ELA || 89 || +2 || +3 ||
 * Math || 75 || +4 || +5 ||
 * Science || 78 || +8 || +5 ||
 * Social Studies || 92 || +3 || +2 ||

A 1:1 initiative must have Monthly meetings at each 1:1 campus (every month) with technology, curriculum, and campus administrators: Miscellaneous thoughts: > //“With 1:1, teachers are moving around the classroom…small groups…targeted instruction…student-created…”// Klein ISD web site: [|One to One Computing] Klein's analysis of the effects of 1:1 on TAKS:
 * Klein Forest ||
 * || 2009 || 2010 ||
 * Reading/ELA || 85 || +4 ||
 * Math || 60 || +7 ||
 * Science || 69 || +11 ||
 * Social Studies || 91 || +3 ||
 * clear and unified goals and objectives
 * the right tools to meet the goals
 * strong, fully committed leadership
 * ongoing, job-embedded professional development
 * complete curriculum support
 * What works
 * What doesn’t work
 * What can we do to help?
 * They had 10 years of integrating technology into instruction before they started the 1:1 initiative.
 * Teachers get the device 1 year prior to the students. They attend professional development through the year – before school, after school, weekends, summer.
 * Be sure chat, other collaborative software is monitorable.
 * A Campus Instructional Technology Specialist is hired a year before the rollout to students. They meet with PLCs to gear training to specific instructional needs.
 * **In answer to the question, “Do we need to change the way we teach?”**
 * The superintendent, board, administrators, and principals must all buy in to the philosophy. They must all sell it to teachers in a heart-felt manner. The principals must be the biggest cheerleaders for use of technology in education.
 * Students are required to carry the computer in its case.