Network and Hardware
Analyze your wired network (switches, routers, servers, bandwidth, filters)
Analyze your wireless network needs, coverage and pricing (obstacles, access points, number of students)
deploy a mobile lab as a test drive
Decide and then price the laptop needs (hard drive size, CD/DVD burn, processort, battery, etc.)
Decide and price software needs (# of licenses necessary)
Decide and price security software needs (antispam, spyware, virus protections, etc.)
Create an itemized budget to submit to the school board (this can’t be maintained with grants, it has be a line item budget item each
year)
How will you handle tech support, integration support, insurance claims, warrantee, repair, etc.
As soon as you place the order, get on you system engineer’s calendar for help setting up your server, image, image deployment, etc.
Plan how to handle printing so you can include print drivers on the image
Create the image
Get lpatops into the teacher’s hands as soon as possible (at least a semester and a summer before)
use a pilot group to test settings (then interview the pilot participants on what they would change)
recreate the image based on suggestions
Move desktop computers to new homes
Image all machines
inventory of laptops, batteries, chargers, etc.
plan deployment night (session rotation)
hardware training for students and teachers
Professional Development and Documentation
Form a Technology Committee (send out updates or the minutes of your meetings to the staff so they feel included – ask for feedback
with each message
Develop a Vision and Goals for the initiative (curriculum and teaching method changes, outcomes for assessment, student skill
development, etc.)
Plan positive community promotion and begin immediately (even if not announcing the initiative – that can come later)
Survey professional development needs (so a training schedule can begin immediately) and also the concerns of Teachers
(so we can investigate and plan for dealing with those concerns) I did this one on one to get more valuable information
Visit other schools, attend conferences, workshops and meetings about laptop initiatives, and make digital contacts to other
schools who have already begun
Decide what will be allowed and what won’t. This should involve teachers as well as the tech committee. (What will you filter
that your teachers might need? blogging, chatting, email, web 2.0 applications, youtube, etc.)
Plan the accountability measurements (How will administration assure that the technology is being used in the first year of the
deployment?
Professional Development for teachers (integration, lesson planning changes, teaching practice changes, distribution and
collection of files
Acceptable Use Policy, Computer Loan Agreement, Student Handbook, Internet permission release, etc.
do a baseline data survey before deployment
Find teacher experts within your building in different softwares and hardwares
Teacher Boot Camp as deploy first time (learning management or teacher web page training)
Student Boot Camp each year
Arnold’s Timeline:
Where Did We Start?
We had a lot of technology, but it was not used in the delivery of instruction. (Except for the classes held in the computer lab.) We
were well prepared to implement a laptop initiative (as you can see with the timeline below).
* We were well prepared to train because the equipment to practice these new skills was there.
* The main obstacle we had with the teachers was time to practice. By giving each one a laptop, they could practice at home,
instead of trying to find time during the school day, or try to find time during the evenings, weekends, and summers to try to practice.
* For the students to learn, the time and scheduling to get into the computer lab was a problem. We didn’t have enough classrooms
for the lab to be open all day.
* We didn’t have enough computers for both the elementary and high school to use the same lab either.
“Because kids understand this medium (of technology), they can better express what they know and what they understand.”
Timeline of Quick Changes:
You Can Do It Too!
* Summer 2002: complete rewiring of network
* Fall 2002: upgrade from lab of PowerMac PCs to emacs
* Fall 2003: first mobile lab brought in for elem (and 2 wireless connections)
* Fall 2003: begin technology professional development for teachers twice a year
* Spring 2004: proposal for laptop initiative turned down
* March 2006: senior pilot project for laptops
* August 2006: 9-12 laptop deployment
* August 2007: 7-8 laptop deployment begins
* Spring 2008: rotation of new laptop purchase
* Fall 2008: elementary goes to laptops
FILE SERVER UPGRADE (NETWORK ACCOUNTS CREATED FOR TEACHERS AND HIGH SCHOOL) SUMMER 2002
UPGRADING THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE (ETHERNET) AUGUST 2002
TEACHER INSERVICE: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPGRADE TRAINING AUGUST 2002
INITIAL TEACHER SURVEY OF SKILLS AND CURRENT USAGE AUGUST 2002
ALTONA (SCHOOL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) TRAINING SEPTEMBER 2002
UPGRADE THE COMPUTER LAB FOR INCREASED USAGE FROM 1995 MODELS TO CURRENT OCTOBER 2002
SEND TEACHERS TO NETA TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE APRIL 2003
BEGIN TECHNOLOGY TIBITS NEWSLETTERS TO TEACHERS MAY 2003
NETWORK ACCOUNTS CREATED FOR JUNIOR HIGH) SUMMER 2003
CONTINUAL PURCHASE OF UPDATED DESKTOP COMPUTERS SUMMER 2003
PURCHASE OF LAPTOPS FOR TEACHER CHECKOUT AUGUST 2003
TEACHER INSERVICE: COPYRIGHT AND THE INTERNET AUGUST 2003
ISAFE TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM TRAINING OF STAFF SEPTEMBER 2003
ADMINSTRATORS TRAINING FOR TECHNOLOGY FALL 2003
RUBRIC OF ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY OF STAFF OCTOBER 2003
ARRIVAL OF ELEMENTARY MOBILE LAB AND AIRPORT DECEMBER 2003
TAGLIT SURVEY OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DECEMBER 2003
INSTALLING A WIRELESS NETWORK JANUARY 2003
TEACHER INSERVICE BASED ON SURVEY RESULTS:
TECH FAIR CLASSES (DATA ANALYSIS, MULTIMEDIA WITH POWERPOINT,
SPREADSHEETS, QUCKBOOKS, DATABASES) JANUARY 2003
EXTENDING THE WIRELESS NETWORK AUGUST 2003-CURRENT
BEGIN USE OF SHARED DIRECTORIES ON THE SERVER SEPTEMBER 2003
REWRITING OF THE TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM JANUARY 2004
ISAFE PARENTS NIGHT JANUARY 21, 2004
PARTICIPATE IN MCREL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY AND DATA COLLECTION JANUARY-MAY 2004
SEND TEACHERS TO NETA TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE APRIL 2004
ADVERTISE TO TEACHERS SUMMER WORKSHOPS MAY 2004
CONTINUAL PURCHASE OF UPDATED DESKTOP COMPUTERS, CAMERAS, AND PROJECTORS SUMMER 2004
TEACHER INSERVICE: AUGUST 2004
NETWORK ACCOUNTS CREATED FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS 4-6) SUMMER 2004
REWRITE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY SUMMER 2004
UPGRADE MOST OF NETWORK TO OS X OPERATING SYSTEM AUGUST 2004
TEACHER INSERVICE: OSX AND ALTONA (LESSON PLANS AND CALENDAR) AUGUST 2004
RUBRIC OF ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY OF STAFF OCTOBER 2004
TAGLIT SURVEY DECEMBER 2004
TEACHER INSERVICE (BASED ON SURVEY RESULTS):
USING ALTONA LIKE BLACKBOARD FOR DICUSSION GROUPS, MESSAGE CENTER,
POSTING DOCUMENTS, LESSON PLANS, COURSE ASSIGNEMENTS, REQUESTING LEAVE, ETC.) JANUARY 2005
SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT AND PLANNING SESSION
(LAPTOP DISCUSSION COMES TO THE FOREFRONT) JANUARY 2005
RESEARCH 1:1 INITIATIVES JANUARY 2005-CURRENT
TEACHER LAPTOP SURVEY (POOR RESULTS) APRIL 2005
SEND TEACHERS TO NETA TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE APRIL 2005
SCHOOL BOARD TABLED 1:1 DISCUSSION MAY 2005
CREATION OF TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION WALK-THROUGH BY ADMINISTRATORS MAY 2005
ADVERTISE TO TEACHERS SUMMER WORKSHOPS MAY 2005
CONTINUAL PURCHASE OF UPDATED DESKTOP COMPUTERS, CAMERAS, AND PROJECTORS SUMMER 2005
INSTALLATION OF A MOBILE COMPUTER LAB FOR HIGH SCHOOL
AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CHECKOUT AUGUST 2005
TEACHER INSERVICE: MCREL IMOVIE TRAINING AUGUST 2005
IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOY OBSERVE SCHEDULE (TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION FORMS
AND CLASSROOM VISITS) SEPTEMBER 2005
BEGIN ONLINE PROFILERPRO SURVEYS SEPTEMBER 2005
TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE RESEARCH OCTOBER 2005
RUBRIC OF ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY OF STAFF OCTOBER 2005
SEND TEAM OF TEACHERS TO DENVER TO A NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
CONFERENCE TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT LAPTOP INITIATIVES OCTOBER 2005
SEND A TEAM OF TEACHERS TO KEARNEY TO THE LAPTOP INITIATIVE
CONFEERENCE IN KEARNEY NOVEMBER 2005
SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSION NOVEMBER 2005
TEACHER INSERVICE: INTEGRATION (MUST EMAIL PRINCIPAL
WITH PROJECT BY THE END OF THE DAY) JANUARY 2006
TAGLIT SURVEY REPEAT JANUARY 2006
ONE ON ONE TEACHER INTERVIEWS BY NICOLE JANUARY-APRIL 2006
REMOTE DESKTOP LESSONS FOR OBSERVING STUDENTS FEBRUARY 2006
REFORMAT IBOOKS FOR TEACHERS MARCH 2006
GIVE LAPTOPS TO TEACHERS MARCH 2006
GIVE LAPTOPS TO SENIOR CLASS FOR PILOT PROJECT AND TEST DRIVE MARCH 2006
ARRIVAL OF LAPTOPS THE REST OF THE LAPTOPS (TO BE
REFORMATTED BETWEEN GRADUATION AND LAST DAY) MARCH 2006
SEND TEACHERS TO NETA TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
(JOINED THE LEARNING WEB GRANT FOR TECHNOLOGY) APRIL 2006
BEGIN “PRINT SOLUTION” WITH EAKES MAY 2006
SENIOR PILOT SURVEY AND DISCUSSION OF CHANGES MAY 2006
PRE-LAPTOP INITIATIVE SURVEY OF STUDENT SKILLS AND USES MAY 2006
CREATE STUDENT ?PERFECT? IMAGE WITH CHANGES BASED ON PILOT PROJECT MAY 2006
ADVERTISE TO TEACHERS SUMMER WORKSHOPS MAY 2006
NETWORK ACCOUNTS CREATED FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS K-3) SUMMER 2006
DEPLOY DESKTOP COMPUTERS OUT TO CLASSROOMS SUMMER 2006
PUT 1-2 SIMILAR DESKTOPS IN EACH HS CLASSROOM SUMMER 2006
REWRITE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY SUMMER 2006
TEACHER INSERVICE: TEACHER BOOTCAMP FOR LAPTOP INITIATIVE AUGUST 2006
PUBLIC RELATIONS RELEASES TO THE PRESS AUGUST 2006
PARENTS INFORMATION NIGHT AUGUST 17, 2006
DEPLOYMENT TO STUDENTS AUGUST 17, 2006
STUDENT BOOT CAMP AUGUST 18, 2006
RUBRIC OF ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY OF STAFF OCTOBER 2006
BEGIN HOSTING APPLE LEARNING INSTITUTE NOVEMBER 29-30, 2006
TAGLIT SURVEY REPEAT DECEMBER 2006
TEACHER INSERVICE: APPLE COMING TO DO INSERVICE ON ILIFE AND
SUBJECT SPECIFIC INTEGRATION. THE ESU IS COMING TO REVIEW
MARZANO’S STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION. JANUARY 2007
HOST APPLE LEARNING INSTITUTE MARCH 2007
TEACHER INSERVICE: AUGUST 2007
HOST APPLE LEARNING INSTITUTE OCTOBER 2007
TEACHER INSERVICE: DATA RETREAT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT JANUARY 2008
HOST APPLE LEARNING INSTITUTE FEBRUARY 2008
TEACHER INSERVICE: POWERSCHOOL TRAINING, ARNOLD TECH HANDBOOK WIKISPACE
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